Pennsboro

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How long has Pennsboro been closed??
Carl Short still owns adjoining property (as of a couple years ago)

[Pennsboro32]

How long has Pennsboro been closed??
Carl Short still owns adjoining property (as of a couple years ago)

The last race they had was in 2002. Believe it or not, they had the first ever night race that year, and it was pretty good racing.

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18 years- thanks Penns!!

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It’s a track I never got to attend. When Mineral Wells was open - I always wanted to drive up to Pennsboro and just take a look for history sake- but never did. Shame on me!!

[Rajflyboy]

I drive by occasionally. I was just interested in what is going on up there.

[dirt crow]

Atmosphere and every big time driver was there for the DTWC. The Woodstock of racing. Only die hards.

The Woodstock of racing. Lol. Sounds bout right. ....unless you mean that One groove track in Woodstock Georgia. Yuck! Lol

[MontanaMagic1619*]

Well, its that time again ! Time to bring out the reason why this track was as famous as most people say. Oh sure, it had its problems, it could be a dump at times, but there is two main reasons WHY I loved this track so much

The mystique AND it always drew THE best drivers DLM had to offer. I only missed one race in all those years because I was fighting off bullets and hand grenades in Bosnia working as an engineer but I " always " made sure I planned my vacations always around Pennsboro. People can say what they want, but for us old guys who remember this place fondly, it was THE place to be for a little over twenty years if you were a die hard racing fan !

[MontanaMagic1619*]

1981
1) JIM DUNN 2) Rodney Combs 3) Doug Kenimer 4) Donnie Moran 5) Charlie Swartz 6) Jack Boggs 7) Steve Kosiski, 8) Pat Patrick 9) Buck Simmons 10) Bob Wearing Sr 11) Mike Duvall 12) Gene McNeely 13) Kevin Gundaker 14) Frank Wilson 15) Danny Dean 16) Freddy Smith 17) Wally Heminger 18) Neil Bonnett 19) Craig Spetman 20) Ray Godsey 21) Lynn Geisler 22) Larry Moore 23) Leon Archer 24) Ken Walton 25) David Speer 26) Don Seaborn 27) Gary Henry 28) R.D. Jones

1982
1) CHARLIE SWARTZ 2) Jerry Inmon 3) John Mason 4) Steve Kosiski 5) Mike Duvall 6) Russ Petro 7) Lynn Geisler 8) Freddy Smith 9) Don Hobbs 10) Pat Patrick 11) Eddie Carrier Sr 12) Jack Boggs 13) Rodney Combs 14) Chuck McWilliams 15) Jim Dunn 16) Jim Curry 17) Jim Hunt 18) Rick Ren 19) Donnie Moran 20) Mike Chisholm 21) Blackie Watt 22) Fred Stube 23) Doug Kenimer 24) Bob Wearing Sr 25) Larry Phillips 26) Tom Harshman 27) Doug Hauserman 28) Larry Moore

1983
1) FREDDY SMITH 2) Pat Patrick 3) Rodney Combs 4) Russ Petro 5) Donnie Moran 6) John Mason 7) Fulmer Lance 8) Jim Hunt 9) Lynn Geisler 10) Gary Balough 11) Dave Hess Sr 12) Chuck McWilliams 13) Jimmie Roan 14) Gerald Dixon 15) Joe Kosiski 16) Jeff Purvis 17) Gene Ferrell 18) Charlie Swartz 19) Larry Phillips 20) Jack Boggs 21) David Speer 22) Buck Simmons 23) Delmas Conley 24) Larry Moore 25) Dusty Chapman 26) Johnny Johnson 27) Kenny Brightbill 28) Jerry Inmon

1984
1) JACK BOGGS 2) Larry Moore 3) Rodney Franklin 4) Larry Phillips 5) Gary Stuhler 6) Buck Simmons 7) Leon Sells 8) Bob Wearing Sr 9) John Mason 10) Tommy Pauschert 11) Freddy Smith 12) Cale Yarborough 13) Bubby James 14) David Speer 15) Bob Pierce 16) Jesse Meadows 17) Jim Vandenburg 18) Kenny Brightbill 19) Mike Smith 20) Glenn Taylor 21) Tom Helfrich 22) Paul Shafer 23) Norm Benning 24) Fulmer Lance 25) Lynn Geisler 26) Kenny Simpson 27) Doug Osteen 28) James Powell 29) Pat Patrick 30) Jimmie Roan 31) C.L. Pritchett

