Pennsboro Speedway (WV) - Track work being done. Update.

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  • HoosierDirtFan
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2012
    • 22186

    #1

    Pennsboro Speedway (WV) - Track work being done. Update.

    Pennsboro Speedway (WV) - Track work being done.

    Pictures were posted about 2 hours ago on the tracks Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/pennsboromagic

    According to them they are widening the track as part of the track construction and facility updates.









    Last edited by HoosierDirtFan; 02-22-2024, 07:00 PM.
    Nathan Stephens

    Next Race - 7/20 TBA
    2024 Season: 14 - Brownstown (IN) 2, Fairbury (IL) 2, Farmer City (IL) 1, Grundy Co (IL) 1, Kankakee (IL) 2, & Shadyhill (IN) 6
  • Morgs153
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2020
    • 850

    #2
    That is one unique looking bridge. It looks like it has been added on to, and added on to, and fixed, and fixed, a few times before. Now they are going to widen it and make it safer I would assume?
    Political correctness,...is the inability to speak the truth about the obvious.

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    • Mopar DLM
      Senior Member
      • Aug 2012
      • 216

      #3
      What kind of grass do they have in WV that is already green this time of year? Are those pictures current or from last year?

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      • HoosierDirtFan
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2012
        • 22186

        #4
        Originally posted by Mopar DLM View Post
        What kind of grass do they have in WV that is already green this time of year? Are those pictures current or from last year?

        The pictures are Current. These pictures were posted yesterday on the tracks Facebook page.
        Nathan Stephens

        Next Race - 7/20 TBA
        2024 Season: 14 - Brownstown (IN) 2, Fairbury (IL) 2, Farmer City (IL) 1, Grundy Co (IL) 1, Kankakee (IL) 2, & Shadyhill (IN) 6

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        • Pennsboro32
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2020
          • 3440

          #5
          Def was yesterday. Been a warmer than normal winter.

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          • Dirt Clod
            Senior Member
            • Aug 2007
            • 528

            #6
            What are the estimated costs to bring Pennsboro back to a viable racing speedway? Quite the investment.

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            • bleedblue55
              Senior Member
              • Feb 2012
              • 1873

              #7
              Originally posted by Dirt Clod View Post
              What are the estimated costs to bring Pennsboro back to a viable racing speedway? Quite the investment.
              Pennsboro in it's heyday was basically a $hithole. No parking, no restroom facilities, no consession facility, very little permanent seating. Todays crowd wouldn't tolerate what people put up with back then. Running the dozer around is good. Now if they'd pack it, water it, and spread tons of calcium chloride they would already have a viable speedway judged by the standards of the past.

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              • KTMLew
                Senior Member
                • May 2007
                • 1167

                #8
                Originally posted by bleedblue55 View Post
                Pennsboro in it's heyday was basically a $hithole. No parking, no restroom facilities, no consession facility, very little permanent seating. Todays crowd wouldn't tolerate what people put up with back then. Running the dozer around is good. Now if they'd pack it, water it, and spread tons of calcium chloride they would already have a viable speedway judged by the standards of the past.
                Yep. I'm trying to figure out how/where they gonna park the haulers of today. Figure-out a way to stack the stackers? I remember getting a ticket for parking along the road. Wasn't any other place to park. While it sucked, never missed a race for number of years.

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                • Barbecueboy
                  Senior Member
                  • Mar 2013
                  • 18116

                  #9
                  Those bridges scare the hell out of me from the overhead view I saw…..assuming they will widen them/replace them?
                  Where is the move over flag when you need it?????

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                  • HoosierDirtFan
                    Senior Member
                    • Dec 2012
                    • 22186

                    #10
                    Pennsboro Facebook Page - Track videoS
                    (1.47) Update - https://www.facebook.com/pennsboroma...75715262073195

                    (.29) Drone video - https://www.facebook.com/pennsboroma...13468238378695

                    (2.47) Phase 1 work - https://www.facebook.com/pennsboroma...28045176332722
                    Last edited by HoosierDirtFan; 02-24-2024, 05:16 PM.
                    Nathan Stephens

                    Next Race - 7/20 TBA
                    2024 Season: 14 - Brownstown (IN) 2, Fairbury (IL) 2, Farmer City (IL) 1, Grundy Co (IL) 1, Kankakee (IL) 2, & Shadyhill (IN) 6

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                    • HoosierDirtFan
                      Senior Member
                      • Dec 2012
                      • 22186

                      #11
                      Pictures posted over the last day or so.










                      Posted this morning with snow on the ground around the track.



                      Nathan Stephens

                      Next Race - 7/20 TBA
                      2024 Season: 14 - Brownstown (IN) 2, Fairbury (IL) 2, Farmer City (IL) 1, Grundy Co (IL) 1, Kankakee (IL) 2, & Shadyhill (IN) 6

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                      • klemmabyna
                        Senior Member
                        • May 2007
                        • 2065

                        #12
                        never went to pennsboro but the history is inescapable almost as many legendary stories from that place as eldora. very sceptical of XR based on lofty goals and past history.

                        but i would really like to see this succeed. not because i think the old pennsboro magic will be revived. but it beats the hell out of watching another track close.
                        Last edited by klemmabyna; 02-24-2024, 10:48 PM.
                        And the days that I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations, well, I have really good days - Ray Wylie Hubbard

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                        • Barbecueboy
                          Senior Member
                          • Mar 2013
                          • 18116

                          #13
                          Originally posted by HoosierDirtFan View Post
                          Pictures posted over the last day or so.










                          Posted this morning with snow on the ground around the track.



                          Thanks Nate…..for a flatlander like me that doesn’t see much of it that shot of WV with snow is beauty.
                          Where is the move over flag when you need it?????

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                          • over4T
                            Senior Member
                            • Feb 2015
                            • 1101

                            #14
                            Pennsboro

                            Got to agree with you BBQ. That bridge looks like a disaster waiting to happen.

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                            • Buford.Justice
                              Senior Member
                              • May 2020
                              • 4981

                              #15
                              It looks like that one bridge would have to be widened. Probably both of them.
                              If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!

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