I'm sure if you visited nearby towns around that race track you can find some locals who used to frequent that track back in the 80s. I'm sure they have some stories to tell. Great video! thanks
I felt the same when I found an old drag strip in Lakeland, TN not to long ago. Had the painted ads on the walls and everything. So cool to imagine what it was like back in the day.
This track belonged to my Grandfather and I spent some time there when I was a kid. All my relatives worked in the concession stands and I had complete access during the races to everything and it was a cool time to be his grandson. I ended up with the track signs from above the office building and the signs over the concession stands, the loud speakers, flagman flags, programs, rolls of tickets, trophies, amplifiers and most of it is in my Game Room or shop. The singer Marty Robbins also raced there. The reason the track closed was that the city of Clinton annexed a subdivision on the far side of the track and it was absorbed. The County was wet and Clinton was dry. Now the track was dry and beer was where the track made its money. Lawsuits were filed but it was hopeless. I also remember there was two sections of bleachers because segregation was still prevalent in Mississippi.I remember having it explained to me why "they" sat in a different area. I lived in Florida and hadn't been exposed to anything like that before. I still enjoy going through the boxes and boxes of memorabilia from time to time. I even have the pictures of it being built. It's predecessor was a dirt track located a little south of Clinton I believe. I visited it in the 60's when I was around 6 years old. I looked into reopening the Speedway back in the 80's but the stands were in bad shape and the track surface needed a "cap" put on it, so it was just the pipe dream from a moment of nostalgia. I remember running the track sweeper before I had my drivers license.
That's pretty awesome to spend time with your grandfather and family and have the memories of doing something they all must have loved so much it's sad to see so many of these once amazing tracks now sitting silent so many tracks are closing Never to reopen again. I figure you wanted to reopen it to maybe have a connection with your grandfather and your younger self really nice story thanks for sharing.
I use to go there on Saturday Night to the races and yes it was fast. I worked at Napa's Clinton store and sold many parts to the race car owners and drivers. It was a blast. Thank you for the memories.
I'm from Clinton. Born in 70, and had a blast on Saturday nights at the track too. Remember how fast those sprint cars were out there? Those things amazed me as a kid and we could stand right up against the fence. Seemed like I could've reached out and touched them. I remember on occasion seeing a car go off the track on the backstretch, they'd disappear... 😂 Good times!!
Know what you mean, our family raced drag cars and modified stocks in the 50's-60's-70's at tracks in Pa. and N.J.. HATFIELD drag-o-way and speedway 1958-66, which till this day we live about 4miles from and pass the development almost daily, - Vargo drag way in Perkasie Pa. about 20 minutes from Hatfield had many drag racing greats, --SARATOGA Speedway 1939 to 1958 running midgets and after the war mainly stock cars about 25 minutes from Hatfield -- Englishtown ( Old Bridge Raceway Park) The famous" SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY at RACEWAY PARK" 1965 closed it's Summernats event and drags for 2018 although Motorcross still reigns supreme along with other events. REALLY MISS THOSE DAYS!!!! Especially in todays screwed up world.
I forgot Nazareth 1/2 mile, my very first dirt race, and the infamous D shaped mile ---and a track where I also still have relatives living very near the location the super dangerous with ALL the greats heading for Indy -- Langhorne Speedway 1926 - 1971-- Another dangerous and car destroyer track the super old Flemington Fair Speedway 1915 - 1990 and of course my perennial favorite was the Reading Fairgrounds Speedway 1924-1979 and home of the dirt modified greats . God I have to stop thinking about all that has vanished and not much new cropping up but GEARHEADS ARE FOREVER !!!
That was the first oval track that I went to. I still recall the smell of race gas and beer even though I was not old enough to drink. Saw some of the fastest cars and you were correct in assuming that there was no fence on the back stretch. I actually saw a car come off turn two and was launched in the air and landed in the pine trees behind the track.
The tone of your voice, the tempo of your words, the background of information you provide are all spot on. I predict good things for you if your goal is to advance your career in front of the camera. I appreciate your hard work and sincere interest in what you do. Thank you.
I grew up in Clinton, lived on the other side of town, every Saturday night you could hear the cars blast off at the start of a race, even miles away the sound was truly awesome open headers and lots of horsepower!
The concrete pit you showed was probably where the scale was to weigh the race cars. All the mechanical parts was below with a wooden deck on top to drive on to. This was before digital scales came into existence. Good video.
You are right! And you can also see the small notch in the pit where the beam ran outside the pit to connect to the scales which sat on the wood platform above ground. Also the number one and two corners had no barrier or barricade around it. Most tracks did not have excessive amount of room so had to install some type of barrier. But the tracks that had that open corner we're safe because you just slid or drove off the track. No damage or wreck. I grew up near an old fairgrounds race track that had no guardrails, and off the track they would go and drive around to the pit gate to re-enter the track when the race was over. No car damage, no stopping the races. The only exception was the horse barns off of number four. Several times a summer they would be patching a car sized hole in one of the barns. Aw the memories!
Steve S I can’t to wait to look back 30 years from now say the say thing. Sexes were binary back then, families thrived from single parents, and people could see there kids and grandchildren growing up on facebook.
