[Grocery Guy]

1967 or 68
11 or 12

Mazon Speed Bowl, Mazon, IL
Ray Young & Lee Schuler

Fairbury, IL
Larry "Boom Boom" Cannon - Super modifieds called rails
Jack Tyne - 8-cylinder stock cars

[mc/rider]

Broadway Speedway Crown Point In. Circa 1959. Bob Hollifield, Larry Cope, Danny Gluth, Whitey X, Bob and George Hatch, Carel Russell etc

[JJMooney]

1966 - Shangri-la Speedway, Owego NY. Pavement track. Modified stock cars.

Six months old. Much too young to remember anything.

Drivers who raced at this track back then that might be familiar to some: Dutch Hoag and Lee Osborne. Possibly Jim Shampine.

[openwheelfan1]

Fall of 1964, 200 lap supermodified race. I was not yet 10 years old.

Tri-State Speedway, Haubstadt, IN.

I have no idea who won, but I do remember hearing the names Kinser, Gaines and Gilstrap, guys that would soon become my heroes

[flagboy55]

I don’t know specifically but here’s what I can attest to. It had to be 69 or 70, but could be earlier. I’m sure of this because I remember my Dad making it clear we got to watch the legend Bob Tatersall. His last year was 70. This was at Santa Fe. I would’ve been 7 or 8 at the time. Probably my favorite then was Mel Kenyon

[PJ Wright]

Holland Speedway in NY. 1967 which was the last year it was dirt. I was 12 and my favorites were Pete Tingue and Speedy Greco. The hook was set.

[Rapid Rick]

Winchester Speedway for the USAC sprints the summer of '63. I was only 3 and Dad said nobody could believe I slept through the feature with the Offys under the covered grandstand. Hasn't happened since.

[flagboy55]

Originally Posted by mc/rider Broadway Speedway Crown Point In. Circa 1959. Bob Hollifield, Larry Cope, Danny Gluth, Whitey X, Bob and George Hatch, Carel Russell etc

MC, I remember a couple of those names. A little before my time but I heard of them

[tristatephoto]

my first race was Millstream Speedway Findlay Ohio 1955 racing modified coupes I was 6 years old Gordon Dukes and Bobby Bohan were the top drivers . SAW MY FIRST USAC SPRINT CAR RACE AT NEW BREMEN OHIO DIRT IN 1961 . A.J. FOYT RACED AND GOT HIS AUTOGRAPH THAT DAY.

[Igo-Ono]

I am enjoying reading everyone’s recollections.

The first race that I can remember attending was the 1970 USAC champ car race at the old California State Fairgrounds in Sacramento. Al Unser won in the Johnny Lightning car. A few months later, I got a Johnny Lightning set for Christmas.