1985
1) FREDDY SMITH 2) (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) Potts 3) Rodney Combs 4) Lynn Geisler 5) Jack Hewitt 6) Denny Chamberlain 7) Tom Peck 8) Willy Kraft 9) Stan Lasley 10) John Mason 11) Larry Moore 12) Joel Wood 13) Pat Patrick 14) Joe Kosiski 15) Jimmy Allen 16) Tom Clise 17) Charlie Swartz 18) Jack Boggs 19) Mike Duvall 20) Russ Petro 21) Buck Simmons 22) Noel Witcher 23) Ray Godsey 24) Larry Phillips 25) Mike Balzano 26) Steve Barnett 27) Jimmie Roan 28) Mark Banal

1986
1) BILLY MOYER 2) Willy Kraft 3) Jeff Purvis 4) Gary Stuhler 5) Freddy Smith 6) Mike Duvall 7) Buck Simmons 8) Larry Moore 9) Donnie Moran 10) Randy Boggs 11) Bob Wearing Sr 12) Steve Baker 13) Roy Miller 14) Ray Guss 15) Mark Banal 16) John Mason 17) Tom Hearst 18) Paul Davis 19) Rodney Franklin 20) Bob Adams Jr 21) Mike Balzano 22) Dale Fischlein 23) Tye Long 24) Harold Redman 25) Ben Hess 26) Mike Smith 27) Rick Egersdorf 28) Charlie Swartz 29) Rodney Combs 30) Jack Boggs

1987
1) LARRY MOORE 2) Freddy Smith 3) Charlie Swartz 4) Donnie Moran 5) Billy Moyer 6) Davey Johnson 7) John Mason 8) Randy Boggs 9) Delmas Conley 10) Jack Pennington 11) Tom Helfrich 12) B.A. Malcuit 13) Jerry Inmon 14) (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) Potts 15) Wade Knowles 16) Bob Pierce 17) Jack Boggs 18) Steve Kosiski 19) Steve Francis 20) Ed Gibbons 21) Jeff Purvis 22) Earl Smith 23) John Holt 24) Jack Hewitt 25) Tom Ursy 26) Scott Bloomquist

1988
1) DONNIE MORAN 2) Gary Stuhler 3) Davey Johnson 4) Mike Balzano 5) Ed Gibbons 6) Billy Moyer 7) Steve Baker 8) Steve Kosiski 9) Jack Boggs 10) Rodney Combs 11) Ed Ferree 12) John Mason 13) C.J. Rayburn 14) Denny Chamberlain 15) Rick Aukland 16) Rick Egersdorf 17) Willy Kraft 18) Larry Moore 19) Wade Knowles 20) Freddy Smith 21) Bob Wearing Sr 22) Jeff Purvis 23) Charlie Swartz 24) Scott Bloomquist 25) Randy Boggs 26) Brad Malcuit

1989
1) JOHN MASON 2) Charlie Swartz 3) Donnie Moran 4) Billy Moyer 5) Larry Moore 6) (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) Barton 7) Larry Phillips 8) Mike Balzano 9) Rodney Combs 10) Bob Hershman 11) Don Gross 12) Todd Andrews 13) Nathan Durboraw 14) Steve Baker 15) Joe Meadows 16) Davey Johnson 17) Ron Davies 18) Scott Bloomquist 19) Mike Smith 20) Freddy Smith 21) Rodney Franklin 22) Steve Francis 23) Tim Newman 24) Booper Bare 25) John Gill 26) Lynn Geisler 27) Jack Boggs

1990
1) JACK BOGGS 2) Buck Simmons 3) Freddy Smith 4) Charlie Swartz 5) Lynn Geisler 6) Eddie Carrier Sr 7) Brad Malcuit 8) Ron Davies 9) Gary Stuhler 10) Paul Davis 11) Donnie Moran 12) Larry Moore 13) Mike Balzano 14) Mark Banal 15) (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) Barton 16) Denny Chamberlain 17) Bob Pierce 18) Billy Moyer 19) Steve Smith 20) Bruce Hordusky 21) Scott Bloomquist 22) John Mason 23) Harold Redman 24) Ronnie Johnson 25) Nathan Durboraw 26) John Gill 27) Bob Wearing Sr