@@darcan72 comunque fa impressione a vedere un autodromo da mezzo miglio in quelle condizioni, però per fortuna la natura si è ripresa quello che era suo.
I really appreciate that you go out of your way, adventurous enough, and enjoy traveling to abandoned places. I love feeling the history and thinking about all the people that have been there, that are old or passed on. Thank you.
Dude!...Thanks! I grew up in Vicksburg and going to that track with my Dad was like a major deal to me. I have great memories of going to some races and even more so going to a stunt car exhibition where they ramped up and got on two wheels did ramp jumps and performed the "T-Bone Crash". Look it up. I remember going there with my good friend Paul when we were in high school also with my Dad. The concessions always smelled great and they sold the coolest model cars. The absence of a wall on the back led to racers going over the back side and out of sight. Last memory I have is my fiance and I at the time attending one of the last races in 1985 seems like the weekend before we got married. I still drive by the track while on I-20 often and have watched over the years as the vegetation came up and eventually the grandstand and the press box with "Jackson International Speedway" came down. Cool video. Thank you!
There's a abandoned race track in my area, US 30 Dragstrip. Opened in 1957, closed in October 1984, the crumbling track is still here, all weeds etc now. This is in Northwestern Indiana, Hobart Indiana.
I used to thrive on this when I was a kid. You're doing and saying and probably thinking exactly what I did, back then. Only kid stuff? No way! It's one of the most beautiful human reflexes. And that's why I became a field archaeologist.
I have lived in Clinton for 44 years. back in the early 80's the city incorporated where the track is and the track had to follow city ordinances. meaning no beer sales equals track closure. the land that the track sits on is owned by several different people making it hard to sale. even if someone was to buy it and restore it the city wouldn't let them race loud engines even though its 100 yards from interstate 20. i had the opportunity to drive my 77 f150 around the old track and had a blast. it was fun growing up with the a place to just be a kid.
It really galls me, that sort of thing happens all the time. A track is in business for DECADES, then newcomers with $$ move into a "subdivision" KNOWING that a Racetrack is there FIRST but big $$ usually means the track gets closed down.
Wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard a track being billed as "the world's fastest 1/2 mile".....there must be at least a few dozen in this country!
This actually was for a short period of time. The thing that made this track so fast is the corners have a much larger radius that Bristol so even with less banking the sprints back in the day could almost flat foot it all the way around.
Talk about a walk down memory lane. I remember this track very well. We went out to watch the building of the track and attended many races when it was complete. One of my favorite memories is driving my 1966 GTO around the track shortly afterward it was completed. It is my understanding that they had continuous problems with insurance coverage. Thanks again for the memories.
My dad actually broke the track record there in 1979 driving for Rice and Kasperic racing's sprint car. That day was so humid that you could see a small vapor trail coming off the sideboards of the wings on the sprints and supermodifieds.
@@anthonymoffitt466 it was years ago I saw it, from what a guy told me it was a low key kind of spot. Was outside of Maxton, I know now they have 710 dragway open
Thanks for this. I see a lot of abandoned building videos, it's interesting to see something different like this. It's all kind of sad how it ended up. I am amazed at how fast nature takes over. I was married in 1985, not all that long ago, at least it doesn't feel that long ago. 34 years ago, so this track has been abandoned for 33 years and the growth is incredible. Beautiful in it's own way.
What a interesting and unique place. Love watching your videos. Always fun and informative to watch. Really liked the Drone Flyover as well so we got to see a different perspective of the racetrack. Thanks for sharing. Have a Glamperrific Day! 👍❤️🌈😀🌈
I'm just starting to watch this UA-cam and enjoy your videos on forgotten tracks. I'm not much into NASCAR now a day's but. I love to see things from back when it was real in my opinion. Thanks for the sharing.
I love this video because everyone in the comments is adding their story and expressing their family history to add to the video and their memories of the place
My Wife is from Jackson. This reminded me of places I found as a kid. Moving from different defense plants. There were always area's that just died one day. Sad.
My most treasured memories were racing karts in the early to mid 80's on clay tracks here in sc. It was still somewhat affordable for middle class. My daddy worked swing shift at the mill so we couldn't be there every weekend but when we did we won. I was very fortunate to sit in good equipment. Some of my cousins raced as well and our fathers before us raced stock cars, modifies hobby stock etc. My dad never liked to hear bragging. He told me if he ever heard me brag he'd sell everything. When we sold out for other reasons I just couldn't make myself go to another race. Our home track is well grown over now and forgot about but a couple years ago I stopped to visit the site. The man that lives there now was out weed eating. He was very nice and told me you could still see some of the layout of it to my surprise and he let me walk what was left of it and I enjoyed reminiscing.
We don't get to see this kind of places often, it's a memorable place for the people who saw the races with family and friends, heart touching place, thanks for the video buddy.
Thank you for uploading this video. Very interesting stuff. I'm a race fan and have seen my share of closed down race tracks. Very sad. We are lucky to have local to where I live a active and thriving 5/8 mile dirt track with big block modifieds and an street stocks and an occasional Sprint car race. Awesome video 👍.
