Definitely had fun with my little bit of this video. Air Base Speedway is a total anomaly in NASCAR history and to think a piece of history that weird was just chilling in my neck of the woods is honestly mind-boggling. These old abandoned tracks are everywhere down south and its like finding relics from a by-gone age when you stumble across one. Fun stuff for sure.
Its for a few reasons, mainly that NASCAR was south east based, with a lot of tracks in the carolinas. And between the economy not being able to support so many tracks in one area and NASCAR wanting to branch out to different markets and not have the 45+ races they used to have, they would go by the wayside easily.
Adria Fitzy i partially agree in that there was a lot of speedways in the Carolinas that would not stand the test of time like the many dirt tracks that never went went to asphalt. In the often discussed case of North Wilkesboro, I think there is actually a great argument that that particular track should’ve been kept. Slapshoes lays this out better than I ever will: ua-cam.com/video/4y4ubZiJh0o/v-deo.html
@@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006 upstate New York has a LOT of undeveloped land, and the northeast has been a very big race community for years. That's why theres so many tracks upstate.
Besides ownership issues and general tendency towards consolidation later on, you can see the demise of a lot of the small tracks around here with the closing of the mills and other industry that had population areas around where they were.
We had a local track in Summerville, SC called Summerville Speedway. It opened in 1964, and closed in 2004. it is now a housing development. While never a major track a few major Nascar drivers like Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, Davie Allison, Bobby Allison, and a few others were there in 1987, and drove a few of the locals cars.
Nazareth speedway is a lost gem. It was literally in the backyard of the andretti's and was an amazing track to be at. As a nazareth native myself I feel it's a complete shame this track didn't strive. But you nailed, it's remote location and the fact most of the local population complained about noise and traffic on race weekend was it's down fall. If only nazareth township would given this track the love it deserved. Would have been nice to see Marco race here just like his father, uncle, and grandfather. Either way I've since snuck into the track and have several large Chucks of the racetrack and cherish the memories I've had here. P. S. If you or slap or any other racing UA-camr wanna come to nazareth, PA and get on the track I know a few diehard andretti and nazareth speedway fans who would love to show you around the track and get footage of what it looks like today 👍.
Rockingham is such a sad story honestly I love that track such a Joy to race on in Nascar Video games espically in thunder 04 with the a low down force staggered spring setup add that with some low tire pressures and man you really do have some fun racing!
I'm a little conflicted about. On the one hand, I too would like to see North Wilkesboro back on the NASCAR circuit. On the other hand, Bristol, Martinsville, and Charlotte are all close to North Wilkesboro and the market would be oversaturated with that track around. I would suggest going to Evergreen Speedway instead. Like North Wilkesboro, it's a five-eighths of a mile speedway with relatively flat banking. Unlike North Wilkesboro, it's in the Pacific Northwest, which doesn't have a race track yet. Specifically, it's about 30 miles from Seattle. My philosophy is if a good track is in a bad location, build a clone of that track somewhere else. I'd like to see someone do that with Rockingham (which has the same problem as North Wilkesboro) and Walt Disney World Speedway (which was done in by parking problems).
@@alexthesniper1952 Politics has literally nothing to do with this. I simply want NASCAR to be a sport for the whole United States not just one part of it.
Just an FYI, Portland International Raceway (pictured at the beginning) is still standing, formerly hosted Truck Series races, and has a regular Indy date now. Portland Speedway however was across the street and hosted Nascar Weekly series as well as the trucks and has been torn down and is now a warehouse.
Middle GA Raceway was actually closed because of new housing built near it. They complained about the noise and got it shut down. Interestingly enough, the trailer park that was right next to it never complained....
I grew up in Byron and the track used to be amazing. It was the “site” of the 1970 Atlanta International Pop Festvial which was Jemi Hendrix biggest comcert to date.
I went to Rockingham dragway back in 06 and there were dudes still making practice runs over there. I would chill there after I made my time runs. It was cool
Augusta International Speedway and Michigan International Speedway's road course section are two of the composite tracks that no longer exist. MIS exists, but the road course is unreachable and broken up into three parts (main oval, infield camping area, and SCCA track also used by Michigan State Police)
Miss 2 of my favorite tracks. The North Carolina Motor Speedway at Rockingham, and North Wilkesboro Speedway. Great racing, and even better was the hospitality of the folks who lived near those tracks. Made going to them part of the experience
The Nazareth track should become an Andretti Family museum and driving school / fan ride-along attraction. That way it’s not directly competing and the two facilities could complement each other. For example, maybe an Indy fan comes for the open wheel stuff and then sees nascar stuff and decides to go to the nearby race while in town.
