Abandoned Deadly Race Track! (FOUND RACE CAR)
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- Abandoned Race Track!
This track is a half-mile oval with a quarter-mile oval in its infield, was one of the premier speedways in the Midwest in the early 20th century. It was a proving ground for some of the top American race drivers. Eight veterans went on to win the Indianapolis 500, including one of Indy's all-time greats, Wilbur Shaw, who won the 500 in 1937, 1939 and 1940.
The track closed in 1960 after one more in a long line of horrific accidents. Nature has been reclaiming the grounds ever since. Sycamore trees stand 40 feet tall in the middle of the first turn. Honeysuckle grows thick in what once was the pits.
[2018 edit]The grounds were open to the public in 2016 but are closed now. It is now trespassing to enter these grounds and I strongly suggest not to. Pull over and read their historic sign on your way and view from the road. I would also like to note that I strongly CONDEM vandalism of any kind and only pulled over to take pictures and did not touch anything aside from the ground I waled on.
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jungle park is literally about 2 miles from where i live. there is lots of history there. go visit it in the summer when the canoe rental is going on. lots of fun
Travis Spencer will do! Thanks for the tip!
That car must restore back again as good as this car raced the first time. Even that makes a great solar electric race car with Tesla technology,
Please DO NOT make anymore until you learn camera technique. Its jumping all around makes the view dizzy. Also, get a professional narrator. Otherwise, thanks.
Ehh I like making them though
That car would be coming home
my grandfather and his best friend used to pull from North Chicago and Waukegan to race at this track. his last race, his friend was killed during one the races that afternoon when he left the track and was decapitated. my grandfather never raced again. more information about this racetrack can be found by reading the book, "The Ghosts Of Jungle Park", by Tom W Williams. great reading....i have my own signed copy
That's a crazy story
That car needs to go to a museum
Interfierce Racing 717 I agree! It’s beautiful
Not museum it’s best when they are used. Maybe restored and sold at an action for the track to be restored.
Looks like the only thing in good condition are the tyres. I'd love to see that refurbished.
@@michaelkitchin9665the tires probably lost some air and could use a clean, but yeah.
Actually it’s an old ford made before the model T
That sprint car is pretty neat and has some history for sure. It still carries the original leaf-spring rear end suspension dating the frame back to the 50's, possibly into the 60's. But no later. It still carries the hoop roll bar behind the seat and over the tail tank which really dates this original frame. But you can see that hoop was made of more current "thick" pipe material somewhere along the way, so someone tried to restore it. But not for competition. The instrument cowling looks almost original as you can see some of the holes that would have held the original hand oil pump and right below on the solid 2x4 frame rail holes for the hand brake. As far as the motor, it originally probably carried a inline 6 flathead or maybe a v8-80. But with the covers for a v8 showing now it appears this was made for pure show, or possibly old-timers days at the track to turn a few laps. I've seen frames like this modernized with coil-over suspensions and roll cages, but that would get you into the early 60's maybe... it would be a fun project though researching the history of the car to try and find the original frame designer. That alone would get the ball rolling on a project like this...
thank you for the insight! id have never known!
Dude, asphalt straight, dirt corners ...I'm in, NASCAR needs to step it up
right?? haha would have been fun to see
Dude guess what
@@dontcallmechris8677 right? About time... I called it !!!
What a video! I understand that it was made a couple of years ago. So, during that time, has anything been done with that race car?
LOL that buick powered sprint car could probably be worth more than the property it sits on if someone established its history and restored it
BarneyMiller wow that’s crazy!!
Ya race cars from that era are rare to find, especially "home builds" as that one appears to be. Most of them got crashed instead of retired, its very true that there were not many saftey considerations back then.
That car was run by Lloyd Ruby in the early 50s. My grandpa was a pretty well known builder and owner for many teams at Jungle Park.
@@inlandwhaler13 Thank you so much for the history! Its awsome to find out some of the information around old race cars 👍
You are ROCKING the Car world! Great job! Your one person closer!
That was cool, love the new intro, that old race car was awesome...just slow down when you pan with the camera, each video is better and better, nice job!!
Austin Ash I will continue to work on that! Thank you and thanks for watching!