1991
1) FREDDY SMITH 2) Billy Moyer Jr 3) Rex Richey 4) Rodney Combs 5) Donnie Moran 6) John Mason 7) Larry Moore 8) Ed Basey 9) Bob Wearing Sr 10) Charlie Swartz 11) Nathan Durboraw 12) Wade Knowles 13) Tom Helfrich 14) Gary Stuhler 15) Ed Gibbons 16) Mike Duvall 17) Davey Johnson 18) Wendell Wallace 19) Bill Frye 20) Steve Kosiski 21) Delmas Conley 22) Jack Boggs 23) Bob Wearing Jr 24) Craig Briggs 25) Rick Eckert 26) Mike Balzano 27) Darrell Lanigan 28) Ronnie Johnson

1992
1) RONNIE JOHNSON 2) Freddy Smith 3) Donnie Moran 4) Chub Frank 5) Billy Moyer 6) Larry Moore 7) Paul Harris 8) Steve Francis 9) Rodney Franklin 10) Denny Chamberlain 11) Rodney Combs 12) Mike Duvall 13) Mike Balzano 14) Booper Bare 15) Johnny Johnson 16) Darrell Lanigan 17) Rick Eckert 18) Mike Smith 19) Scott Bloomquist 20) Jack Boggs 21) Charlie Swartz 22) Bob Pierce 23) Rex Richey 24) Mike Johnson 25) Davey Johnson 26) Ed Gibbons

1993
1) FREDDY SMITH 2) Chub Frank 3) Jack Boggs 4) Davey Johnson 5) Lynn Geisler 6) Gary Stuhler 7) Nathan Durboraw 8) Rick Eckert 9) Bill Frye 10) John Mason 11) Booper Bare 12) Mark Banal 13) Donnie Moran 14) Larry Moore 15) Steve Barnett 16) Steve Shaver 17) John Gill 18) Kevin Claycomb 19) Scott Bloomquist 20) Charlie Swartz 21) Bob Pierce 22) Kevin Weaver 23) Aaron Scott 24) Billy Moyer 25) Ronnie Johnson 26) Denny Chamberlain 27) Mike Balzano 28) Don O'Neal

1994
1) RONNIE JOHNSON 2) Davey Johnson 3) Freddy Smith 4) Donnie Moran 5) Nathan Durboraw 6) Tim Hitt 7) Gary Stuhler 8) Don O'Neal 9) Steve Francis 10) Randle Chupp 11) Bob Salathe 12) Chub Frank 13) Billy Moyer 14) Booper Bare 15) Larry Moore 16) Doug Hall 17) Bill Frye 18) Scott Bloomquist 19) Bart Hartman 20) Lynn Geisler 21) Mike Balzano 22) Steve Baker 23) John Gill 24) Rick Eckert 25) Johnny Stokes 26) Rodney Franklin

1995
1) JACK BOGGS 2) Donnie Moran 3) Larry Moore 4) Gary Stuhler 5) Billy Moyer 6) Tim Hitt 7) Rick Aukland 8) Mike Balzano 9) Todd Andrews 10) Rick Eckert 11) Denny Chamberlain 12) Ronnie Johnson 13) Steve Baker 14) Mike Smith 15) Bill Frye 16) Steve Francis 17) Bart Hartman 18) Freddy Smith 19) John Gill 20) Nathan Durboraw 21) Don O'Neal 22) Dave Groves 23) Scott Bloomquist 24) Mike Johnson 25) Davey Johnson 26) Charlie Swartz 27) Wendell Wallace

