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The Pennsboro Speedway was/is a dirt oval located within the city limits of Pennsboro, West Virginia, [population 1,129, all the other communities in the Ritchie County are listed as towns , birthplace of my parents! It is situated on what was probably a field or pasture not far from the bank of the Middle Island Creek.
Page 1 of 3 - Lost Australian speedways - posted in TNFs Archive: Australia has abounded in speedway tracks, many of which have gone forever, buried under suburban development or just abandoned. Heres three to start the ball rolling:Wattle Grove Speedway, Western Australia, 1968 and today. The white dots mark approx location.Forrestfield Speedway, 1968 and today:Claremont Speedway, 1968 and today
A comment on the Hemmings site as highlighted by Tim would appear to be an echo of the debate surrounding the W196 sold by the National Motor Museum a few years back. "Mercedes gifted the (Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum) the W196…. It should be given back to them. The same goes for the corvette given by GM. Ask for a storage fee ….
Ross Jensen finished second behind Walt Hansgen in the 8-lap race for sports cars over 1100 cc at Snetterton on July 27, 1958 and third in the 10-lap Formula Libre race at the same meeting." At Brands Hatch on August 4 he finished second to Ivor Bueb in the 15-lap Kingsdown trophy race for sports cars over 2500 cc.
Posted 16 August 2004 - 21:37. Green Valley Raceway was located at North Richland Hills, Texas (near Fort Worth) and operated from the 60's through the late 80's. Basically it was a 1/4 mile drag strip with a twisty bit connecting it to make for a road course. A lot of drags through the years and the road course hosted Trans-Am and, after being ...
The salt must drag power, as 113mph is really quite slow. FJ racers talk higher speeds than that in the 50s. And Jack Myers car should have been far quicker in that period as well. Especially with the Waggott engine. And 200hp grey motors too have been around for 50+ years. Dragsters, drag tintops, midgets, FJ racing and speedway sedans among ...
Our group is trying to identify and possibly locate the former Lakeside Fairgrounds Speedway in the Augusta, Georgia (USA) area. Any information would be helpful beyond what has been listed here: Apparently this track was located very close to the Augusta Nationa l of golfing Masters fame. Eddie Hearne won at this track and is well recognized ...
World closed-course record chronolgy - posted in TNFs Archive: Hello Here's my list of world closed course speed records through the years. Comments are welcome US Speedways/Superspeedways March 1970: Buddy Baker, Talladega, 200.447 mph November 1970: Bobby Isaac, Talladega, 201.104 mph 1972: Jerry Grant, Ontario, 201.414 mph 1972: Bobby Unser, Ontario, 201.965 mph April 1973: Bobby Unser ...
Ab & Marvin Jenkins, The Studebaker Connection and the Mormon Meteors, by Gordon Eliot White, Iconografix, PO Box 446, Hudson, Wisconsin, 54016, USA, 2006, ISBN 13:978-1-58388-173-6, 160 pp, US$32.95. With the current growing interest in land-speed record activities this book is arriving at the right time.
Rob made a proper job of his speedway stuff,even the fuel tank was embossed from the inside with NTF. He also made the countershafts. Mine had a Norton clutch,and had NTF cast in the housing.I got this story from Col Smith at Coventry speedway who worked at the Triumph at Meriden in the comp shop under Henry Vale.