Muncie BoardTrack (veladrome?)

SUPERDUKE (Offline)
#11 1/8/09 4:31 PM

Originally Posted by jakemoore:
duke, do you know anything about a race track near mccordsville, in on pendelton pike? Got a lane leading back up to the track. Its kind of back in the woods? My dad and his brother always went back there when they were kids and they didn't know the name of it then and i haven't been able to find any information on it. I found it on google earth. Its just south east of mccordsville on pendlenton pike/in67

yes went there one time to start a car up years ago! It was going to be a dog track and later they paved it and ran a few midgets and coupes there

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SUPERDUKE (Offline)
#12 1/8/09 4:51 PM

Originally Posted by racefan20:
Duke the sportswriters in Muncie are all young and pretty lame, they are barely able to cover high school basketball which is king in Muncie. I grew up on the south side of muncie and that area off of Burlington has been a trailer park since the early '60's could have been a racetrack before that but it would have been before my time. BTW my uncle built and ran the dragstrip next to the defunct Muncie Speedway off 67 between Muncie and Albany.

I RACED THE FIRST RACE THERE IN I964 CORA MIDGET RACE WAS LEADING THE FEATURE TILL I WAS BLACKED FLAGGED FOR NOTHING!!! CORA DIDN'T LIKE OUT OF STATE GUYS GETTING THERE MONEY!!!!!!!!!! I WORKED FOR BOB KING AT ABC MOTORS ON SO. MADISON NEAR WILLIARD! AND DROVE MY FIRST SPRINT CAR FOR BOB'S HALF BROTHER ARNOLD EBERLE A STUDYBAKER OHV V8 NB. 56!:checkered:

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TQ29m (Offline)
#13 1/8/09 5:46 PM

Duke, would that Eberle be from Bloomington? Bob

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SUPERDUKE (Offline)
#14 1/8/09 5:52 PM

Originally Posted by tq29m:
duke, would that eberle be from bloomington? Bob

no muncie!!!!!!!!!! He just passed last year and bob king 2 yr ago won the little 500 two times!!!!!

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SUPERDUKE (Offline)
#15 1/8/09 5:54 PM

Originally Posted by bobv:
according to allan brown's book "the history of america's speedways past and present" the muncie velodrome was a 1/5 mile paved oval that operated from 6/14/1940 to 6/26/1942 and 4/19/1946 to 1946. There is no mention of a board track in muncie.

The muncie motor speedway was a 1/4 mile paved oval which operated from 1964 to 1990 when it was closed by the epa because it was a toxic dump site per the same book.

was there a address for the velodrome?

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sc96 (Offline)
#16 1/8/09 8:57 PM

Originally Posted by JakeMoore:
Duke, Do you know anything about a race track near McCordsville, IN on Pendelton pike? Got a lane leading back up to the track. Its kind of back in the woods? My dad and his brother always went back there when they were kids and they didn't know the name of it then and I haven't been able to find any information on it. I found it on google earth. Its just south east of McCordsville on Pendlenton Pike/IN67

I have been past there several times you can still see light poles and a small building sitting by the hwy.

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cabjr111 (Offline)
#17 1/8/09 9:58 PM

Originally Posted by JakeMoore:
Duke, Do you know anything about a race track near McCordsville, IN on Pendelton pike? Got a lane leading back up to the track. Its kind of back in the woods? My dad and his brother always went back there when they were kids and they didn't know the name of it then and I haven't been able to find any information on it. I found it on google earth. Its just south east of McCordsville on Pendlenton Pike/IN67

They called it the dog track they ran a lot of 1/2 midget races there.

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RcrSkyChk (Offline)
#18 1/8/09 10:37 PM

Yeah Jake there is an old track back there too. It was just McCordsville Speedway.. It was a dog track before it was a race track hah

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RacingNut (Offline)
#19 1/9/09 1:07 AM

Between the site on Burlington being a race track and a park, it was a dump. Dig down a couple feet in the trailor park and you will hit trash. Before it was the Muncie Velodrome it was a steeplechase.

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TQ29m (Offline)
#20 1/9/09 11:16 AM

Duke, the reason I asked was, a friend of mine from Bloomington, is an Eberle, he married Kay and Carl Sandy's daughter, Tom "BIG" used to drive for them. They got back in a couple years ago, their son decided he wanted to try his hand at driving a midget, don't know if he's still at it, or not. Bob

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