You're welcome, I watch a lot of youtube videos, hate tv so thanks for making interesting ones, you, AES and the Gupp all do a great job.
+Austin Ash cool! I'm not stopping anytime soon! Keep enjoying!
A cool site. I visited some abandoned race tracks by myself, but never found old race cars. Only a few parts of cars.
Still very cool! Thanks for watching!
Every time this pops up in my recommended I always rewatch
its the money maker
Cool. I love how you sling the camera around so quickly it's like being in one of the cars!
thats what I was going for!
Interesting video. Enjoyed watching it. It's a shame that it wasn't maintained properly. Might have been a good attraction for visitors even if there was no longer any racing there. Maybe even a local historical site?
Wayne Metevia yes and it has such a rich history!
Great documentation of a cool piece of motorsports history! Well done! 🙌
Really appreciate the kind comment! I'd love to go back and make an update
Hey great video! One bit of advise make your camera movements slower and more precise. This will help viewers not feel I'll watching them. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! I see what you mean.. thanks for watching!
If I see abandoned houses like this I'm going through them for incandescent light bulbs 🤪
The current owners opened it up just a few months before you got there! I live twenty minutes away and been there twice. I get goosebumps every time. I sat for a looong time in the grandstand one time. Did you see the old surface roller in the trees off of turn 1?
I think I did! I was wondering what that was
Very cool and creepy place. I was at the marker unveiling last October. The owners of the property are trying to preserve it as-is.
Also the race car is an old 1950s sprint car ;)
Christian Webb that's awesome I'm glad they're preserving it! And thanks for the comment on the car!
Thanks for posting My friend !
thank you for watching!
There is an abandoned race track in Vineland N.J.
Across from the C.C. College,,, it's over grown now of course, however if you look hard enough you can still find some of the old oval blacktop,,,
My great grand father raced there. He owned a coal mine right across the highway from there.
Thats amazing!
Cool old place but I'm appalled at that sprint car rotting outside.
with fully inflated tyres!
the car what a buzz that would have been imagine if it could talk. Of course i am more interested in the car then the old grandstand and part of a track which didnt really go anywhere. But on closer inspection that tarp seems reasonably new and the tires are up so one could suggest the car was staged. Still car has some history
no kidding
Nice little vid. In the UK they just wipe these places off the face of the Earth, you`d never know they`d been there.
Hazel Brooks thanks! That’s unfortunate, luckily there’s a lot of enthusiasts who like to make sure they’re restored and maintained around the US
To those wondering about jungle park Dale Jr. Has started a show series called lost speedways and he has a episode on this exact badass and the world's most dangerous race track.
No way!! Looking that up!
Nice video!!! Earned a like
Appreciate it!
In the UK there's a whole list of tracks that are no more.The most famous I guess was Brooklands huge banked oval.There is a museum there and part of the old track still remains.worth a visit if your ever in the UK.
Sounds amazing! hope I get the chance to check it out! thanks for sharing
Racing was sanctioned by the Central States Racing League. I was there last year (2020). It is kind of a creepy place.
Yeah I felt the same way, really cool though!
I live in Indiana and I might go there sometime in the near future!
DHLCupSeries I definitely recommend it. It's a cool little place
Mind the snakes. Copperheads like to get in the grandstand.
Thanks for the tip!
looks like the old racetrack in cars 3
who else thought it was going to be like a vintage car but really just a old toy race car XD
That is not a race car. It is a old timey death trap.
LincolnTek 😂😂😂
That's what race cars were back in the days basically.
Thank You For posting Very Cool .
Thank you!
"Went to put out the fire with their beer" I assume they were drunk at the time? it was well known even back then that alcohol is a flammable liquid
one would assume
beer is not flammable.
@@thestumaji656 "alcohol"
Obviously you have never poured a beer on a fire..😂
@@leejohnson2550 you do realize that alcohol based fires are invisible, right? How about reading up on some chemistry.
Nice vid, appreciate the history and effort.
Glad you enjoyed!🙏🏼
Bro slow the camera down
haha mb. this was one of my first videos I made on my phone lol
Exactly. Can't see anything. Not everyone is 10 years old.
Carl Schroeder well Carl make your own
Stop being picky
The area now looks like it is used as a start/end point for a kayak guide service or a storage area for one.
