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[CIRF]

We always parked on the roadside a couple of hundred yards from the track property. It was not on the main highway past the track but in a very small residential area. I couldn't believe they allowed that but we never had any problems. IIRC the on-site parking was limited. It was a ways off of turns 1 & 2 and we were a bit apprehensive about parking in there due to what always appeared to be a bit of a wait to get out.

As far as food goes we did the basic hot dog, hamburger and chips and made an honest attempt to keep those purchases to a minimum. We figured given the abhorrent toilet conditions the food might have been contaminated from the contact odor! LOL! I don't recall there being any permanent concession stands on premises. It was edible but nothing remarkable either good or bad. It was all trailer contained vendors. Beer was sold out of a temporary stand that was set up at the bottom of the hill leading up to the bleachers.

I'm going to venture a guess that the permanent restrooms didn't appear to ever having been serviced. It's been a while but I think they were basically large privy's similar to outhouses that everyone had prior to running water and sewers. They seemed to be just holes in the ground. I doubt they were ever pumped out. As far as the port-a-potty's go I never had the nerve to go in one after I'd seen the look on some users faces upon their exit!

[Raceready]

If those dirt walls on both sides of the track could talk the stories they would tell ! It is the loudest track I have ever been to. Even louder than Bristol. The noise just echoed trough the holler there.

[Pennsboro32]

There was once a guy who brought his BBQ food stand and parked it across from the IGA. He had delicious sandwiches, we normally would walk over there to get a couple. Talk about good food. I don't remember much about the concession stand inside the track, maybe because we never got much there? I can't remember.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Pennsboro was one of those tracks that folks have many fond memories of. Some of what you saw there was like going to Eldora back in the day. You can't talk about it due to the nature of thing that happened that you may or may not have witnessed. The Southern Gentlemen Freddie Smith dominated that track. If the walls of that track and the grounds it sat on could talk to stories would be epic.

[CIRF]

You're correct about the fond memories. I somewhat liken the Pennsboro experience to my high school football days. The two-a-day practices in late August in 90° temps and 80% humidity were rather unpleasant but once we got past all that and got to scrimmage and ultimately hit someone wearing a different uniform the heat, humidity, gut busters and practice ending laps around the practice field didn't seem quite so bad. As with Pennsboro, when you got past all the facility unpleasantness and the racing started it seemed to be worth it. And as is usually the case the memories get fonder with the passing of time

I must say this, what I saw after the sun went down at Pennsboro was equal to the astonishment I experienced the first time at Indy in the Snake Pit as a 20 year old college kid who thought they'd seen it all but hadn't! And yes, there are things I witnessed at both places that I won't post! LOL!

[Late_Model_Mark]

I'll right Mr. Cirf, I want to hear some night stories from Pennsboro! You can word it right, I assure you I will not be offended.




Late Model Mark

[CIRF]

Let's put it this way, Mark, the degree of debauchery was well beyond my naivete' at that time. I've since become a bit more attuned to the ways of the world. Believe me, it was gratuitous. How much of it was pay to play is a mystery but I suspect much of it was. In the Snake Pit at Indy there was every recreational drug known to science for sale and being consumed. Didn't see as much of that at Pennsboro. I really don't want to get graphic but lets put it this way, naked titties and buttocks were not in short supply. I suspect there was ample recreational sex being had, although at Pennsboro I never saw any of that out in the open like we did on rare occasions at Indy.

The incredible overindulgence of alcohol was at times astounding. LOL!