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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