Originally Posted by davidm:
Do you recall any of the tracks you attended when you lived in the Shenandoah Valley? Conococheague speedway now Hagerstown Speedway or Winchester might have been one's you could have easily gotten to. I started going to Hagerstown Speedway in 1965.
The ones I went to were Eastside Speedway in Waynesboro (up for sale now) & Devil's Bowl outside of Staunton (long defunct). Winchester was the big rival to Eastside & their top dog Bill Nalley would come down to battle our star Smokey Stover.
My one visit to Hagerstown was a few years ago for Pa. Speedweek, race was slow, boring follow the leader, & after I read that my boyhood hero Smokey got seriously injured there, I'm not going back.
You should try to find a copy of self published book "Tales of the Track" by Steve Strosnider. It covers all those tracks & drivers, good pictures & stories.
The 3rd track I went to in my youth was Danbury, Ct. after we moved north in 1966. It had recently been paved, & 2 races there caused me to lose interest & begin my 40 year hiatus from dirt track racing