Something not talked about as much but should be: Lots of drag strips, many previously sanctioned by the NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) are closing down. 2 in New Jersey closed recently or are closing soon (Raceway Park in Englishtown and Atco). Would love to see drag racing covered in the future.
Very cool, only thing is I believe Islip speedway didn’t close until 84. The grand national series just stopped going in 71. Long Island had 3 tracks until 1984. Islip, Freeport which closed in 86, and Riverhead Raceway which still operates today. Biggest division that ran those two were the modifieds.
Islip wasnt exactly quickly demolished, It didnt close until 1984, 13 years after the cup left town. It was turned into a cookie factory. There is an old story that a former racer ended up with the trucking contract to haul cookies out of the factory, and he made sure to lay on his horn every morning he was there at about 4:30AM to say hello to the neighbors that complained about the track.
I’m from Spartanburg and I’ve actually watched a dirt track race at the Fairgrounds racetrack. The stands can probably hold less that 500 people. Honestly most the local high schools football teams have better capacity than the racetrack does. They use it a lot for local pro wrestling shows during the fair season but no one in their right mind would go to that racetrack nowadays anyways due to it being in one of the shadiest neighborhoods in all of Spartanburg. The story about Duke Power dumping trees there is also 100% true.
It appears you combined footage or Asheville-Weaverville Speedway and Asheville Motor Speedway. A-W was the high banked track near Weaverville that hosted Cup races, and AMS is the flat, almost "circle" located 20 miles south on the French Broad River. AMS replaced AWS, before it too facing closure due to the locals.
Soon to be added: Auto Club. Hopefully once they begin tearing down the outer parts of the track they erect a statue of Greg Moore off of where turn 2 use to be given that the hybrid of all 3 short tracks may be around long enough for there to be a generation of motorsport fans who have no idea who he was. Even though I doubt Indycar will race at Auto Club ever again since Indycar hasn't run on a half-mile track since 1959, they should still honor a really talented driver.
This was awesome, we'd definitely love to see more. Speedway Park in Jacksonville is one that was turned into an apartment complex sadly. That is where the first black driver, Wendell Scott, won.
I did see one truck race at Flemington along with some modifieds. Pretty neat track really disappointing that its gone. I still race it in NR2003 in both dirt and paved.
Bro I didn’t know that there are so many abandoned tracks in North Carolina. Example North Wilkesboro I drive by there and all the time and Hillsboro I didn’t even know existed.
It still amazes me how Flemington Speedway hosted NASCAR races in the 90’s with the bizarre shape. It honestly would’ve made for some entertaining races at any level.
The first picture shown of Louisville Motor Speedway (11:17) was actually Fairgrounds Speedway at the Kentucky State Fairgrounds. The baseball stadium at the top was home to the Louisville Colonels. The speedway was closed in the late 70s and demolished. LMS was built less than a decade later about 4 miles south of the fairgrounds.
I went to the inaugural NASCAR race at Loudon, NH. I've been to a lot of short track, drag races, and demolition derbies and they don't hold a candle to a Cup race. The noise and the speed is incredible. I highly recommend attending at least one NASCAR race in your life. And get off your couch and support a local track. There's a lot of talent out there and some really good racing.
Hope there is a Part 2, so you can mention tracks like Riverside, Rockingham, and Walt Disney World Speedway. Also, maybe mention a former nearby track that I live near that’s in Tampa, the Golden Gate Speedway, which hosted one NASCAR race back in 1963
Ontario was pretty interesting, it always reminds me of the Sau Paulo track used in F1, which is also a road course shoehorned into a speedway. Although the current simplified layout isn't as challenging. Ontario also seemed to do a better job than Indy's road course.
The memorial at Augusta International Raceway is actually behind the library in Diamond Lakes Regional Park. The school is on the other side of the property where the drag strip, oval, and kart racing track was. And a good bit of the road course and drag strip still remains and can be accessed.
Are we going to get a detailed vid on the two newest NFL venues? Or one about the Kaepernick saga? Or the Dodgers evasive path to another World Series? Just some ideas. I just love this channel a lot!
According to a reliable source, Bristol is due to be dirted at least once next year. Also, we're getting another road course, this time it's Circuit Of The Americas in Austin, Texas.
