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About 35 or 36 years ago I read a brief history of Armscamp Speedway in Stock Car Racing Magazine. A few months later I was going from Sheridan to Marion and I saw what looked like a couple of man-made hills off the north side of the road behind a trucking company. I wondered, could it be? So I did a U-turn and went back. The young woman behind the desk in the trucking office gave me permission to tromp around the place and, sure enough, I had found the remains of Armscamp Speedway. At the time the wall was still intact and the racing surface probably could have been reclaimed by burning off the weeds and applying a couple of heavy coats of asphalt sealer. I took a bunch of pictures and have thought of the place often since then. I moved to Florida in 1980, so I've never been back to ol' Armscamp. Undoubtedly, the 30+ winters since I was there have done much additional damage, but it sure would be cool if it could be resurrected...
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