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SUPERDUKE (Offline)
  #1 3/25/08 9:44 PM
Any One Here Been There? Or Has Any Imfo?
Z-man (Offline)
  #2 3/25/08 9:50 PM
You mean this one? http://www.darkecountyfair.com/index.html drove by it on my way to New Weston Ohio speedway. I didn't see anything going on there.
SteveE (Offline)
  #3 3/25/08 9:54 PM
Are you talking about the one near the old drive in? I was there about 10 years ago, not much of anything left. I believe that's where Charlie Engle broke his neck. Man, was he one of a kind.
SUPERDUKE (Offline)
  #4 3/25/08 10:02 PM
Yes Its Still There But Its All Grown With Trees And The Wall In Front Of The Grandstand Was Still Standing A Couple Tears Ago! Charlie Was From Greenville
SUPERDUKE (Offline)
  #5 3/25/08 10:04 PM
No Not The Fairgrounds
SteveE (Offline)
  #6 3/25/08 10:04 PM
I believe Charlie owned a couple of bars in Dayton. He used to have some wild times with Johnny Shackleford in the Engle's Night Club on Cincinnati Street. Every once in awhile you would see Tom McClellan there also along with Tingey and some other racers.
Mud Packer (Offline)
  #7 3/25/08 10:13 PM
Originally Posted by Z-man:
You mean this one? http://www.darkecountyfair.com/index.html drove by it on my way to New Weston Ohio speedway. I didn't see anything going on there.
AMA runs a Flat Track motorcycle race at the fairgrounds every July. I have been the last 3 years and it is great racing. I heard that they run some other events there during the fair. Maybe a demo derby or some thunder car type races.
SUPERDUKE (Offline)
  #8 3/25/08 10:20 PM
Not Talking About The Fairgrounds! The Old Greenville Speedway!!!!
SUPERDUKE (Offline)
  #9 3/25/08 10:25 PM
YES HE HAD 3 BARS IN DAYTON ALL THE BIG CAR DRIVERS HUNG OUT ON CINCY ST. IN THE 40s & 50s! WAS SHOOT AND KILLED IN THE ONE ON 2nd AND BICKELL
SteveE (Offline)
  #10 3/25/08 10:26 PM
A lot of people don't know of the old Greenville speedway. It usually takes some oldtimers on that one .
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