I used to watch the orange 66 driven by Lake Speed there in the early 80’s. Wish it could be brought back. I grew up in Clinton and we had lots of fun out there.
Too COOL. Watching videos like yours brings more entertainment and interest than most of the crap on t.v. U always supply your abandoned history with old photos or videos, and thats what makes it so interesting.
There were many former nascar greats that raced at this track. Some of the few were Bobby Allison,Donnie Allison,davey Allison,David Pearson,Lake Speed,Neil Bonnet,Mark Martin (all time track record holder there) and Red Farmer. Heck even Marty Robbins raced there.
@@markbulichsr.836 I sort of knew that. I was more impressed with the first class features that you usually don't find outside of NASCAR...the banking on each end, the asphalt paving of the surface, etc. Every small track that I have gone to, were dirt tracks, which I must admit has its own style of excitement. This track in Mississippi probably had some great racing, but was possibly just located in the wrong place.
@@jameskilpatrick6086 I did not know that. Thanks for the insight. I was a HUGE Allison family fan. I wore a Davey Allison cap for many years. I was traveling through Birmingham shortly after his tragic death and found his grave, paying my respects. Thanks, James.
This is the most captivating "exploring abandoned places" video I've ever seen. So sad to see the track, but cool to hear of it's history and see how nature has almost completely reclaimed it.
I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, so I got my doctor’s permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But, by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over 😡
@@dom.rockchalkjayhawk.8990 we will see. They are driving the sport into the ground. No pun intended. We just witnessed what NASCAR will be very soon, during this pandemic. Except there will be a lot more kids racing. Because they will do it for nothing.
They are self destructing. By trying to lure the young crowd they are alienating the older crowd. Big mistake since that's how most people get into racing. They are introduced to it by the old guys. That's how I came to discover and love racing. A friend's dad brought us to this very track on the weekends 69-69.
nascar isn't dying lmao before march madness it's consistently the most watched sport on cable. everything on cable is "dying", but NASCAR actually saw an uptick in viewership last year so
A lot of things closed during the recession of the 80’s. Gas prices went up and people, farmers and business lost everything and had to start over, including myself.
Recession in the 80s brings back memories for me it was a really tough time. The time when you had to do things you didn’t normally do to make a living. There is a time coming that will dwarf that time and be a lot of chaos involved hope we can live through it.
@@troylynn2686 I know what you mean!! When the farmers were loosing their farms and the AG factories shut down everything else went into a domino effect. I worked in construction and the only way I got through the winter, I trapped and made good money. Finally moved down to Oklahoma for a better job.
80s recession? Gas prices? 70s is what you are thinking of. The only recession in the 80s was for some periods from 80-82. Otherwise, the 80s boomed. Reaganomics > Carternomics.
Jonny Boom It did start then but you didn’t live where I was from. People in the Midwest flocked to Oklahoma and Texas in droves in search of oil related jobs. I live it and lost my house in 82 because of the issue.
@@ericvaneck4296 I am from the Midwest. While I may sympathize with your plight, an anecdotal testimony on a specific region does not a significant recession make. I assume you lived through the gas crisis of the 70s and you're gonna talk about gas prices of the 80s? Nationally gas was cheap in the 80s, fact.
It sucks that got vandalized. ( spray paint over the old logos) when I go out adventuring advanced stuff. I just bored take with me and put my name on top of it next to the add and take a picture of it. In the board comes back with me. So the only thing I left with my footprints and nothing else. ( my version of vandalizing what is the Safeway)
12 in the corners, pretty much 0 in the straights so this is definitely more banked than Martinsville. Of course neither comes close to the likes of Bristol, Salem or Winchester.
It's great to read the comments, from people, that had family members race here. It would be nice to cut the trees and bush hog it. Just to keep it from completely growing up. Not necessarily have any type of race on it.
There was also a lot of them that were shutdown due to noise complainers. Were the track was there for decades before anyone moved nearby. Then someone knowingly moves near a race track. Then butches and whines till it gets shutdown. Crying shame.
Thanks for sharing this video. I have been looking on UA-cam for the past 2 weeks at abandon race tracks in the Carolinas and I did not know about this one.
WOW, my dad use to take me there to the races when I was a kid. Even though I was only 8 or 9 years old, seeing the video brings back memories of it. Its some of my most treasured memories with him. I may even have some old photo's taken there with some of the cars. I'll look to see if I still have them. Thanks for sharing!.
I’m glad to see a young man just as himself taking the time and is interested where racing came from,,,that’s a dedication to the sport of racing indeed
Like people, racetracks come and racetracks go. My personal favorite, the one-third mile clay track in Wilmot, WI, is still going strong after 80 years.
Here's a link to a video I uploaded on my second channel. Go check it out if you haven't already!
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Thank you for the adventures.
Shardd this to Mississippi Racin' Memories page. Some of those guys on there can answer the questions you have about the track
It's NOT "Jacksonville" MS, it's JACKSON , MS
I'm sure if you visited nearby towns around that race track you can find some locals who used to frequent that track back in the 80s. I'm sure they have some stories to tell. Great video! thanks
That hole used to be a pit scale for cars to weigh in
Who else oddly wants to go clean that track and try to bring it back to its glory days
I felt the same when I found an old drag strip in Lakeland, TN not to long ago. Had the painted ads on the walls and everything. So cool to imagine what it was like back in the day.