1996
1) BILLY MOYER 2) Rick Eckert 3) Davey Johnson 4) Freddy Smith 5) Wendell Wallace 6) Gary Stuhler, 7) Denny Chamberlain 8) Scott Bloomquist 9) Tim Hitt 10) Rick Aukland 11) Mike Balzano 12) Jack Pennington 13) Rex Richey 14) Bob Salathe 15) Mike Johnson 16) Donnie Moran 17) C.S. Fitzgerald 18) Todd Andrews 19) Steve Shaver 20) Jack Boggs 21) Steve Francis 22) Charlie Swartz 23) C.J. Rayburn 24) Billy Hicks 25) Bob Pierce 26) Steve Lucas 27) Jackie Boggs 28) Doug Dodd

1997
1) MARSHALL GREEN 2) Freddy Smith 3) Todd Andrews 4) Wendell Wallace 5) Skip Arp 6) Scott Bloomquist 7) Jeff Smith 8) Mike Duvall 9) Jack Boggs 10) Rick Eckert 11) Tim Hitt 12) Paul Harris 13) Jackie Boggs 14) Mike Johnson 15) Bill Frye 16) R.J. Conley 17) Bart Hartman 18) Davey Johnson 19) Harold Redman 20) Steve Baker 21) Jack Pennington 22) Ronnie Johnson 23) Wade Knowles 24) Steve Francis 25) Johnny Virden 26) C.S. Fitzgerald 27) Mike Balzano 28) Gary Stuhler

2001
1) BART HARTMAN 2) Scott Bloomquist 3) Chub Frank 4) Wendell Wallace 5) Steve Lucas 6) Brian Birkhofer 7) Shannon Babb 8) Rick Eckert 9) Mike Balzano 10) Steve Francis 11) Dan Schlieper 12) Booper Bare 13) Jackie Boggs 14) Scott Cross 15) Clint Coffman 16) Rod Conley 17) Mark Banal 18) Johnny Johnson 19) Freddy Smith 20) Ray Cook 21) Skip Arp 22) Donnie Moran 23) Steve Russell 24) Ryan Markham 25) Davey Johnson 26) Billy Moyer 27) Rob House 28) Marshall Green 29) Lynn Geisler 30) Jimmy Mars

[Pennsboro32]

Well, its that time again ! Time to bring out the reason why this track was as famous as most people say. Oh sure, it had its problems, it could be a dump at times, but there is two main reasons WHY I loved this track so much

The mystique AND it always drew THE best drivers DLM had to offer. I only missed one race in all those years because I was fighting off bullets and hand grenades in Bosnia working as an engineer but I " always " made sure I planned my vacations always around Pennsboro. People can say what they want, but for us old guys who remember this place fondly, it was THE place to be for a little over twenty years if you were a die hard racing fan !

Right on MM. Even us younger guys know what it meant. You just had to be there, can't describe it good enough on a computer. I remember being 7-8 years old seeing all those guys in the pits that you read about in Dirt Digest, Mid America, etc. The ones who haven't been there but want to make jokes about the place missed out.

[bleedblue55]

On a side note the promoter for Tyler Co. and Ohio Valley speedways has expressed interest in possibly bringing Mineral Wells back to life. Believe he has a crowd funding thing going on looking to raise about $3 million to get the ball rolling.

[MontanaMagic1619*]

They sure did miss out Pennsboro, when I first started going there in '81 only one guy went with me, a mechanic at my local garage. By the time 2001 rolled around I was getting tickets for 33 of my best friends, they dug the place as much as I did.

[TerryM]

So Only diehards like really awful racing? Makes sense.

I’m as diehard as it gets. Pennsboro was the worst place I’ve ever attended a race. Everything about it was terrible. The track, the location, the atmosphere, the facility, the racing ... all one big joke. But I still came back every year, because all the big name drivers were there for the money, and back then you could only see them all together at two tracks — Eldora and Pennsboro.

[dirtcrazy4u]

NO PASSING ? Thanks Montana Magic. But, you forgot to add 1 thing. Big Jim Dunn started dead last. I was there, the place was nutz.

[Pennsboro32]

TerryM, you could ask 100 people if the “atmosphere” was bad at Pennsboro and you would be the only one who said yes.

[zyoung25]

Why is everyone so obsessed with this track? Every highlight or video Ive ever seen looks like one-lane dust storm.

Maybe they burned a large abundance of marijuana on the backstretch and everyone caught a sniff.

Not just Mary J....several porta-johns lost their lives there