Sanatoga Speedway in Pottstown, Pa. closed in the early 70s. Now a walking park with much of the track preserved. Pottstown Speedway. Opened in the late 1800s as a horse track. Later became site of very early automobile racing (being named the Pottstown Auto Park). Closed in the late 40s-very early 50s. In the 50s a highway was built right through turns 1 and 2, but the rest of the track was still recognizable into the early 70s, being used as a storage lot. Is now a Walmart and 2 car dealers. Part of the road around Walmart follows the old turns 3 and 4. The other side of the highway (former turns 1 and 2) is now a gas station and beer mart. The entrance to a small playground (where turn 4 once was) has a small sign commemorating the site. The playground is called Speedway Playground. Vargo Dragoway in Perkasie. Closed in the mid 70s. Now a private airstrip. A reunion is held every year at the still intact track. Is part of a working farm. Can also be visited in the fall for hay rides. Dorney Park speedway. Part of the larger Dorney Park and Whitewater Kingdom. The track closed in the 80s and more rides were put in its place. Quakertown Speedway. A short track in the shape of a paper clip that used the Quakertown Farmers Market back parking lot and was never permanent. Closed in the 70s. Front stretch is still a parking lot. Back stretch is now a small outdoor flea market.
I Remember Manassas Race Track. I Lived 15 Minutes Drive From There In Dale City. You Could Spend A Afternoon There Watching Monster Trucks. Motorcycle Stunts. Car Racing Expo. Eat Lunch For Less Than $ 20.00 . Per Person. Was A Nascar Track For Many Years Too. DW Mentioned It Once . Now A Condominium Complex. It Was On 234 West Of 95 In Manassas VA. I'm Glad I Got To Experience Some Great Times There.
It would have been interesting to have done Riverside, and the fate of that track, plus touch upon Auto Club, which is probably going to have the exact same thing done next year.
Flemington Speedway was my home track. The was dirt, but paved over to cut down the dust in the air that effected a nearby hospital I was told. You could find my wife and myself along with the track owner Paul in the 3rd box seat in from turn 4. We were there until Paul told us he was selling the track. We attended that last race and were extremely saddened by the loss of this unique track. I now go to races at the 1/3 mile Wall Stadium Speedway which looks like it too may be on it's way out.
You have a few photos of Asheville Speedway, which is not the same as Asheville-Weaverville Speedway. The oddly shaped “circle” is Asheville Speedway down by the river!
I travel through Flemington from time to time and theres still an active shopping plaza just down the road called "Speedway Plaza" which obviously makes more sense when you know the context
Ontario Speedway has little memorial to it- Nearby streets are named after car brands and there is a little park with a Racing theme: Ontario Motor Speedway Park
Sportsman’s Park also had horse races. It was home of the Illinois Derby, won by the recently deceased War Emblem in 2002 in his last prep race before the Kentucky Derby. When Sportsman’s closed, it’s sister track across the street, Hawthorne Park, took its racing dates. The Chicago area is home to many recently closed horse racetracks. Also Maywood Park and Balmoral Park. I suggest you could do a video about defunct horse tracks. There are some interesting ones like Hollywood Park which is now the LA NFL stadium. There are definitely enough recently defunct horse tracks to make a video. Bay Meadows, Atlantic City, Beulah Park, Longacres, Roosevelt Raceway, Calder, Hazel Park etc.
Roosevelt Raceway is an interesting specimen, too bad they couldnt make it work, razing a road course and turning it into a horse oval, different times.
Depends on if you are more into cars or horses. I think we can all agree that its current status as a bunch of big box stores, a dead mall and cheaply built garden apartments isn’t very exciting for anyone.
Some more recently defunct tracks that I now remember... Portland Meadows, Northlands Park, Garden State Park, Stampede Park (still exists just no horse racing except that abomination of animal cruelty with the racing chuckwagons), Hippodrome de Montreal, Aks-Sar-Ben, Woodlands, Los Angeles County Fair
@@sethk2384 Sandown Raceway in Sidney BC Canada can be added to that list of recents. Was just turned into a Canadian Tire after sitting abandon for about a decade. The history of old horse tracks is just as fascinating i agree. Just came across an 1894 map of portland with the old "race tract" on it (its on pinterest), which did have a handful of auto races in the early century before ending up under a growing city.
No, for Ontario Motor Speedway, you were a little off, the northwest corner is now residential, the southwest corner is now a very tall white building the southeast is now industrial, the northeast corner is now a shopping center that features a bowling alley, petsmart, and a target, but the most prominent point is in the middle, the Toyota Arena, home to the Ontario Reign of the AHL, the Agua Caliente Clippers of Ontario of the NBA G-Leage, and the Ontario Fury of the Major Arena Soccer League, a wall inside the arena honors the former track, and the super mall is across the street to the east and is known as the Ontario Mills, home to a Dave&Busters a Dine-In movie theater, and the only Rainforest Cafe restaurant left in California.