Matthew hoffman it’s possible with a lot of effort someone could restore the track
Yes let’s do it.!!
Oooo yeahhh !!! 😂 at least you can go race on it with a couple of Jeeps right now !
I wanna leave it how it is & drift both banks.
This track belonged to my Grandfather and I spent some time there when I was a kid. All my relatives worked in the concession stands and I had complete access during the races to everything and it was a cool time to be his grandson. I ended up with the track signs from above the office building and the signs over the concession stands, the loud speakers, flagman flags, programs, rolls of tickets, trophies, amplifiers and most of it is in my Game Room or shop. The singer Marty Robbins also raced there. The reason the track closed was that the city of Clinton annexed a subdivision on the far side of the track and it was absorbed. The County was wet and Clinton was dry. Now the track was dry and beer was where the track made its money. Lawsuits were filed but it was hopeless. I also remember there was two sections of bleachers because segregation was still prevalent in Mississippi.I remember having it explained to me why "they" sat in a different area. I lived in Florida and hadn't been exposed to anything like that before. I still enjoy going through the boxes and boxes of memorabilia from time to time. I even have the pictures of it being built. It's predecessor was a dirt track located a little south of Clinton I believe. I visited it in the 60's when I was around 6 years old. I looked into reopening the Speedway back in the 80's but the stands were in bad shape and the track surface needed a "cap" put on it, so it was just the pipe dream from a moment of nostalgia. I remember running the track sweeper before I had my drivers license.
I assume the hole in the ground was a scale?
Thank you for sharing your memories and experiences.
Nice story bro! Tell it again.
This is a feel good story about the past. Super cool all around.
That's pretty awesome to spend time with your grandfather and family and have the memories of doing something they all must have loved so much it's sad to see so many of these once amazing tracks now sitting silent so many tracks are closing Never to reopen again. I figure you wanted to reopen it to maybe have a connection with your grandfather and your younger self really nice story thanks for sharing.
My grandpa made many laps around that track. That's his car at the first part of your video Bob Herrin #1
That's Pretty Awsome.. Thanks for sharing..
👍🏁👍🏁👍🏁👍
Grandapa was , or hopefully still is, a pretty damn cool dude with a big set ! Very cool !
David Herrin dude thats awesome!
That's awesome!
I'm pretty sure the v8 car was Wild Bill Slater. he was my step father's friend. my stepfather built a lot of his engines in a couple of his cars.
I use to go there on Saturday Night to the races and yes it was fast. I worked at Napa's Clinton store and sold many parts to the race car owners and drivers. It was a blast. Thank you for the memories.
my great grandfather was the owner of that track - C.E. Smith
@@skiboo777 That's cool too know. I really wish that it was still active.
Ok I really like the story of the race!!!
I'm from Clinton. Born in 70, and had a blast on Saturday nights at the track too. Remember how fast those sprint cars were out there? Those things amazed me as a kid and we could stand right up against the fence. Seemed like I could've reached out and touched them. I remember on occasion seeing a car go off the track on the backstretch, they'd disappear... 😂 Good times!!
That track is in better condition then most roads in ohio
AND Michigan!!!! LOL
And remote area province in the philippines also....
And in Bulgaria (East Europe)
And in San Bernardino
Better than most Chicago streets
I love these videos, but there is always a sense of sadness in seeing the world I grew up in vanishing.
Know what you mean, our family raced drag cars and modified stocks in the 50's-60's-70's at tracks in Pa. and N.J.. HATFIELD drag-o-way and speedway 1958-66, which till this day we live about 4miles from and pass the development almost daily, - Vargo drag way in Perkasie Pa. about 20 minutes from Hatfield had many drag racing greats, --SARATOGA Speedway 1939 to 1958 running midgets and after the war mainly stock cars about 25 minutes from Hatfield -- Englishtown ( Old Bridge Raceway Park) The famous" SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY at RACEWAY PARK" 1965 closed it's Summernats event and drags for 2018 although Motorcross still reigns supreme along with other events. REALLY MISS THOSE DAYS!!!! Especially in todays screwed up world.
I forgot Nazareth 1/2 mile, my very first dirt race, and the infamous D shaped mile ---and a track where I also still have relatives living very near the location the super dangerous with ALL the greats heading for Indy -- Langhorne Speedway 1926 - 1971-- Another dangerous and car destroyer track the super old Flemington Fair Speedway 1915 - 1990 and of course my perennial favorite was the Reading Fairgrounds Speedway 1924-1979 and home of the dirt modified greats . God I have to stop thinking about all that has vanished and not much new cropping up but GEARHEADS ARE FOREVER !!!
I couldn't agree more. Tremendous sense of sadness.
DE Saxon Yes !
The only thing that kept these places going was money, and it ran dry
Nicely done. No distracting music. Thanks.