I believe it is!
It's awesome when you find something that clearly isn't lost. 😂
I thought this was tremendous. Great video. I am going to visit it.
be wary of the signage!
What a shame, the car especially. I wonder if there's enough left of it to restore. Being a race car there'd be no record of it. Someone could take it out of there and fix it up as a collectible.
joe woodchuck I assume it’s property of the people who own the track. It is beautiful though
A thoughtful video. More like this please.
thank you for watching!
Quite an unceremonious ending to this video
true
seriously me knowing the owners of that place i am supprised you got in there to take the video
I'm amazed that car has sat there as long as it has! Nobody has scooped it up?
Awesome site, thank for showing it. It would have benefited from a bit more meticulous camera work.
haha yes one of my first videos. thanks for watching!
Old race car, parts... lots of ready cash sitting there.
Jungle park in general looks like a pretty desolate, depressing town.
Definitely a quiet atmosphere
If you would have just knocked we would have given you a tour lol
Thank you for stopping by, my father owns half of the property...
Maybe next time you can stop in for a glass of Mama's famous sweet tea....
Haha I was just passing through I'd love to stop by again if you guys would like some pictures of the place! Hope I didn't cause any trouble I have a lot of respect for the property. Please email me tpaczynski30@gmail.com if you have any questions! Thank you for preserving the history!
If you wanted to make a short documentary or anything too don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to help you out just for fun!
I went to sugar creek elementary! I never knew there was a race track around us
awesome!
That race car appears to be running a Buick nailhead v8 and a early 50s Buick steering wheel..I would love to know its history and what has become of it.
Thats awesome! Thanks for the info! Me too!
That car was burned. 🤷♂️maybe did it smell like beer ?? Lol
:) Welcome to Jurr...Jungle Park!
Who owns the property, whats the status on the old race car?
joe Schlotthauer check out the comment section!
i have an old dirt track 10 miles from me but they dozed everything flat again its a shame they take history away.
How bout you give it to me and ai give you 50 bucks
*you* ok
*me* hehehehe
Also me: hehe he does not know that cars is worth millions of dollars
Also me: realizing I said it out loud
*you* aight no.
😂😂😂😂
This used to be the end of the canoe trip down the sugar creek. Never really thought of it in terms of is racing history
yeah it has an amazing history! Must be a nice canoe trip too!
TPAC FILMS The sugar creek is really a nice flat water trip. So popular in the summer that you could walk from one shore to the other without getting wet. The trails in Turkey Run are some of the nicest hiking trails in the Midwest. Lots of box canyons with trickling waterfalls.
wow thanks for the comment! Ill have to head back down there!!!
It would have been great to race those cars back then...
JL Mealer it would be awesome! Dangerous too..
You would either die or get a serious injury. Risk levels were through the roof and all you got was some food and a trophy basically.
But you didn’t show the track
Ian Berry unfortunately that’s about all that’s left
Interesting video thanks for posting it.
One thing, I would much rather hear your footsteps crunching through leaves and grass as part of the experience of the place than have to listen to that annoying repetitive music loop which has no relation to a piece of racing history like this. Cheers!
Thanks for watching and the tips! Cheers!
Really cool place. Hard to watch, though. Your camera skills are lacking a bit. Slow down the panning and and I’d would be much easier on the eyes, especially those of older folks who may remember this tracks like this one.
thanks for the feedback! Ill work on that
Asphalt straights and dirt corners is asking for trouble. They should have had it the other way around.
Floordford agreed
dirt just makes that sport like 50 times more dangerous
This place is only 2 hours a way! I want to go😂
Josiah Spurrier check it out if you get the chance!
TPAC FILMS I will!👍
Take a canoe trip and you can park on the track. It's a canoe rental place now.
Lift the hood (bonnet) sorry, I'm a limey, and take a look. It might be a 270 c I Offy motor underneath!
wish I would have!
For those interested I got this on FB from Jungle Park Speedway: The Jungle Park Reunion will be held again this year. September 23 2018, from Noon until 4pm!
Car owners with cars to display will have no admission charge and are encouraged to arrive early. Display cars can be registered at the IRMA tent, for $10 to be eligible for the IRMA Best of Show trophy and $100 prize. Fans will vote for the best of show award.