On one end of Piedmont there are these concrete mounds. That was the competition surface for WERock Eastern National Series back in 2007. I got in trouble by Spartanburg Police because I started cutting laps around the oval in my car the night before the event started. I didn't think anyone was around, and boy was I surprised when I was stopped on the backstretch. According to theme there is a 5 MPH speed limit on the oval., and I was asked to leave. Yeah fun times.
It happens a lot out here in Commiefornia. It only took *1* Karen, or perhaps a Ken to shut down Altamont raceway park. Some asshole bought property literally across the road from the track, built an Osama Bin laden-style compound residence as close as he could to the facility and promptly complained about the noise. It effectively killed all night racing, crippling the tracks income. Altamont closed in 2008 and only a few years after the dickhead moved. Laguna Seca and Sonoma Raceway have limitations put on them as well.
I went to North buncombe high they closed that track but the noise ordinance was against Asheville speedway which closed in early 2000s and still remains as a park I think Asheville Weaverville closed cause was dirt and everything went to pavement
RE: KARENS --- Don't laugh too hard. Whole neighborhoods of them bitched about Bruton Smith's Z-Max Dragstrip to the point that he felt threatened enough to threaten to move LMS / CMS and the dragstrip to some place in SC. By the end of the controversy, the city of Concord, NC was flying a plane around dragging a banner saying "We Love You Bruton", and "Speedway Boulevard" was re-named "Bruton Smith Boulevard".
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Definitely had fun with my little bit of this video. Air Base Speedway is a total anomaly in NASCAR history and to think a piece of history that weird was just chilling in my neck of the woods is honestly mind-boggling. These old abandoned tracks are everywhere down south and its like finding relics from a by-gone age when you stumble across one. Fun stuff for sure.
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Nice to see you included all kinds of NASCAR tracks. Surprised to see there are a lot of abandoned speedways in the Carolinas.
Its for a few reasons, mainly that NASCAR was south east based, with a lot of tracks in the carolinas. And between the economy not being able to support so many tracks in one area and NASCAR wanting to branch out to different markets and not have the 45+ races they used to have, they would go by the wayside easily.
Also NASCAR for some reason held a crapload of races in Upstate New York way back in the day for some reason.
Adria Fitzy i partially agree in that there was a lot of speedways in the Carolinas that would not stand the test of time like the many dirt tracks that never went went to asphalt.
In the often discussed case of North Wilkesboro, I think there is actually a great argument that that particular track should’ve been kept. Slapshoes lays this out better than I ever will: ua-cam.com/video/4y4ubZiJh0o/v-deo.html
@@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006 upstate New York has a LOT of undeveloped land, and the northeast has been a very big race community for years. That's why theres so many tracks upstate.
Besides ownership issues and general tendency towards consolidation later on, you can see the demise of a lot of the small tracks around here with the closing of the mills and other industry that had population areas around where they were.
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We had a local track in Summerville, SC called Summerville Speedway. It opened in 1964, and closed in 2004. it is now a housing development. While never a major track a few major Nascar drivers like Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, Davie Allison, Bobby Allison, and a few others were there in 1987, and drove a few of the locals cars.
Ontario is now a minor league hockey arena. Home of the Kings AHL affiliate the Ontario Reign. The mall ia down the street.
Two of my favorite youtubers and never thought they'd get together. So cool
Nazareth speedway is a lost gem. It was literally in the backyard of the andretti's and was an amazing track to be at. As a nazareth native myself I feel it's a complete shame this track didn't strive. But you nailed, it's remote location and the fact most of the local population complained about noise and traffic on race weekend was it's down fall. If only nazareth township would given this track the love it deserved. Would have been nice to see Marco race here just like his father, uncle, and grandfather. Either way I've since snuck into the track and have several large Chucks of the racetrack and cherish the memories I've had here.
P. S. If you or slap or any other racing UA-camr wanna come to nazareth, PA and get on the track I know a few diehard andretti and nazareth speedway fans who would love to show you around the track and get footage of what it looks like today 👍.
Kinda surprised you didn't mention Riverside. That one is the most infamous of all.
You and S1apsh0es doing this collab is exactly the thing I needed to help salve what's otherwise been the most horrible day. Great video, dudes.
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Leaving North Wilkesboro was like the demolition of Hollywood Park in 2016.
And Gay Kroenke made a $5 billion ugly looking wonderland in the site
Rockingham is such a sad story honestly I love that track such a Joy to race on in Nascar Video games espically in thunder 04 with the a low down force staggered spring setup add that with some low tire pressures and man you really do have some fun racing!