That was the first oval track that I went to. I still recall the smell of race gas and beer even though I was not old enough to drink. Saw some of the fastest cars and you were correct in assuming that there was no fence on the back stretch. I actually saw a car come off turn two and was launched in the air and landed in the pine trees behind the track.
@@franktorres8473 such a shame for what looks like a well preserved track. What made it go under?
I know right!!! No stupid computer music that everyone seems to be using, it’s so annoying
A little town called Radiator Springs.
Chris Blanchard I-
Cars❤️😭
Hajaha i like ur comment.
Yeah it is look like the car movie!!!!!
Crazy how the world will always regrow through any structure and go back to normal
THE MUSTANG COLLECTOR I was just thinking this
@@Whoisroccoruzzo it's just wild to see
“Cleetus McFarland” would like to know your location
Desoto 2.0
Who
And invite you to race in a few months time brother!!!
Hell yeah brother
solomon toussaint heh ya freedom factory 2.0
Who else wants to turn some laps around this track, even in its current condition?!
Me
nolo
I’m surprised local kids have not chainsawed their way in and chance themselves around the circuit!
That would be fun as fuck on my supermoto
I would like to fall, down, there and see how fast i can rolll, around it, just or fun.
Hell yeah! I'm in! Let's go racing!
Awesome exploration! I went there as a kid to see the races. This is the first time I have seen the old track since 1983
Wow thanks for sharing with us !
The tone of your voice, the tempo of your words, the background of information you provide are all spot on. I predict good things for you if your goal is to advance your career in front of the camera. I appreciate your hard work and sincere interest in what you do. Thank you.
I grew up in Clinton, lived on the other side of town, every Saturday night you could hear the cars blast off at the start of a race, even miles away the sound was truly awesome open headers and lots of horsepower!
The concrete pit you showed was probably where the scale was to weigh the race cars. All the mechanical parts was below with a wooden deck on top to drive on to. This was before digital scales came into existence. Good video.
Yup, looks like the scale setup we have at a family business my father in-law owns. The workings are int he pit and the top is wood like you said.
You are right! And you can also see the small notch in the pit where the beam ran outside the pit to connect to the scales which sat on the wood platform above ground. Also the number one and two corners had no barrier or barricade around it. Most tracks did not have excessive amount of room so had to install some type of barrier. But the tracks that had that open corner we're safe because you just slid or drove off the track. No damage or wreck. I grew up near an old fairgrounds race track that had no guardrails, and off the track they would go and drive around to the pit gate to re-enter the track when the race was over. No car damage, no stopping the races. The only exception was the horse barns off of number four. Several times a summer they would be patching a car sized hole in one of the barns. Aw the memories!
All of the infield was pit area
By far one of the coolest videos I've seen on UA-cam for a while. This kinda video is what UA-cam was all about 10 years ago. Awesomeness 👍
Back when there was families, morals, only 2 sexes and race car drivers with balls of steel. Damn I miss those days.
Steve S I can’t to wait to look back 30 years from now say the say thing. Sexes were binary back then, families thrived from single parents, and people could see there kids and grandchildren growing up on facebook.
Bro you aren't kidding!
Damn straight buddy
There's still only 2 sexes
Only two sexes and multiple mental illnesses.
Io ho guardato il video dall'Italia e mi ha emozionato lo stesso. Grazie
Ciao, anch'io sono italiano
@@listerstormablecartoonandt1103 cari saluti
@@darcan72 comunque fa impressione a vedere un autodromo da mezzo miglio in quelle condizioni, però per fortuna la natura si è ripresa quello che era suo.
I really appreciate that you go out of your way, adventurous enough, and enjoy traveling to abandoned places. I love feeling the history and thinking about all the people that have been there, that are old or passed on. Thank you.
Dude!...Thanks! I grew up in Vicksburg and going to that track with my Dad was like a major deal to me. I have great memories of going to some races and even more so going to a stunt car exhibition where they ramped up and got on two wheels did ramp jumps and performed the "T-Bone Crash". Look it up. I remember going there with my good friend Paul when we were in high school also with my Dad. The concessions always smelled great and they sold the coolest model cars. The absence of a wall on the back led to racers going over the back side and out of sight. Last memory I have is my fiance and I at the time attending one of the last races in 1985 seems like the weekend before we got married. I still drive by the track while on I-20 often and have watched over the years as the vegetation came up and eventually the grandstand and the press box with "Jackson International Speedway" came down. Cool video. Thank you!
The banks are in better shape because water runs off them more, thus minimizing erosion.
Thanks ecologist expert
Erosion is caused by run off 🤔
Makes no sense. The Strightaways are more eroded, because, Turd Poop settles, there and Turd Poop is Acidic, by Nature. Bird Poop, too or asshole.
They were just reinforced more
Nature overcomes man and the history that once was.
Yea shows you how quickly nature takes back, so much lost in the pyramid era ect. Basically just the rocks that lasted.
Yeah it's a real brain buster that living things come and go ,while rocks and concrete don't erode quickly
Really Cool!!! Thanks!!!
it’s good to see
So true
Absolutely love these abandoned site videos. Keep them coming!
