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Bookmark or Share- Mount Airy Speedway - Elusive Ghost Track AerialsMount Airy Speedway was opened on May 26,1946 by Garnet "G.W." Golden (Real name Garnett Woltz Golding - still living as of 2013 age 94). It was possibly the first purpose made stock car track of the North Carolina & Virginia area after WWII and became legendary for where Curtis Turner watched and then drove his first race. Built in a crop field, 3/4 mile track was almost perfectly flat...
- Wilson Co. Speedway - Gallery - Bobby Williamson - RacersReunion@eugene-mincey 14 years ago paul, i also have great memories going to wilson county speedway and watching some great battles. i remember going to the track riding in the racecar of donnie watsons ford falcon from durham nc. what a ride.... them days if that was the only way to get there that was the only way. i have an original racing program 1974. if you have pictures to share please do so ...
- Columbus Speedway - Gallery - Bobby Williamson | racersreunion.comIn 1948, on the outskirts of Columbus, Ga, in the Midland community, the Columbus Speedway (twice) played host during NASCAR's inaugual season. The track was boarded by a chicken-wire fence, that offered little resistance to Red Byron's flat-tired '39 Ford coupe. Leading the July race in its final laps, Byron's misfortune hurled the Ford through the fence and into the crowed throng of...
- Summerville Speedway - RacersReunion!!Emoji!!4!!Emoji!! Forum ...One of the tracks I always wanted to get to and never did was Summerville (SC) Speedway. The accounts of the weekly racing action there as reported in the weekly racing papers always sounded exceptionally exciting. I'm sure with so many South Carolinians on this site, many of you had that opportunity and I envy you. I happened on this 2005 reprint from the Charleston, SC paper thatfascinated...
- The forgotten Norfolk Speedway - RacersReunionIn 1954, Princess Anne Speedway beat the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In the condensed judge's ruling, however, he made a statement (hi-lited) that could apply to most racetracks of the era: 54-2 USTC 9627] United States of America , Plaintiff, v. Princess Anne Speedway, Inc., Jordan A. Pugh, III, Earl W. Johnson, Defendants
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