Bring North Wilkesboro back.
Like if you agree
I live like 45 minutes away so yeah that would be cool
Daniel No bring back Rockingham!
I'm a little conflicted about. On the one hand, I too would like to see North Wilkesboro back on the NASCAR circuit. On the other hand, Bristol, Martinsville, and Charlotte are all close to North Wilkesboro and the market would be oversaturated with that track around. I would suggest going to Evergreen Speedway instead. Like North Wilkesboro, it's a five-eighths of a mile speedway with relatively flat banking. Unlike North Wilkesboro, it's in the Pacific Northwest, which doesn't have a race track yet. Specifically, it's about 30 miles from Seattle. My philosophy is if a good track is in a bad location, build a clone of that track somewhere else. I'd like to see someone do that with Rockingham (which has the same problem as North Wilkesboro) and Walt Disney World Speedway (which was done in by parking problems).
@@andysee6996 I don't wanna see Nascar Tracks in Liberal States anymore tbh. It just fuels the anti trump narrative of the new Nascar.
@@alexthesniper1952 Politics has literally nothing to do with this. I simply want NASCAR to be a sport for the whole United States not just one part of it.
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I love these stadium vids. Continue the fantastic work man. 🔥🔥🔥
this is a nascar track not a stadium
I love discovering new UA-camrs...but even more than that I love when two UA-camrs I follow discover each other.
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Nazereth Speedway was the first one mentioned, which makes me proud as I used to live around 10 minutes away from it
Just an FYI, Portland International Raceway (pictured at the beginning) is still standing, formerly hosted Truck Series races, and has a regular Indy date now. Portland Speedway however was across the street and hosted Nascar Weekly series as well as the trucks and has been torn down and is now a warehouse.
It is always cool to see your hometown in a video. Born and raised in Spartanburg, SC. Good job Fivepoints and Slap!
Great video. Both you and S1apSh0es are two of the best historians when it comes to sports.
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Middle GA Raceway was actually closed because of new housing built near it. They complained about the noise and got it shut down. Interestingly enough, the trailer park that was right next to it never complained....
The best collaboration possible. Great video once again
Awesome to see you covering this. Even cooler to see Slapshoes getting more recognition. Love both of your guys’ stuff!
I grew up in Byron and the track used to be amazing. It was the “site” of the 1970 Atlanta International Pop Festvial which was Jemi Hendrix biggest comcert to date.
Rockingham: Am I a joke to you
I agree lol
This year they are supposed to be done with the revitalization
I went to Rockingham dragway back in 06 and there were dudes still making practice runs over there. I would chill there after I made my time runs. It was cool
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Augusta International Speedway and Michigan International Speedway's road course section are two of the composite tracks that no longer exist. MIS exists, but the road course is unreachable and broken up into three parts (main oval, infield camping area, and SCCA track also used by Michigan State Police)
I remember them tearing down Riverside Speedway, it's now a crappy mall
That place was wonderful along with Ontario
I've been to the mall before
And houses on the south end
You didn't mention my favorite one that is now a shopping center, Riverside road course. Use to love setting where you could see the all of the S's.
Miss 2 of my favorite tracks. The North Carolina Motor Speedway at Rockingham, and North Wilkesboro Speedway. Great racing, and even better was the hospitality of the folks who lived near those tracks. Made going to them part of the experience
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The Nazareth track should become an Andretti Family museum and driving school / fan ride-along attraction. That way it’s not directly competing and the two facilities could complement each other. For example, maybe an Indy fan comes for the open wheel stuff and then sees nascar stuff and decides to go to the nearby race while in town.
Nazareth also sent grandstands to Darlington raceway that are located in turn 1.
My dad used to take me to the Wilkes Speedway. It's only about 20 minutes away from my house. People sneak in quite a bit and do some laps.
I did not know that people sneak in
Dale jr did organize a group to clean that track up, so that Iracing could scan the track.
No love for the Walt Disney World Speedway, aka "The Mickyard"?
Its ok, my man s1apsh0es did a video on it
Personally, I think an exact replica of that track should be built somewhere else in the U.S. (just without the Mickey shaped lake).
Same with Langley Motor Speedway. The track everyone forgets that held (still occasionally does) Cup and Busch/Xfinity races
Something not talked about as much but should be: Lots of drag strips, many previously sanctioned by the NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) are closing down. 2 in New Jersey closed recently or are closing soon (Raceway Park in Englishtown and Atco). Would love to see drag racing covered in the future.
Another cool tidbit about the Daytona Beach course, a restaurant called Racing's North Turn now sits on the site of the north turn.