Mobile instinct you have amazing videos about abanding inn the woods that's what im interested inn
There's a abandoned race track in my area, US 30 Dragstrip. Opened in 1957, closed in October 1984, the crumbling track is still here, all weeds etc now. This is in Northwestern Indiana, Hobart Indiana.
Not very often I run into another Chicagoland youtuber.
@@Viking_6_3I've been in the Chicago area for 50 years, 43 years in Northwestern Indiana & 7 years in Chicago Illinois.
If anyone wants to see a picture of US 30, I have a recent pic, I can email the picture. Victor.ray33@gmail.com
SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY! Oh man! Did I have fun in the pits of U.S 30, as a kid! I've gotta get up that way and see the remnants of the old place.
DeKrampus 11111 I remembered radio announcers on WLS promos for this track. Also Great Lakes Dragway Union Grove Wisconsin!!
Love the way you went back and researched the history and gave us some details and old pics. Great job!
I used to thrive on this when I was a kid. You're doing and saying and probably thinking exactly what I did, back then.
Only kid stuff? No way! It's one of the most beautiful human reflexes.
And that's why I became a field archaeologist.
I have lived in Clinton for 44 years. back in the early 80's the city incorporated where the track is and the track had to follow city ordinances. meaning no beer sales equals track closure. the land that the track sits on is owned by several different people making it hard to sale. even if someone was to buy it and restore it the city wouldn't let them race loud engines even though its 100 yards from interstate 20. i had the opportunity to drive my 77 f150 around the old track and had a blast. it was fun growing up with the a place to just be a kid.
It really galls me, that sort of thing happens all the time. A track is in business for DECADES, then newcomers with $$ move into a "subdivision" KNOWING that a Racetrack is there FIRST but big $$ usually means the track gets closed down.
Wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard a track being billed as "the world's fastest 1/2 mile".....there must be at least a few dozen in this country!
This actually was for a short period of time. The thing that made this track so fast is the corners have a much larger radius that Bristol so even with less banking the sprints back in the day could almost flat foot it all the way around.
They said the same about the Dayton Speedway in Ohio. Unfortunately it is completely gone.
Winchester Speedway in Indiana is the actual fastest true half mile in the world.
Bristol is almost 5/8.
and a quarter for every track using "international" in the name.
Alot of tracks claim that not matter the size.
Awesome man!
HA! One like and every vid i see uou have 1k or 2k.
Would make a great go kart track... Talladega for go karts...
I would so love to get some big go karts out there to race. Within a week, all the foliage on the track would be gone haha
Maybe start with some lawnmower races!
World of Radio Control and so would the track surface. It would wear down to rubble because of the condition it’s in
Yes and yes
Very cool, thanks for filming and sharing!
Talk about a walk down memory lane. I remember this track very well. We went out to watch the building of the track and attended many races when it was complete. One of my favorite memories is driving my 1966 GTO around the track shortly afterward it was completed. It is my understanding that they had continuous problems with insurance coverage. Thanks again for the memories.
My dad actually broke the track record there in 1979 driving for Rice and Kasperic racing's sprint car. That day was so humid that you could see a small vapor trail coming off the sideboards of the wings on the sprints and supermodifieds.
Track was closed in my hometown years ago .... owner turned it into a trailer park, everyone gets a sloped driveway
Sad that the track closed but the sloped driveway? That’s funny s...t there!!!
That's funny you said that, I've seen a drag strip turned into a trailer park in N.C.
@@C.dieslevonankwek7 where in NC?
@@anthonymoffitt466 it was years ago I saw it, from what a guy told me it was a low key kind of spot. Was outside of Maxton, I know now they have 710 dragway open
It's amazing how fast nature and the elements take over abandoned places. I love your videos. I always hit the like button before I watch it! 😊
Me too., 😂
Really great! I went there many times in the late 60’s and 70’s
Thanks for bringing this one out. Very sad to see old places like this.
I snuck in and drove laps while I was in college in the late ‘90s. It has grown up a lot since then. Memories......
Thanks for this. I see a lot of abandoned building videos, it's interesting to see something different like this. It's all kind of sad how it ended up. I am amazed at how fast nature takes over. I was married in 1985, not all that long ago, at least it doesn't feel that long ago. 34 years ago, so this track has been abandoned for 33 years and the growth is incredible. Beautiful in it's own way.
Am I the only one that's thinking about roundup weed killer and a 500hp camaro ?
Carl Larsen lol, yes you probably are!!
I'm in, lol.
NOPE!...I too.. was thinking something very similar...
Maybe 750hp Camaro!!
I would do laps in my Civic or my BMW
What a interesting and unique place. Love watching your videos. Always fun and informative to watch. Really liked the Drone Flyover as well so we got to see a different perspective of the racetrack. Thanks for sharing.
Have a Glamperrific Day!
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I'm just starting to watch this UA-cam and enjoy your videos on forgotten tracks. I'm not much into NASCAR now a day's but. I love to see things from back when it was real in my opinion. Thanks for the sharing.
I love this video because everyone in the comments is adding their story and expressing their family history to add to the video and their memories of the place
It was petty common back in those days not to have walls, and those tires were to protect cars in the infield in the event of an accident. Great video
My Wife is from Jackson. This reminded me of places I found as a kid. Moving from different defense plants.
