FLASH BACK - Atomic Motor Speedway - Lenoir City, TN - October 29, 1978 ----- NDRA LM

FLASH BACK

Atomic Motor Speedway
Lenoir City, TN

October 29, 1978

National Dirt Racing Association (NDRA)

01 Larry Moore 100
02 Billy Thomas
03 Rodney Combs
04 Buddy Rogers
05 Bud Lunsford
06 Buck Simmons
07 C.L. Pritchett
08 Leon Archer
09 Charlie Hughes
10 Charlie Blanton
11 Jerry Meadows
12 Leon Brindle
13 Freddy Smith
14 Bud Norwood
15 Leon Sells
16 Ken Phillips
17 Luther Carter
18 Tommy Joe Pauschert
19 H.E. Vineyard
20 Bob Wearing
21 Doug Kenimer
22 Mike Duvall
23 Joe Richey
24 Ronnie Johnson

I went to all.the big races at atomic that was a stellar field there atomic always drew big names.

I went to Atomic twice and it was rained out both times, got to see hot laps once...

That's an allstar cast of racers from the past, many now gone. NDRA may have only lasted a few years but was an unforgettable part of dirt history.

Loved the creativity in the wedge cars and enjoyed racing them more than anything I raced before or since, though on the wrong side of the country to ever run with NDRA.

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Originally Posted by d-glenn

I went to Atomic twice and it was rained out both times, got to see hot laps once...

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When it was right, not sure there’s ever been a place I enjoyed more. That place was fantastic.

Drove by once on the way to Portsmouth and it was boarded up.

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Originally Posted by Highside Hustler25

Drove by once on the way to Portsmouth and it was boarded up.

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That’s an interesting route to Ohio from Illinois.

At the time I was living close to Ashtabula.

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Originally Posted by Highside Hustler25

At the time I was living close to Ashtabula.

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Had you spent any time at ACE HIGH SPEEDWAY ? Formerly Raceway 7 and now Raceway 7.

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Originally Posted by d-glenn

I went to Atomic twice and it was rained out both times, got to see hot laps once...

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Made it once myself, and got rained out. I did get to see the track though.

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Originally Posted by Raceready

Had you spent any time at ACE HIGH SPEEDWAY ? Formerly Raceway 7 and now Raceway 7.

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Could hear the cars from my house. Went once. I'll leave it at that.

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Originally Posted by Highside Hustler25

At the time I was living close to Ashtabula.

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So Ashtabula to Portsmouth via Knoxville, TN?

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Originally Posted by Highside Hustler25

Could hear the cars from my house. Went once. I'll leave it at that.

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Had you ran down Route 7 to Sharon then ?

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Originally Posted by B_K

So Ashtabula to Portsmouth via Knoxville, TN?

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??lol It was almost 20 years ago. I do remember the last 20 miles or so was a real adventure in a motor home.

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Originally Posted by Raceready

Had you ran down Route 7 to Sharon then ?

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Sharon wasn't bad. Was another in Franklin. Might be closed now. It was pretty primitive as well. Not much for grandstands out that way. He11, not much of anything period if you know what I mean.

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Originally Posted by Highside Hustler25

Sharon wasn't bad. Was another in Franklin. Might be closed now. It was pretty primitive as well. Not much for grandstands out that way. He11, not much of anything period if you know what I mean.

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They called that one Tri City. It was shut down for several years and rebuilt to be more modern.

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Rebuilt to be more modern. Yup. That's a understatement.

Where at around Lenoir City was Atomic located ? I go through LC once or twice a year might swing by just to say I seen where the track was at.

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Originally Posted by One Man Gang

Where at around Lenoir City was Atomic located ? I go through LC once or twice a year might swing by just to say I seen where the track was at.

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Track was just off I-40 West, you could park on the interstate and watch. Very cool track and I was lucky enough to get to run before it was gone.

Think HH25 is talking about the old Atomic Speedway that was down near Chilicothe if I remember correctly. Scary bullring up on a hill.

If he could hear the cars at Raceway 7 he must have lived nearer to Conneaut than Ashtabula. I grew up in 'Bula before I moved west in 1960 and Raceway 7 didn't exist then. Had the little dump track at Geneva on the Lake where I first raced and the fairgrounds dirt at Jefferson and that was about it in the area. I don't think Sharon was built yet though I did get there years later .