How about some vintage circle track cars?

BruceR&C · Jan 15, 2013

Good stuff here. Gonna have to dig thru my archives. That vega in Skull's last post brings back old memories. I believe the driver then was Bob Holmberg. Used to run at Freeport, Islip & Riverhead on LI in NY. Freeport & Islip are long gone but Riverhead's still active.

21willys · Jan 20, 2013

Some useless info about Islip speedway...
It has been claimed that the first ever organized demolition derby was ran at the track. I've saw a few pics of it where a Model A ford ran in it.

BruceR&C · Jan 22, 2013

Islip was the original home of the demolition derby & figure 8 racing. Back in the day ABC's Wide World of Sports used to televise the 100 car Demo derby championship & also the Figure 8 World Championship. It also hosted a Grand National race for a few years. At 2/10 mi it was the smallest track they eveer raced at. Unfortunately, it is now buried underneath a cookie factory.

21willys · Jan 29, 2013

I will have to see if I can find some of the old pics from the track.

mikec4193 · Jan 30, 2013

HI Everyone

I have been following this group for a couple of years. Makes me wanna move to the state of Maine just so I can race with them. I would post pictures but I dont have permission to. So I attached the link.

http://www.fantasyspeedway.me/

These guys posted some videos on youtube also. Looks like a time warp for sure. They even have a young lady who races a 33/34 Ford coupe with them. I would love to drive one on the street....what ya think?

Looks like my kind of folks...

I grew up watching the best of the best race around at Fonda Speedway and Albany-Saratoga....back in the 1960's and 1970's too....this brings it all back to life again...

MikeC