Very cool, only thing is I believe Islip speedway didn’t close until 84. The grand national series just stopped going in 71. Long Island had 3 tracks until 1984. Islip, Freeport which closed in 86, and Riverhead Raceway which still operates today. Biggest division that ran those two were the modifieds.
Islip wasnt exactly quickly demolished, It didnt close until 1984, 13 years after the cup left town. It was turned into a cookie factory. There is an old story that a former racer ended up with the trucking contract to haul cookies out of the factory, and he made sure to lay on his horn every morning he was there at about 4:30AM to say hello to the neighbors that complained about the track.
Love that your covering NASCAR & working with S1ap.
Fun fact: the industry building that covers ISLIP SPEEDWAY is actually a cookie factory of all things
I’m from Spartanburg and I’ve actually watched a dirt track race at the Fairgrounds racetrack. The stands can probably hold less that 500 people. Honestly most the local high schools football teams have better capacity than the racetrack does. They use it a lot for local pro wrestling shows during the fair season but no one in their right mind would go to that racetrack nowadays anyways due to it being in one of the shadiest neighborhoods in all of Spartanburg.
The story about Duke Power dumping trees there is also 100% true.
I live right by the Augusta International Raceway. If you jog by the running track you can still see parts of the raceway
You missed one track guys...Riverside! That place had waaaayyyy too much history. Otherwise, credit to Five Points and S1ap Great vid guys!
It appears you combined footage or Asheville-Weaverville Speedway and Asheville Motor Speedway. A-W was the high banked track near Weaverville that hosted Cup races, and AMS is the flat, almost "circle" located 20 miles south on the French Broad River. AMS replaced AWS, before it too facing closure due to the locals.
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Soon to be added: Auto Club. Hopefully once they begin tearing down the outer parts of the track they erect a statue of Greg Moore off of where turn 2 use to be given that the hybrid of all 3 short tracks may be around long enough for there to be a generation of motorsport fans who have no idea who he was. Even though I doubt Indycar will race at Auto Club ever again since Indycar hasn't run on a half-mile track since 1959, they should still honor a really talented driver.
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Love that commercial.
The 2 mile auto club speedway in Fontana is being turned into a 1/2 mile short track.
This was awesome, we'd definitely love to see more. Speedway Park in Jacksonville is one that was turned into an apartment complex sadly. That is where the first black driver, Wendell Scott, won.
Great video. Over the past few months I've watch every SlapShoes video twice. Fantastic stuff
I did see one truck race at Flemington along with some modifieds. Pretty neat track really disappointing that its gone. I still race it in NR2003 in both dirt and paved.
Bro I didn’t know that there are so many abandoned tracks in North Carolina. Example North Wilkesboro I drive by there and all the time and Hillsboro I didn’t even know existed.
It still amazes me how Flemington Speedway hosted NASCAR races in the 90’s with the bizarre shape. It honestly would’ve made for some entertaining races at any level.
The first picture shown of Louisville Motor Speedway (11:17) was actually Fairgrounds Speedway at the Kentucky State Fairgrounds. The baseball stadium at the top was home to the Louisville Colonels. The speedway was closed in the late 70s and demolished. LMS was built less than a decade later about 4 miles south of the fairgrounds.
More motorsports content please! I've seen some F1 tweets from you lately, maybe some videos about F1 are in the works?
Came here for S1ap, stayed for the great video!
Never knew how much I needed this collab till now. ❤️❤️
The 2 Best NASCAR channels collab
One of the best, and just me :)
I went to the inaugural NASCAR race at Loudon, NH. I've been to a lot of short track, drag races, and demolition derbies and they don't hold a candle to a Cup race. The noise and the speed is incredible. I highly recommend attending at least one NASCAR race in your life. And get off your couch and support a local track. There's a lot of talent out there and some really good racing.
Still waiting for former NHL arenas.
It took me a split second to realize the screen said "Chicago Motor Speedway" and not "Chicagoland Speedway" XP.
Chicago Motor Speedway, set in Chicago proper!
Chicagoland might be meeting it's demise soon
You did my Idea. Thank you. P.S. I’m the dude that suggested it in the NBA Arena sad fate video. I changed my channel name.
You missed Riverside raceway in Riverside CA
That was a fun road course.
One of the few tracks to host both Nascar and F1, sort of, as both Brabham and Gurney tested there in the 60s.
