Racers From the Past

[foxfire2dirtracing]

The asphalt track hasn’t been opened in a couple of years. It was originally built as a dirt track some years after Volunteer was built. Quite a bit longer straightaways than Volunteer. It was fairly successful but at that time East Tennessee was over saturated with dirt tracks. Seems like the builder of the “new” Newport Track was a guy named Moore. He was a county official in some way (maybe road superintendent) anyway county equipment & materials were partially used to build it. There was a big stink over it & it was sold to a guy named Drew from California. It went from dirt to asphalt & during this time he opened a junkyard on the property & the junkyard eventually took over the entire area of the Track including outside pits & spectator parking. It has attempted to reopen several times over the past few years -but with no luck. It was a very nice facility & Track when first built- but no repairs were made as the facility aged & weather tools it’s toll. The junkyard became the primary business with the track just a sideline.

[golddirt]

Do you guys really have me curious about billy ogles health condition as I have not heard about this prior to now

[Hustle2win]

Billy is fine.His father recently past & bill owned lots of rental homes & apartment communities in knoxville.Billy is now overseeing all of that.In fact he is currently living in his father's old house.Unless something has changed in the past 3 months Billy is just really busy with work.Billy has never owned his race cars he has always drove for somebody the past 30 years.Theres just not any rides out there like they used to be.

[foxfire2dirtracing]

Glad to hear things are better for Billy these days.

[AllenK]

Was running Moran down the last ten laps or so too.

Yes,he was. I remember him saying "Hey, 50 thousand dollars is a lot of money" in the post race interview. He was tickled to run 2nd and get that payday,but you know he would've liked to see another caution.

[3 wide]

CJ could set one up to run eldora if Jeff purvis had listened to CJ he would be the only one too win eldora 3 times in a row.

[golddirt]

Thanks Hustle

[Barbecueboy]

Where were they when they did the Jack Boggs interview they have on dirt on dirt? What track?

[zyoung25]

I think that interview came from www.dirtstation.com

The track looked like the old atomic in Tennessee.

Dirt station has a pretty good collection of new and old races. 3 month sub is like $26 and a yearly is $70 I believe. It might be the only way us dirt heads will get our fix in the coming month sadly. I normally get it in the winter to pass some time on those snowy or dreary days.

Jackie sure does look like his dad the older he gets.

[dirtybird73]

Where were they when they did the Jack Boggs interview they have on dirt on dirt? What track?

Atomic Speedway in Tennessee

[validwithoutphoto]

Billy Ogle Jr is doing great....has been for the last couple of years. He lost his Dad, Bill Ogle Sr, in March 2019 to a very rare an extremely aggressive thyroid cancer. Billy and his sister took care of him everyday until he was called home. Billy moved in with his Dad once he was diagnosed...so he, his sister and his life partner were with him 24/7. Billy did have hip replacement surgery on his right hip Jan 2020 and his mother took care of him. He is no longer in any pain. Billy Ogle Jr is doing very well!

[validwithoutphoto]

The real deal on Billy Ogle Jr.

Billy Ogle Jr is doing great....has been for the last couple of years. He lost his Dad, Bill Ogle Sr, in March 2019 to a very rare and extremely aggressive thyroid cancer called Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer. Billy and his sister Kristi took care of him everyday until he was called home. Billy moved in with his Dad once he was diagnosed in Jan 2018. Billy, his sister and his life partner were with him 24/7. Billy did have hip replacement surgery on his right hip Jan 2020 and his mother took care of him during that time. Billy is no longer in any pain. Billy Ogle Jr is very busy and is doing very well! 🙏🏼

[B_K]

Good to hear. Always liked how he raced and he’s a good wheelman as well.