Since I had no idea about any speedway other than current ones in Indy, I did a search and found this.
http://www.stevehardin.com/htm/16thst.htm
I think the speedway looks cool, I would love to see races inside a track like that.

What is the address on this place? I am trying to find it online maps.

For us that were not around 9 years ago, why was it closed? Too much to operate? Too loud/community complaints? Not enough fans? Not enough cars?

I remember seeing the pictures when it was opened, and thought that it would be a great place to watch a race. I have also seen some of the pictures of it on the web, and thought it would have been a great track.

Wasn't Tony George the money behind the operation?

Wow, what a neat looking place. If only someone could convince the city to lease it to them and put a couple million into the place it would be top notch from the aerial pictures.

I remember looking these results up last year when this 16th St. anniversary was posted by DO.


16th Street Finale 1999-09-18

USAC 16TH STREET SPEEDWAY MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 18, 1999 -- Indianapolis, Indiana - 16th Street Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Randy Koch, 82, Krueger-12.585; 2. Michael Lang, 94, Stebbins-12.617; 3. John Wolfe, 3m, Morgan-12.705; 4. Ron Smoker, 24, Parker-12.852; 5. John Sluss, 28, Pro-Motion-12.877; 6. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-12.935; 7. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 111, McCluskey-12.968; 8. Bill Baue, 10, Baue-13.027; 9. Tony Reed, 8R, Reed-13.041; 10. Dennis LaCava, 29, LaCava-13.120; 11. Rick Vaughn, 16, Nowicke-13.148; 12. Dennis Mann, 44, Mann-13.218; 13. Chris Coers, 22c, Coers-13.227; 14. A.J. Felker, 37, Felker-13.402; 15. Joe Justice, 63, Dickerson-13.415; 16. Critter Malone, 7m, Malone-13.471; 17. Barry Reed, 76, Reed-13.523; 18. Jerry Zike, 97z, Zike-13.556; 19. A.J. Smith, 27, Smith-13.870; 20. Tim Mehner, 65, Mehner-13.873; 21. Michael Bridges, 21, MB Racing-13.941;22. Rick Koehler, 36, Koehler-13.960; 23. Roy Caruthers, 15, Caruthers-14.210; 24. Bruce Adkins, 23B, Adkins-14.251; 25. Matt Hardin, 95x, Hardin-14.276; 26. Andy Pierce, 3p, Pierce-14.311; 27. Matt Maners, 23, Maners-14.462; 28. Tim Spindler, 81, Goss-14.478; 29. Doug Cross, 41, Griffith-14.487; 30. Jeff McCloud, 91, McCloud-15.360.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sluss, 2. T.Reed, 3. Koch, 4. Bridges, 5. Hardin, 6. Cross, 7. Coers. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pierce, 2. Lang, 3. Hines, 4. Felker, 5. LaCava, 6. McCloud, 7. Zike, 8. Koehler. 1:51.30

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Caruthers, 2. Smith, 3. McCluskey, 4. Wolfe, 5. Maners, 6. Vaughn, 7. Justice. 1:57.49

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Malone, 2. Smoker, 3. Spindler, 4. Mann, 5. Baue, 6. Mehner, 7. Adkins. 1:55.67

KELLY'S PUB II "LAST CALL" SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Baue, 2. Vaughn, 3. LaCava, 4. Zike, 5. B.Reed, 6. Koehler, 7. Justice, 8. Cross, 9. Maners, 10. McCloud, 11. Hardin, 12. Adkins, 13. Mehner. NT

FEATURE: (30 Laps) 1. Ted Hines, 2. Andy Pierce, 3. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 4. Jerry Zike, 5. Bill Baue, 6. Tony Reed, 7. Roy Caruthers, 8. Dennis LaCava, 9. John Wolfe, 10. Ron Smoker, 11. Critter Malone, 12. John Sluss, 13. Michael Lang, 14. Tim Spindler, 15. A.J. Smith, 16. Randy Koch, 17. Rick Vaughn, 18. Dennis Mann, 19. A.J. Felker, 20. Michael Bridges. NT

**B.Reed flipped during qualifying. Mehner flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Hines, Laps 7-11 Wolfe, Laps 12-14 Hines, Laps 15-24 Lang, Laps 25-30 Hines.

FINAL 16TH STREET SPEEDWAY MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Smoker-193; 2-Malone-186; 3-Pierce-171; 4-Wolfe-155; 5-Caruthers-113; 6-Steve Knepper-108; 7-Lang-86; 8-Vaughn-84; 9-McCluskey-82; 10-Jason Leffler-82.

i had the honor of flagging an amsa mini sprint race there. what a racy joint it was.:thumb

**B.Reed flipped during qualifying. Mehner flipped during the semi.


Head injury???

:dologob:

21 of the drivers who took time that day no longer race anything(To my knowledge) and about 3-5 drive just a handful of times a year.

How things change.

Damn, DO it's been that long ago since we raced there. It was hell of a midget track. Talk about head injury. The night Jason & whoever decided that we needed a little "WWE" action after the race. I don't remenber whos head hurt the worse mine, theirs or the fans/ drivers who either got hit with "nice gooshy mud balls" from the track. How many did we have upsided down that night? What living brain cell I have left from that says 10 or 12.

And yes, the "protective gear" that Kenny presented me with the next race there I still have in my office.

Bill Shipman

16th Street was fun, but it was hard on cars.

The Summer Sizzle was a total bust, and you would think a lesson would have been learned. It has not, as Moto GP used the same, "better hurry, tickets are selling out" mantra.

I think if it had been paved it would have lasted longer.

Always a fun night at the racetrack when 16th Street Speedway was alive and kicking. One of the things that made it fun that we don't get to do now is everyone went to the pits after the race - told stories - and saw the drivers and equipment up close. For it's short life as a track - there were many interesting racing things that happened there and a ton of great racers who ran and won there.