General admission will be $10 per person or $20 per carload.
awesome! so glad to see that!
I think that car just came up for sale in Houston Texas
no way! I'd love to know what these can go for!
Tbh the car looked like it had blood on it
This is in Indiana...right ?
I believe so
WTF? what is the name of the track?
Andy Ussery jungle park speedway
North of Rockville Indiana...main road would be 41
Can I have that car to restore please? (I will pay postage)
lol
Awesome video
Thank you!
PLEASE slow down the camera movements. Very distracting and lowers your viewer appeal. Better to start stop recording on scene or edit the "hosing" out.
Thanks for the tip! I appreciate the feedback!
It was owned by Charlie Sentman sr for along time his daughter has it now they do the canoe rental. If you go to waveland just up the road at both charlie sr and jrs houses there are more old race cars including some old gordan johncock indy cars
id love to go back and check that out! Thanks for sharing!
@@TPACFILMS there is another old 70s race car white camero on 63 just north of i74 on right hand side also
This video is OLD. Jungle Park is a canoe rental and has been for at least 20 years. The grandstands were gone and that sprint car...lol The "track" is still there. You drive on it to get where you park on the banked curves by the creek.
Mike Ries this video is one year old
Mike Ries
Crash and burn!
I've been there many times but it was two decades ago. Apparently someone went back in and built a falling apart grandstand and put the buildings back? They were gone last time I looked. My wife agreed by saying "what grandstands?". Please don't make me go back there and make a video of the canoes. It's only 45 minute drive and I could do it. I suppose that the kid that made this video is restoring the race track to be a museum or something and he made a video. When I was a boy we went to the races while we were camping at Turkey Run. That place literally fell apart in the 1990's and now shazaam it's back!?!? He made the video "last year" from an old 8mm home movie that his grandfather made. Either that or he's been busy as a beaver building those antique buildings. The only one left when I was there was the garage. They sold canoe trips out of it.
I have been there and I saw the canoes aw well as the track and grandstands. the grandstands are just up the road and the windmill building is still there as of this fall (As seen here: ) I find it hard to believe that someone built these buildings and made them look old and ruined. this is the only grandstand left and yes the others are gone now. I made the video and I can assure you it was filmed last year. If you ever do get past there id be interested to hear of whats going on there!
someone was here 4 months ago to verify that ua-cam.com/video/XC7Ik285CfU/v-deo.html thank you for commenting!
So is there anything stoping me from driving up there and taking that race car?
the law its private property now
Abandoned? At 0:53 the plaque says that it is owned and preserved by the Sentman family.
Jungle Park.... my home
Neat video . Loose the music next time.
The car is 100% sprint car That's how they used To be .
I want to go there so bad
its so cool!
the car is an old "midget" ...before wings were used.
thank you! That's awesome
you need to pimp that ride
carlosb1 accepting donations
you should’ve taken the car home
A little more focus on the track it'self would have been nice
motherthecar there wasn’t much left, thanks for the tip tho!
I'm not trying to bust your balls or anything....
I’m not gonna lie speedrome would not compare to this I didn’t my home had this
"preserving it's legacy"?? Just how are they doing that????
By not tearing it down
Nine people lost their lives there
I hope you have permission to be out there. We all know what can happen to Trespassers. 😧🚬🔫
mark cheek Of course haha I think I know more than most lol
Detroit?
Were is it
Indiana
Slow down the cam... impossible to watch
Java Dark dont watch
I'd love to own that car
same here!!
YOU ARE PANNING TOO QUICKLY. Lets hope your new videos are not like this.
Gravel on the curves??? What numbskull came up with that idea!
Dam camera work is making me dizzy
jimmy meyer sorry man made it a long time ago
Way to fast and your shots need to slow down. I can't grasp what is being shown to what you are saying.
Thanks for the tip! My new videos are better
thanks for the tip! I appreciate the feedback!
thats occanechee speedway
Try starting or hot wireing the car
would be awesome to see it run!
Is that car still there?
Ill go get it right now lol
haha its owned by someone
Not a fan of the slow pan are you.
nope! you should check out some of my newer videos!