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  • TBSprintFan
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2016
    • 614

    #16
    Riverview Raceways = Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada. Closed in 1993. Home track of #1 Tom Nesbitt, #51 Joel Cryderman, #97 John Jones and others

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    • MI Dirt Fan
      Banned
      • May 2007
      • 8806

      #17
      Thunderbird in Muskegon MI closed about 3-4 yrs ago but was bought and suppose to reopen this year. And Cherry Speedway southeast of Traverse City was bought and closed for good.

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      • hex8320
        Member
        • Dec 2012
        • 37

        #18
        In Pennsylvania : Challenger, Thunder Valley, Latrobe, Ebensburg, Windber. In Maryland:Cumberland, MD (supposed to open this year). These are all the tracks we used to race. I can remember when we had to decide what track we wanted to go to.

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        • King1
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2012
          • 354

          #19
          Mountain Motor Speedway, Isom KY
          Lucky 7 Speedway, Colson KY
          Thunder Ridge, Prestonsburg KY

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          • old fan
            Banned
            • Jan 2016
            • 4191

            #20
            Originally posted by castone View Post
            Two sad things for sure are a ghost race track, and a ghost drive-in theater of days gone by.
            but how about a drive -in turned to race track

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            • bleedblue55
              Senior Member
              • Feb 2012
              • 1872

              #21
              Morgantown, WV Speedway at Cheat Lake. Been closed probably 35 years or so. Now a giant convenient store/gas station and a holy roller mega church.
              Interstate/ I-79/ Brennan's across the road from the Rocket shop. Now a parking lot for an auto auction.
              I started my lifelong addiction to dirt racing at these two tracks as a child in the early 60's.

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              • Pops15
                Senior Member
                • May 2007
                • 2304

                #22
                Sugar Island Park, Santa Fe, Raceway Park, Mazon, Bureau County Speedway, Aledo, Macomb, Shaheen's, Champaign, Pana, LaPlace, Mendota, Peotone, Wakeegan, Freeport, Pecatonica, Mount Olive, Williamson County, Mount Vernon, Godfrey, Danville Speedbowl, Pride Of The Prairrie, and several more that were in Illinois.
                Some of those tracks are ancient history. Others closed more recently. Unfortunately the list will continue to grow.
                Support WEEKLY racing......while you still can!

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                • HEAVY DUTY
                  Senior Member
                  • Jun 2007
                  • 796

                  #23
                  Rockcastle, Clinton Co., Lake Cumberland, Bluegrass, Scenic, Golden Mountain, Tenn Motor, Atomic, Big South Fork, Mountain Motor, Lucky 7, Perry County, Bluegrass, Clay City, Barren Co., Cool Springs, Taylor Co., Thunder Ridge, Half Mountain, all fairly recently. Countless more since I was a kid. Lost Creek, Frankfort, Russell Springs, Junction City, McKee, Pine Knot, Lonnies, I am sure there are more.

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                  • weatherman85
                    Senior Member
                    • Jun 2012
                    • 806

                    #24
                    I-20 Speedway (Batesburg SC), Gordon Park Speedway (Augusta Ga), Mileback speedway (Gray Court SC), Thunder Valley (Lawndale NC), I-75 Speedway (Chester SC), Westminster Speedway (Westminister SC) have all closed. Modoc speedway seems to be iffy and no longer runs weekly shows.

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                    • Jim11h
                      Senior Member
                      • May 2007
                      • 1501

                      #25
                      Lakeville Speedway in Ohio about 5yrs ago. Before that it's been awhile since I can recall a track closing permanently. Had Bryan close in early 90's and Mansfield Speedway but rumored to re-open but it's pavement now

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                      • CIRF
                        Senior Member
                        • Jul 2007
                        • 8122

                        #26
                        Originally posted by Pops15 View Post
                        Sugar Island Park, Santa Fe, Raceway Park, Mazon, Bureau County Speedway, Aledo, Macomb, Shaheen's, Champaign, Pana, LaPlace, Mendota, Peotone, Wakeegan, Freeport, Pecatonica, Mount Olive, Williamson County, Mount Vernon, Godfrey, Danville Speedbowl, Pride Of The Prairie, and several more that were in Illinois.
                        Some of those tracks are ancient history. Others closed more recently. Unfortunately the list will continue to grow.
                        Pops' list is a sad one, for sure. I can remember most of the tracks he lists.

                        I would add to Pops' list these Illinois speedway's that are also defunct:

                        Sterling Speedbowl Park,
                        Benton Speedway,
                        Brownstown Speedway,
                        Crawford County Speedway in Stoy, Illlinois,
                        Pittsfield Speedway,
                        Raceway Park in Blue Island,
                        White Squirrel Speedway in Olney,
                        3rd Street Speedway in Streator,Illinois,
                        Ohare Field Speedway in Des Plaines, Illinois.

                        And In Eastern Iowa we have Blue Grass Speedway that closed several years ago.

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                        • Scott Boesel
                          Senior Member
                          • Aug 2011
                          • 851

                          #27
                          Fox Ridge Speedway in Arcadia WI

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                          • Pennsboro23
                            Banned
                            • Jul 2007
                            • 5256

                            #28
                            Pennsboro Speedway, West Virginia Motor Speedway, and Interstate 79 Speedway. All within 50 min of the house.

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                            • Doc88D
                              Senior Member
                              • Jun 2012
                              • 170

                              #29
                              North Alabama Speedway in The northwest corner of the state. It is the raciest facility in the AL/TN/MS area. Actually it has been for sale. But sadly the owner wants $850,000 for a track that hasn't been open a full season in years...
                              Doc
                              Facebook.com@DowdyRacing

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                              • pap
                                Senior Member
                                • May 2007
                                • 341

                                #30
                                Green Valley Speedway, original home of the Bama Bash......Still pi$$es me off!!!!! Who the he!! ever Harker sold it to, LITERALLY hated the track so much, they made a lake out of it......Have good health eating those fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sold it under the premise of a residential development and the only new houses on the property are shooting houses for the hunters. And for what it's worth, it's for sale again.

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