I actually live on what was riverside raceway lol and the area is not apart of riverside anymore, but a new city Moreno valley (my hometown)
Hope there is a Part 2, so you can mention tracks like Riverside, Rockingham, and Walt Disney World Speedway. Also, maybe mention a former nearby track that I live near that’s in Tampa, the Golden Gate Speedway, which hosted one NASCAR race back in 1963
Ontario was pretty interesting, it always reminds me of the Sau Paulo track used in F1, which is also a road course shoehorned into a speedway. Although the current simplified layout isn't as challenging. Ontario also seemed to do a better job than Indy's road course.
The memorial at Augusta International Raceway is actually behind the library in Diamond Lakes Regional Park. The school is on the other side of the property where the drag strip, oval, and kart racing track was. And a good bit of the road course and drag strip still remains and can be accessed.
The Milwaukee mile is/was the oldest racetrack in the United States. Trucks, Bush and Indy raced there. Last in 09.
Are we going to get a detailed vid on the two newest NFL venues? Or one about the Kaepernick saga? Or the Dodgers evasive path to another World Series? Just some ideas. I just love this channel a lot!
Nice! A collaboration with Slap! Im not even a fan of racing but hes good with the history of nascar. A lot of stuff i never wouldve known
Asheville- Weaverville was a complete different track than some of the pictures that showed New Asheville speedway, that is now a park and bike track.
Fun fact: Life is a highway, I want to ride it all night long
If youre going my way
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Tom Cochrane wrote that pretty well.
I wish NASCAR would get back to its roots and do some beach racing and dirt racing at some tracks. And stop pretending they use a ball.
According to a reliable source, Bristol is due to be dirted at least once next year. Also, we're getting another road course, this time it's Circuit Of The Americas in Austin, Texas.
In 1971, Ontario was the site of the Cup Series' 1000th race
Sanatoga Speedway in Pottstown, Pa. closed in the early 70s. Now a walking park with much of the track preserved.
Pottstown Speedway. Opened in the late 1800s as a horse track. Later became site of very early automobile racing (being named the Pottstown Auto Park). Closed in the late 40s-very early 50s. In the 50s a highway was built right through turns 1 and 2, but the rest of the track was still recognizable into the early 70s, being used as a storage lot. Is now a Walmart and 2 car dealers. Part of the road around Walmart follows the old turns 3 and 4. The other side of the highway (former turns 1 and 2) is now a gas station and beer mart. The entrance to a small playground (where turn 4 once was) has a small sign commemorating the site. The playground is called Speedway Playground.
Vargo Dragoway in Perkasie. Closed in the mid 70s. Now a private airstrip. A reunion is held every year at the still intact track. Is part of a working farm. Can also be visited in the fall for hay rides.
Dorney Park speedway. Part of the larger Dorney Park and Whitewater Kingdom. The track closed in the 80s and more rides were put in its place.
Quakertown Speedway. A short track in the shape of a paper clip that used the Quakertown Farmers Market back parking lot and was never permanent. Closed in the 70s. Front stretch is still a parking lot. Back stretch is now a small outdoor flea market.
I Remember Manassas Race Track. I Lived 15 Minutes Drive From There In Dale City. You Could Spend A Afternoon There Watching Monster Trucks. Motorcycle Stunts. Car Racing Expo. Eat Lunch For Less Than $ 20.00 . Per Person. Was A Nascar Track For Many Years Too. DW Mentioned It Once . Now A Condominium Complex. It Was On 234 West Of 95 In Manassas VA. I'm Glad I Got To Experience Some Great Times There.
Just started this vid. Rockingham (North Carolina) HAS to be on here
Middle GA speedway is occasionally used for SCCA Rallycross! Also reference the video “The Night Before Driftmas.” Also takes place there.
I loved this video! The more NASCAR tracks that close the better we all will be.
Why do you hate history good sir
You forgot to include that a bar called “Racing’s North Turn” sits where the north turn from the beach to A1A once was on Daytona’s Beach Course.
It would have been interesting to have done Riverside, and the fate of that track, plus touch upon Auto Club, which is probably going to have the exact same thing done next year.
When the funniest youtuber and the smartest collab
Love that your doing nascar vids!
Flemington Speedway was my home track. The was dirt, but paved over to cut down the dust in the air that effected a nearby hospital I was told. You could find my wife and myself along with the track owner Paul in the 3rd box seat in from turn 4. We were there until Paul told us he was selling the track. We attended that last race and were extremely saddened by the loss of this unique track. I now go to races at the 1/3 mile Wall Stadium Speedway which looks like it too may be on it's way out.
There are...were two or three in Southeast VA. One is now the site of a Walmart and the other...I forgot.
You have a few photos of Asheville Speedway, which is not the same as Asheville-Weaverville Speedway. The oddly shaped “circle” is Asheville Speedway down by the river!
