![](DipsyDo_FrankFarm_JalopyRaceAd_BobMiller_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Bob Miller
Dispy-Do on the Frank Farm. One of the many ways newspapers spelled "jalopy" back then.
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![](MillersBowlofThrills_JalopyAdv_BobMiller_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Bob Miller
Miller's Farm. One of the many ways newspapers
spelled "jalopy" back then. |
![](NewSenecaFallsSpdwy_BigCars_Adv_BobMiller_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Bob Miller
New Seneca Falls Spdwy.
Big Cars, not
jalopies. |
![](PerryFairgrounds_RaaceAdv_BobMiller_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Bob Miller
Perry Fairgrounds.
Might have eventually morphed into Perry Spdwy. |
![](PerryNY_MicroMidgetAdv_BobMiller_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Bob Miller
This was also Perry, NY. Might have
eventually morphed into Perry Spdwy. |
![](WoodstockLegionSpdwy_MidgetRaceAdv_BobMiller_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Bob Miller
Woodstock Legion.
Spdwy.
Midgets. |
![](MoffittParkSPdwy_Adv_BobMiller_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Bob Miller
Moffitt Park Spdwy.
Stock cars only came in around 1953, and this is more like 1951 |
![](MoffittPark_AdirMotorcycleCLub_Adv_PPR_small1.JPG)
From the Plattsburgh Press Republican
Perry Fairgrounds.
Might have eventually morphed into Perry Spdwy. |
![](DutchessCtyRHinebeck_RaceAd_BobMiller_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Bob Miller
Rhinebeck definitely had
stock cars, but this is before that. |
![](GoshenMile_Adv_speedwayandroadracehistorycom_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Speedway and Road Racing History.com
The triangular - shaped
Goshen Mile. |
Courtesy of Bob Miller
Boy ! Could they get
much more dramatic ?.
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Courtesy of Bob Miller
Not to be mistaken for
Satan's Bowl of Death.
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Courtesy of Bob Miller
Fort Hill Speedway. |
Courtesy of Bob Miller
via Dan Ody
Very early Stateline Speedway,
N Bennington, VT.
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![](Fairmont_HeraldArticle16B_RacingToBeAtFair_MKJr_small.jpg)
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr.
The usual open wheel racing. |
![](WestPerth_NewspaperAd_1948ish_TomPostcards_small1.JPG)
Courtesy of Tom's Postcards
West Perth Spdwy,
around the time they
were going to convert
to all stock cars. |
![](MoffittPark_HorsepullAdv_Prob1954_PPR_small1.JPG)
From the Plattsburgh Press Republican
A forerunner to Airborne. THey had
open wheels and
motorcycles running. |
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![](AddisonHillRacingAssoc_Adv_BobMiller_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Bob Miller
Addison Hill Racing
Assoc.
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![](BrookfieldSpdwy_1951Adv_BobMiller_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Bob Miller
Brookfield Speedway.
Used the Track of Champions title
before Fonda. |
![](CarrollsGroveSpwy_Adv_BobMiller_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Bob Miller
Carroll's Grove Speedway |
![](HudsonRiverSpdwy_NewspaperAd_RCHunt_small1.jpg)
Courtesy of Bob Miller
Most of us know it
as simply Schuylerville. |
![](JohnWoodSpdwy_IthacaDryden_Adv_BobMIller_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Bob Miller
Also called Ithaca - Dryden Spdwy, I think. |
![](Star-LitSpdwy_Watertown_Adv_BobMiler_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Bob Miller
The beginning of
what we know as Watertown ?. |
![](BandKSpdwy_Adv_BobMiller_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Bob Miller
B.K. Spdwy.
This may have been the Berne-Knox
track. |
![](KemptonParkPublicite13juillet1951_adv_TiGaz__small2.jpg)
Courtesy of Christian
"Ti-Gaz" Genest
Kempton Park.
Not far from Montreal; sometimes NASCAR. |
![](RhinebeckSpdwy_AdvHandout_PANDA23PubAcc_small.jpg)
Courtesy of PANDA23
Public Access
Rhinebeck Spdwy. |
![](FtCovington_Adv_CantonCommericalAdv_small1.jpg)
Courtesy of Doug Fetterly
Fort Covington Spdwy.
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![](ArloingtonAirportSpdwy_Adv_Hertica_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Chas Hertica
Arlington Airport.
