Bob Miller has really been the one who got the ball rolling on this subject. All I am doing is taking his, plus what John Nelson and I have found to add to his great list he had displayed already. In this day of fewer race tracks, social media, and increased ways of getting the word out - the traditional newspaper ad for a race track is a
very endangered species; so, let's enjoy the ones we all have found.

 

THE PRE - STOCK CAR ERA


Courtesy of Bob Miller
Dispy-Do on the Frank Farm. One of the many ways newspapers spelled "jalopy" back then.


Courtesy of Bob Miller
Miller's Farm. One of the many ways newspapers spelled "jalopy" back then.

Courtesy of Bob Miller
New Seneca Falls Spdwy.
Big Cars, not
jalopies.

Courtesy of Bob Miller
Perry Fairgrounds.
Might have eventually morphed into Perry Spdwy.

Courtesy of Bob Miller
This was also Perry, NY.  Might have eventually morphed into Perry Spdwy.

Courtesy of Bob Miller
Woodstock Legion.
 Spdwy.
Midgets.

Courtesy of Bob Miller
Moffitt Park Spdwy.
Stock cars only came in around 1953, and this is more like 1951

From the Plattsburgh Press Republican
Perry Fairgrounds.
Might have eventually morphed into Perry Spdwy.

Courtesy of Bob Miller
Rhinebeck definitely had stock cars, but this is before that.

Courtesy of Speedway and Road Racing History.com
The triangular - shaped Goshen Mile.
 
Courtesy of Bob Miller
Boy ! Could they get
much more dramatic ?.

 
Courtesy of Bob Miller
Not to be mistaken for Satan's Bowl of Death.

 
Courtesy of Bob Miller
Fort Hill Speedway.
 
Courtesy of Bob Miller
via Dan Ody
Very early Stateline Speedway, N Bennington, VT.
   
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr.
The usual open wheel racing. 

Courtesy of Tom's Postcards
West Perth Spdwy,
around the time they
were going to convert
to all stock cars.

From the Plattsburgh Press Republican
A forerunner to Airborne. THey had open wheels and
motorcycles running.
   

 

THE STOCK CAR ERA


Courtesy of Bob Miller
Addison Hill Racing
Assoc.



Courtesy of Bob Miller
Brookfield Speedway.
Used the Track of Champions title
before Fonda.

Courtesy of Bob Miller
Carroll's Grove Speedway

Courtesy of Bob Miller
Most of us know it
as simply Schuylerville.

Courtesy of Bob Miller
Also called Ithaca - Dryden Spdwy, I think.

Courtesy of Bob Miller
The beginning of
what we know as Watertown ?.

Courtesy of Bob Miller
B.K. Spdwy.
This may have been the Berne-Knox track.

Courtesy of Christian
"Ti-Gaz" Genest
Kempton Park.
Not far from Montreal; sometimes NASCAR.

Courtesy of PANDA23
Public Access
Rhinebeck Spdwy.

Courtesy of Doug Fetterly
Fort Covington Spdwy.

Courtesy of Chas Hertica
Arlington Airport.
No Other Name. I don't think this is the one in Poughkeepsie.

Courtesy of Joe Grossetti
Not the present Mohawk track in Hogansburg.

Courtesy of Mike Laduc
West Haven Spdwy.
Devil's Bowl's alter ego for a few years. Not the Conn. track.


Courtesy of Rick Parry
Sharon Raceway,
Sharon Sprgs, NY.

Courtesy of Mike Bruno
More of the Vermont
track.

Courtesy of Tim Rogers
More of the Vermont
track.

Courtesy of F. Sabatino
via Edw. B. Brown III
Harmony Spdwy, NJ.
 
Courtesy of Bud Tullis
Might have become Danbury Racearena.
 
ebay
Fonda Spdwy.
This might be more of  poster, hard to tell.

Courtesy of Bob Miller
Whites Beach Spdwy
near Saratoga.
  
 
Courtesy of Joe Grossetti
The 1959 version of
Whites Beach Spdwy. Playa Blanca means "white beach" in Spanish.

 

 
Source Unknown
This was the final Catamount Stadium ad, in 1987.



Courtesy of Edw. B. Brown III
Our first Mass. track.
Naw - wood Arener",
as they would say.

Courtesy of MYNRN
Olean, NY
.

Courtesy of Crystal Snape
Rhythm Inn, the track
built by and named after a strip joint.

Courtesy of NYMRN
Safety belts ? Party poopers !.

Courtesy of NYMRN
Enjoy the campground. See photo at right.

LOOK Magazine
This nationally publicized shot shows people at the Burden Lake picnic ground scrambling away from an errant wheel.  


Courtesy of Jay Mooney
Different than Ithaca - Dryden Spdwy.
 
St Lawrence Plain Dealer
Courtesy of Fulton History
The Canton, NY
track. A pioneering track in northern NY.
 
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Saranac Lake Spdwy.
 
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Saranac Lake Spdwy.
 
RaceNY.com
Don't know much about this Spdwy.
 
