Originally Posted by cmakin:
A whole host of tracks ran the Supers in northern California. They were more than just sprint cars with wings, although many of the NARC teams would put a wing on and run with the supers (back before NARC ran with wings). They ran on asphalt at the old San Jose track on Tully Road, at Stockton, Roseville and Madera. I believe that they still run at Madera.
When they shut the Tully Road track down, the racing in San Jose shifted down the street to the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.
The "unlimited" supers ran on dirt at West Capital Raceway and later on the "new" dirt in San Jose. Limited supers ran at Hangtown (now Placerville), Chico, and Grass Valley. That was some awesome racing back then.
The supers eventually morphed into winged sprints. Well, at least the ones on dirt did.
One of my favorite websites is the West Capital Raceway nostalgia site. It really takes me back. Lots of pictures from the seventies and even further back. Other local Norcal tracks besides Capital, too.
http://www.westcapitalraceway.com/
I was raised at the track on Tully road. I was born in April, and by June my Dad and Mom had me there just about every week. I have so many great memories of that track. Going to the pits after the races, sitting in racecars pretending to win the main event! I was still pretty young when they closed the track. If I remember right, they ended up putting a self storage facility where the track used to be. :thumbsdown: I haven't been back there since 1991. My parents moved to Indy a few years ago, and my Dad said that the track in Anderson reminds him of the old San Jose speedway, so we are going to try to take in a race there this year. :thumb