There were always area's that just died one day.
Sad.
My most treasured memories were racing karts in the early to mid 80's on clay tracks here in sc. It was still somewhat affordable for middle class. My daddy worked swing shift at the mill so we couldn't be there every weekend but when we did we won. I was very fortunate to sit in good equipment. Some of my cousins raced as well and our fathers before us raced stock cars, modifies hobby stock etc. My dad never liked to hear bragging. He told me if he ever heard me brag he'd sell everything. When we sold out for other reasons I just couldn't make myself go to another race. Our home track is well grown over now and forgot about but a couple years ago I stopped to visit the site. The man that lives there now was out weed eating. He was very nice and told me you could still see some of the layout of it to my surprise and he let me walk what was left of it and I enjoyed reminiscing.
We don't get to see this kind of places often, it's a memorable place for the people who saw the races with family and friends, heart touching place, thanks for the video buddy.
awesome spot thanks for going there and filming it
Thank you for uploading this video. Very interesting stuff. I'm a race fan and have seen my share of closed down race tracks. Very sad. We are lucky to have local to where I live a active and thriving 5/8 mile dirt track with big block modifieds and an street stocks and an occasional Sprint car race. Awesome video 👍.
I turned a high banked 1/2 mile paved track in the 16.20's twenty years ago. The record still stands. My track also closed about 18 years ago.
I didn’t know you had a second channel. I will binge now. 💛
Cool! Glad you found it!
I used to watch the orange 66 driven by Lake Speed there in the early 80’s. Wish it could be brought back. I grew up in Clinton and we had lots of fun out there.
Too COOL. Watching videos like yours brings more entertainment and interest than most of the crap on t.v. U always supply your abandoned history with old photos or videos, and thats what makes it so interesting.
Great find! I have been a NASCAR fan for three decades and I never heard of this track. Thanks.
NASCAR didnt race here for every NASCAR track there are 100s of little tracks there are 5 in my area
There were many former nascar greats that raced at this track. Some of the few were Bobby Allison,Donnie Allison,davey Allison,David Pearson,Lake Speed,Neil Bonnet,Mark Martin (all time track record holder there) and Red Farmer. Heck even Marty Robbins raced there.
@@markbulichsr.836 I sort of knew that. I was more impressed with the first class features that you usually don't find outside of NASCAR...the banking on each end, the asphalt paving of the surface, etc. Every small track that I have gone to, were dirt tracks, which I must admit has its own style of excitement. This track in Mississippi probably had some great racing, but was possibly just located in the wrong place.
@@jameskilpatrick6086 I did not know that. Thanks for the insight. I was a HUGE Allison family fan. I wore a Davey Allison cap for many years. I was traveling through Birmingham shortly after his tragic death and found his grave, paying my respects. Thanks, James.
the alabama gang.....@@jameskilpatrick6086
Amazing how quickly nature moves back in. Love the drone shots. Really gives a sense of scale. 👍
yeah, 'Ol Mother nature...she is a cunning bitch.
As I was watching this, I couldn't help but envision Doc Hudson revving up his engine and charging around the turns.
Ha! Yes now you mention it lol
That was really cool to see how this historic track currently looks like! Thanks for sharing!
This is the most captivating "exploring abandoned places" video I've ever seen. So sad to see the track, but cool to hear of it's history and see how nature has almost completely reclaimed it.
Ahh the good ole days...when the gas was cheap, the chrome was thick, and the girls were straight...sigh :/
Old man
MountKeverest Pfft. Leave the man be. He’s happily remembering, you’re just not able to see his life and how he lived it.
Moon Man that’s a lot of information you extracted out of my two word sarcastic-rude-joke-comment. Don’t take yourself too seriously now
MountKeverest Oh my bad, just have a lot of people like they down here in Mississippi now.
I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, so I got my doctor’s permission to join a fitness club and start exercising.
I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors.
I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour.
But, by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over 😡
That big tire was used with others to dry the track after it had been rained on. So much Americana. It’s crazy just how fast nature takes over.
Id been burning that grass off the track with my tires if I lived next to that as a kid..
IGOTAJOP America definitely would of died in one summer but god damn the possibilities
Very cool video. Well done too, no annoying music or constant speculation without anything to base it off of like you see in a lot of these
Thanks so much for the trip back to memory lane. Been there and done that. So sad.
There’s a damn nascar track next to my girlfriends house😂 that’s sick
Probably had steel guard rail barrier and they were pulled up and scrapped out when metal was bringing a good price. Thank you for the tour!
No guard rails at JIS.
The way NASCAR is going that will be all tracks in twenty years. Sad.
triptwenty Smith no it won’t
@@dom.rockchalkjayhawk.8990 we will see. They are driving the sport into the ground. No pun intended. We just witnessed what NASCAR will be very soon, during this pandemic. Except there will be a lot more kids racing. Because they will do it for nothing.
They are self destructing.
By trying to lure the young crowd they are alienating the older crowd. Big mistake since that's how most people get into racing. They are introduced to it by the old guys.
That's how I came to discover and love racing. A friend's dad brought us to this very track on the weekends 69-69.
