Author:
K Pelle
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Date Posted: 00:33:22 03/14/12 Wed
>I don't want to start a wishlist, but it would be nice
>if a roadtrip to Los Angeles worked it's way into one
>of them. Midget racing was very big here in the 40s
>and 50s and a number of Hollywood stars were regulars
>at Gilmore Stadium. Ever since I've moved here,
>tracking down "lost" race tracks has been something of
>a hobby of mine.
>-Greg
A few years ago I tried to revisit a pair of the stock car tracks I was a mechanic/driver on in the late 50s & early 60's . . . The first track had been turned into a trailer park/resort and the second had been over-run by a suburban neighborhood of a fast growing city. Sorta sad!
I did track down my first dirt-track car though - a 1928 Ford Model 'A' that I and my buddy, George had chopped down and turned into a dirt track 'speedster' for the 'old-timer' races. A car nut had 'preserved' it, but when we raced it, it was Model 'A' Ford Green -- when the nut had gotten done 'repairing' it, he'd painted it 'Candy Apple Red' - LOL
kp
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