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Anyone recognize this track?
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More like recognize the place. You can't really see the track.
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1st guess - Iowa State Fairgrounds (Des Moines)
2nd guess - Missouri State Fairgrounds (Sedalia)
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Looks like the Iowa State fairgrounds...
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Here is another pic of the track.
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Get those tractor tires outta there.
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Maybe they did it because of Rick Aukland...... lol
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Wrong on both track guesses, BTW
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Originally Posted by dirt33
1st guess - Iowa State Fairgrounds (Des Moines)
2nd guess - Missouri State Fairgrounds (Sedalia)
Sedalia was my first guess aswell but looks to small an no guardrail
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Looks like Thunderbird speedway muskogee Oklahoma.
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2nd photo does indeed look like Thunderbird.
1st photo - I still say it is Iowa State Fairgrounds. If I am wrong about that, wow that is crazy how similar it was built...
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You guys got it!
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Des Moines Ia. R.I.P., because of the stage in the infield.
Last edited by intel8; 02-05-2019 at 07:06 PM.
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Could have been any of a thousand old fairgrounds tracks that once dotted the country...
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Fairground racing most always grows up in weeds. There are few exceptions.
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I went there for the HAT race back in '99. The big half mile track and the covered stands were awesome,but the race was not that great. Birkhoffer led every lap. Glad I went though because it's a very cool place.
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I was visiting Gary Oliver's Tri-City Buggy shop in the late 70's. Gary mentioned that Iowa has 91 (?) counties and everyone had stock car racing.
When I promoted Chilton Speedway (WI) in 1988 we had a wonderful old wooden grandstand...years later they built a generic steel and aluminum deal that just wasn't the same.
I had a 900 seat covered grandstand at Amherst, WI and it was the coolest deal...very cozy.
Now if I could have just filled those seats...
Last edited by Krooser; 02-07-2019 at 07:57 AM.
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West Liberty, Davenport, Columbus Junction, Cedar Rapids, East Moline all within a 100 miles of me when I grew up; all covered fairgrounds (you don't really see these in the south). Probably more just those came to me quickly. Funny thing Krooser, just took a picture of a TCB sign at a track down here...My first late model was a bolt on front clip TCB!
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their are lots of fairground tracks in illinois
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Approx 15 years back Iowa had more dirt tracks operating than any state. It’s lost some since then. But without fairgrounds tracks there would be almost none. Haven’t visited them all but quite a few, 34 at Burlington is the only stand alone dirt track I recall off hand. Someone else can enlighten me to others.
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