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Bob Parker (Offline)
  #1 2/3/26 1:20 AM
Where was your first race you attended that you can remember, and it can be any form of Motorsports.


Where?

How old were you?

What race car driver do you remember or that might be famous in the racing world?


Mine ?


Kansas City's Riverside Speedway

5 years old

Some guy named Kenny Weld
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TNRustler (Offline)
  #2 2/3/26 3:34 PM
Firebird Raceway Dirt Track - Phoenix

25 years old

Brent Kaeding
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WinglessLovers (Offline)
  #3 2/3/26 3:51 PM
Harmony Speedway in Harmony, NJ, a 5/8 mile dirt D-shaped oval. The year was 1964 and I was nine at the time. Have been going every since. Frankie Schneider was one of the Eastern modified drivers that ran there.


Bruce Eckel
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WinglessLovers (Offline)
  #4 2/3/26 3:53 PM
Harmony Speedway in Harmony, NJ, a 5/8 mile dirt D-shaped oval. The year was 1964 and I was nine at the time. Have been going every since. Frankie Schneider was one of the Eastern modified drivers that ran there.


Bruce Eckel
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Midget51 (Offline)
  #5 2/4/26 11:01 AM
1966 Eldora Speedway USAC Sprints Arnie Knepper won my favorite car and driver from that day was Ronnie Duman driving Carl Forbergs #12
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Bobcat47 (Offline)
  #6 2/4/26 12:40 PM
Capitol Beach Speedway, Lincoln, Nebraska

Gordie Shuck was the winner.
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nathans1012 (Offline)
  #7 2/4/26 6:55 PM
FALL 1984

Age - 2 1/2 -3

First 2 Races - Southlake Speedway (Crown Point, Indiana) & Kankakee Speedway (Kankakee, Illinois)

Limited Late Model Division - #78 Mike Hollifield (Buzzard Race Cars - Wheeler, Indiana)

2025 Season - TBA
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yeleyfan76 (Offline)
  #8 2/4/26 8:26 PM
Reading Fairgrounds 1974

Real Big Block Modifieds

Favorite car Gerald Chamberlain #76
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oldfan49 (Offline)
  #9 2/4/26 8:34 PM
Sportsman's Speedway in Marshall, Missouri. 1956, I was a baby.
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erich45 (Offline)
  #10 2/4/26 8:37 PM
Winter 1949-1950. Not sure if it was Dec. or Jan. I was 3. AAA midgets indoors Chicago Int'l Amphitheatre. The only driver I remember for sure was Eddie Russo, a Marine Corp buddy of my dad from WW2. When Dad announced we were going to see some midget races, Mom thought we were going to a track meet for little people!
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