We need NASCAR back in Nashville
I have been waiting on this collab, just gotta tree in on it
I travel through Flemington from time to time and theres still an active shopping plaza just down the road called "Speedway Plaza" which obviously makes more sense when you know the context
Ontario Speedway has little memorial to it-
Nearby streets are named after car brands and there is a little park with a Racing theme: Ontario Motor Speedway Park
Sportsman’s Park also had horse races. It was home of the Illinois Derby, won by the recently deceased War Emblem in 2002 in his last prep race before the Kentucky Derby. When Sportsman’s closed, it’s sister track across the street, Hawthorne Park, took its racing dates. The Chicago area is home to many recently closed horse racetracks. Also Maywood Park and Balmoral Park. I suggest you could do a video about defunct horse tracks. There are some interesting ones like Hollywood Park which is now the LA NFL stadium. There are definitely enough recently defunct horse tracks to make a video. Bay Meadows, Atlantic City, Beulah Park, Longacres, Roosevelt Raceway, Calder, Hazel Park etc.
Roosevelt Raceway is an interesting specimen, too bad they couldnt make it work, razing a road course and turning it into a horse oval, different times.
Depends on if you are more into cars or horses. I think we can all agree that its current status as a bunch of big box stores, a dead mall and cheaply built garden apartments isn’t very exciting for anyone.
Some more recently defunct tracks that I now remember... Portland Meadows, Northlands Park, Garden State Park, Stampede Park (still exists just no horse racing except that abomination of animal cruelty with the racing chuckwagons), Hippodrome de Montreal, Aks-Sar-Ben, Woodlands, Los Angeles County Fair
@@sethk2384 Sandown Raceway in Sidney BC Canada can be added to that list of recents. Was just turned into a Canadian Tire after sitting abandon for about a decade. The history of old horse tracks is just as fascinating i agree. Just came across an 1894 map of portland with the old "race tract" on it (its on pinterest), which did have a handful of auto races in the early century before ending up under a growing city.
You should do a critique of F1 Tracks.
No, for Ontario Motor Speedway, you were a little off, the northwest corner is now residential, the southwest corner is now a very tall white building the southeast is now industrial, the northeast corner is now a shopping center that features a bowling alley, petsmart, and a target, but the most prominent point is in the middle, the Toyota Arena, home to the Ontario Reign of the AHL, the Agua Caliente Clippers of Ontario of the NBA G-Leage, and the Ontario Fury of the Major Arena Soccer League, a wall inside the arena honors the former track, and the super mall is across the street to the east and is known as the Ontario Mills, home to a Dave&Busters a Dine-In movie theater, and the only Rainforest Cafe restaurant left in California.
On one end of Piedmont there are these concrete mounds. That was the competition surface for WERock Eastern National Series back in 2007. I got in trouble by Spartanburg Police because I started cutting laps around the oval in my car the night before the event started. I didn't think anyone was around, and boy was I surprised when I was stopped on the backstretch. According to theme there is a 5 MPH speed limit on the oval., and I was asked to leave. Yeah fun times.
Got a chance to race on the Occoneechee Speedway track. I took part in a running relay there in 2017.
Imagine being a big enough Karen to form an "Anti Noise Ordinance" lmfao
It happens a lot out here in Commiefornia. It only took *1* Karen, or perhaps a Ken to shut down Altamont raceway park. Some asshole bought property literally across the road from the track, built an Osama Bin laden-style compound residence as close as he could to the facility and promptly complained about the noise. It effectively killed all night racing, crippling the tracks income. Altamont closed in 2008 and only a few years after the dickhead moved.
Laguna Seca and Sonoma Raceway have limitations put on them as well.
Lime Rock Park has never held a race on Sundays because of that.
Onondaga Dragstrip here in Michigan has been dealing with Karen's and Kyle's trying to have the track shut down since it reopened.
I went to North buncombe high they closed that track but the noise ordinance was against Asheville speedway which closed in early 2000s and still remains as a park I think Asheville Weaverville closed cause was dirt and everything went to pavement
RE: KARENS --- Don't laugh too hard. Whole neighborhoods of them bitched about Bruton Smith's Z-Max Dragstrip to the point that he felt threatened enough to threaten to move LMS / CMS and the dragstrip to some place in SC. By the end of the controversy, the city of Concord, NC was flying a plane around dragging a banner saying "We Love You Bruton", and "Speedway Boulevard" was re-named "Bruton Smith Boulevard".
I know this is a manscaped channel but I like the sports part at the end.
Why must you hurt me like this? *Cries manly tears of sadness*
Great video! Keep up the great work 😁