Marty Himes Museum
Islip Spdwy.
 
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Saranac Lake Spdwy.
 
Keene Sentinel
Courtesy of Neal Davis
Safford Park Spdwy
or Cheshire Cty Fairgrounds. Very key pioneering track in NH.

 
Source Unknown
Catamount Stadium, year unknown.
 
Courtesy of Bill Baker
The last track in Colchester [of 5 that
started]. Many spelling errors on names.

Weirs Site
Little known outside of northern NH. the Gilford Bowl was considerably north of where NHIS is now.

Plattsburgh Press Republican
Airborne Park Speedway.

Keene Sentinel
Courtesy of Neal Davis
Safford Park Spdwy
or Cheshire Cty
Fairgrounds.

Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Saranac Lake Spdwy.

Courtesy of Scott Haskell
All Northeastern Spdwy Ads.

 
Burlington Free Press Courtesy of John Nelson
A very rare ad. The track was only in operation for a number of weeks.One of the owners was from the MacKenzie meats family.


 
Burlington Free Press Courtesy of John Nelson
 The first of two Malletts Bay Raceways. The other was best know and
became Colchester - Bayview Raceway.
 
Courtesy of Bill Baker
The third of 5 tracks in Colchester . Owned by the colorful Ivanhoe Smith. The other two had no ads we could find.

Courtesy of Rick Parry
Sharon [NY] Spdwy.

New London / Waterford Speedbowl Site
The Yankee All Star League Speedbowl.

New London / Waterford Speedbowl Site
The Yankee All Star League Speedbowl.


Ft Covington Sun
Ft. Covington Spdwy.
Courtesy of Scott Haskell
All Northeastern Spdwy Ads.
 
Source Unknown
Whites Beach Spdwy.
 
Courtesy of Bob Miller and Dan Ody
Empire Raceway,
Menands, NY.
 
From ebay
Canadian National Exhibition,
Ottawa, ON.
 
Courtesy of Dan Ody
Victoria Spdwy.
 
Courtesy of Rollie Messemer
Glen Aubrey Raceway.
 
Courtesy of Bob Miller
Very rare. Only operated a short while.
 
Courtesy of Joe Grossetti
Coxsackie Spdwy.


Schehectady Gazette
Rain or shine ? On an oiled track ? Wow ! 
 
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of John Nelson
Pico Raceway's
first ad.
 
 
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of John Nelson
A Pico Raceway
folowup ad. More
seating. Note the child disclaimer.
 
 
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of John Nelson
The first week, Pico Raceway had hundreds of little monsters, in for free, dumped off with no supervision.
 
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of John Nelson
Pico Raceway's next ad. Even more seating.
 
 
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Mike Richards
A Fairmont Speedway
1965 ad.
 
 
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of John Nelson
A Fairmont ad from
the 1950's I thought they called it Fairmont Park Motor Speedway then.
 

 
Rutland Herald Courtesy of Marty Kelley, Jr.
A Devil's Bowl ad from around the 1980's


Rutland Herald Courtesy of Marty Kelley, Jr.
A Devil's Bowl ad during the first pavement era.
 
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly, Jr
Devil's Bowl ad from
late 1960's dirt era.
 
 
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr
A D. Bowl ad from
the 1972-3 NOrthern
NASCAR period.
 

Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr
D. Bowl ad from the
second dirt era - 1977.

 
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr.
D. Bowl newly paved, circa 1970.
 
 
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr.
An Otter Creek Speedway
1961 or 62 ad.
 
 
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr.
Fireworks at the Bowl.
 
 
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly, Jr
Devil's Bowl ad from
first dirt era.

 
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly, Jr
Fairmont ad from
1966, the last season.

Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr.
C.J.'s first night show 1962.
 

Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr.
Fairmont 1962.
 

Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr.
Fairmont 1962.
 

Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr.
Fairmont 1964.
 

Plattsburgh Press Republican
Sranac Lake Speedway.

Plattsburgh Press Republican
What Moffitt Park Speedway was called in 1953.

Plattsburgh Press Republican
What Moffitt Park Speedway was called in 1953.

Plattsburgh Press Republican
What Moffitt Park Speedway was called in 1953.

Plattsburgh Press Republican
Airborne was opened in 1954.
 
Plattsburgh Press Republican
Airborne was opened in 1954. Moffitt Pk
had this ad on the same page.
 
Plattsburgh Press Republican
Airborne was being run by C.J. Richards in the 1980s.
 
Ladabouche Collection
Early mid 60s Malta
adv.


Courtesy of the Starin Family
A 1960's Fonda Speedway newspaper ad. That racing clip art must have been popular among printers.
Check out the Otter Creek Speedway programg cover below.


Ladabouche Collection
 

 
Northwest Auto Racing.com
Aurora Speedway,
likiely in Illinois.

Northwest Auto Racing.com
Aurora Speedway,
likiely in Illinois.

Source Unknown
Sharon Raceway 1950s.

Water Winter Wonderland.com
Capital City Spdwy.

Garage Art.com
Generic ad.
 

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