@@Coldwarrior7781 I started at Thunder Road at six years old in Barre Vt. It was owned by Ken Squire. Absolutely loved it. Thanks Dad.
nascar isn't dying lmao
before march madness it's consistently the most watched sport on cable. everything on cable is "dying", but NASCAR actually saw an uptick in viewership last year so
Mother nature ALWAYS takes over!
Way cool! It's amazing that it just walked away from. Good explore! Thank you for sharing a part of your day with us!
A lot of things closed during the recession of the 80’s. Gas prices went up and people, farmers and business lost everything and had to start over, including myself.
Recession in the 80s brings back memories for me it was a really tough time. The time when you had to do things you didn’t normally do to make a living. There is a time coming that will dwarf that time and be a lot of chaos involved hope we can live through it.
@@troylynn2686 I know what you mean!! When the farmers were loosing their farms and the AG factories shut down everything else went into a domino effect. I worked in construction and the only way I got through the winter, I trapped and made good money. Finally moved down to Oklahoma for a better job.
80s recession? Gas prices? 70s is what you are thinking of. The only recession in the 80s was for some periods from 80-82. Otherwise, the 80s boomed. Reaganomics > Carternomics.
Jonny Boom It did start then but you didn’t live where I was from. People in the Midwest flocked to Oklahoma and Texas in droves in search of oil related jobs. I live it and lost my house in 82 because of the issue.
@@ericvaneck4296 I am from the Midwest. While I may sympathize with your plight, an anecdotal testimony on a specific region does not a significant recession make. I assume you lived through the gas crisis of the 70s and you're gonna talk about gas prices of the 80s? Nationally gas was cheap in the 80s, fact.
It sucks that got vandalized. ( spray paint over the old logos) when I go out adventuring advanced stuff. I just bored take with me and put my name on top of it next to the add and take a picture of it. In the board comes back with me. So the only thing I left with my footprints and nothing else.
( my version of vandalizing what is the Safeway)
We use to say "Jackson International Raceway, come enjoy the race, a free splinter in every ass".
WootTootZoot 😂
I knew Bobby Harrell. He owned a tire store there in Jackson. My best friends dad and him were really close friends. Pretty cool seeing this.
Thanks for sharing. I grew up a couple of miles from this and remember lying in bed on Saturday nights in the summer listening to the cars.
Martinsville Speedway bank is 15°. So that's really close to Martinsville.
12 in the corners, pretty much 0 in the straights so this is definitely more banked than Martinsville. Of course neither comes close to the likes of Bristol, Salem or Winchester.
It's great to read the comments, from people, that had family members race here. It would be nice to cut the trees and bush hog it. Just to keep it from completely growing up. Not necessarily have any type of race on it.
There was also a lot of them that were shutdown due to noise complainers. Were the track was there for decades before anyone moved nearby. Then someone knowingly moves near a race track. Then butches and whines till it gets shutdown. Crying shame.
You should see if you can find a former driver and walk through with him.
Well done. Nice to see and hear about the good old days racing history.
I had alot of good times.there as a young man awesome vid thank you for the memories
Some weird energy about places being abandoned like this
I live in Mississippi i seen this abandoned track with friends 😊
Thanks for sharing this video. I have been looking on UA-cam for the past 2 weeks at abandon race tracks in the Carolinas and I did not know about this one.
Because its in Mississippi
I know but you know how you usually look up videos of abandoned race tracks and then you to recommend other ones I have never heard of this one
Might look up Danville VA track
@@chetdudley2244 I looked it up and nothing comes up other than actual races back in the day
703 CRUIZ'N saw video of it only once just off US58 must have been Facebook
WOW, my dad use to take me there to the races when I was a kid. Even though I was only 8 or 9 years old, seeing the video brings back memories of it. Its some of my most treasured memories with him. I may even have some old photo's taken there with some of the cars. I'll look to see if I still have them. Thanks for sharing!.
I’m glad to see a young man just as himself taking the time and is interested where racing came from,,,that’s a dedication to the sport of racing indeed
I grew up in Vicksburg MS. Remember this track well.
Old race tracks and Drive-ins what's not to love
6:05 all of those trees shown could have grown after the track closed. It was likely open space for the cars to slow down if they lost control.
You should do a series of videos of old racetracks. There are many, and there are a lot of old pictures of them to reference to. Nice video!
Wow, this was cool. I'm truly amazed that with that kind of history that no one wanted to keep it going. Great video.
Jackson, MS
Also in your first shot you can see my college couch.
"NAPA, 12 locations to serve you". I think they've grown a bit sense then.
I’m surprised no teenagers meet here on the weekends! I know if I lived there when I was a kid, we would of had a meet up there with everyone’s car!!!
History is quite literally beneath our feet, if you’re willing to dig. Very cool find Chris.
Thanks for the show !!
Clinton MS is 2 hours from me. Never heard of this track. Pretty cool.
Like people, racetracks come and racetracks go. My personal favorite, the one-third mile clay track in Wilmot, WI, is still going strong after 80 years.
3:19 farm tractor tire. The size of one
Thank you for the video. My dad would take me and my brother there in the early 80’s