No Other Name. I don't think this is the one in Poughkeepsie. |
![](MOhawkSpeedway_Adv_EdwardBBrownIII_JoeGrossetti_small1.jpg)
Courtesy of Joe Grossetti
Not the present Mohawk track
in Hogansburg. |
![](WestHavenSpdwy_VT_ADv_MikeLaduc_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Mike Laduc
West Haven Spdwy.
Devil's Bowl's alter ego for a few years. Not the Conn. track.
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![](SharonSprings_Adv_RParry_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Rick Parry
Sharon Raceway,
Sharon Sprgs, NY. |
![](WestHavenSpdwy_Adv_MIkeBruno_small1.jpg)
Courtesy of Mike Bruno
More of the Vermont
track. |
![](WesthavenSpdwy_Adv_TimRogers_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Tim Rogers
More of the Vermont
track. |
![](Harmony_Adv_EBBIII_small.jpg)
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. |
![](WHitesBeach_Adv_BeautyCointest_BobMiller_small1.jpg)
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. |
![](Norwood_AdvPoster_EBBIII_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Edw. B. Brown III
Our first Mass. track.
Naw - wood Arener",
as they would say. |
![](OleanRaceway_Adv_NYMRN_small.jpg)
Courtesy of MYNRN
Olean, NY. |
![](RhythmInn_Adv_CrystalSnape_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Crystal Snape
Rhythm Inn, the track
built by and named after a strip joint. |
![](Smyrna_Adv_1955_NYMRN_small.jpg)
Courtesy of NYMRN
Safety belts ? Party poopers
!. |
![](BurdenLake_Adv_NYMRN_small.jpg)
Courtesy of NYMRN
Enjoy the campground. See photo at right. |
![](burdenlakespeedway_bigger_small.jpg)
LOOK Magazine
This nationally publicized
shot shows people at the Burden Lake picnic ground scrambling away from
an errant wheel.
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![](Ithaca%20Speedway%20Ad%20Auburn%20Citizen%20Advertiser_951_JayMooney_small.jpg)
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.
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Source Unknown
Catamount Stadium, year
unknown. |
Courtesy of Bill Baker
The last track in Colchester
[of 5 that
started]. Many spelling errors on names. |
![](GilfordBowl_AdvPoster_weirsSite_small.jpg)
Weirs Site
Little known outside of northern NH. the
Gilford Bowl was considerably north of where NHIS is now. |
![](Airborne_AdvNexttoBroderickMtrs_PPR_small.JPG)
Plattsburgh Press Republican
Airborne Park Speedway. |
![](CheshierFairgrounds_adv2_NDavis_small.JPG)
Keene Sentinel
Courtesy of Neal Davis
Safford Park Spdwy
or Cheshire Cty
Fairgrounds. |
![](Stock%20Car%20Racing%20ad_wiki_small.jpg)
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Saranac Lake Spdwy. |
![](Northeastern-Old%20Ads_Haskell_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Scott Haskell
All Northeastern Spdwy Ads. |
![](Malletts_Bay_Raceway_Ad_Nelson_small1.JPG)
Burlington Free Press Courtesy of John Nelson
The first of two
Malletts Bay Raceways. The other was best know and
became Colchester - Bayview Raceway. |
![](Colchester_Raceway_Ad_small1.JPG)
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. |
![](SharonSprings_AdWithPhoto_RParry_small.jpg)
Courtesy of Rick Parry
Sharon [NY] Spdwy. |
![](YankeeAS_Adv50_1_WaterfordSite_small.jpg)
New London / Waterford Speedbowl Site
The Yankee All Star League
Speedbowl. |
![](YankeeAS_Adv50_2_WaterfordSite_small.jpg)
New London / Waterford Speedbowl Site
The Yankee All Star League
Speedbowl.
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![](FortCovington_NewspaperAd_1956_FtCovSun_small1.jpg)
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.
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![](BurdenLake_NewspaperAd_SchecGazette_small.JPG)
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. |
![](DevilsBowl_LanghorneMotoSkiQualifier_MartyKellyJr_small1.jpg)
Rutland Herald Courtesy of Marty Kelley, Jr.
A Devil's Bowl ad during the
first pavement era. |
![](DevilsBowl_1968Yankee100Adv_MartyKellyJr_small2.jpg)
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly, Jr
Devil's Bowl ad from
late 1960's dirt era. |
![](DBowlPermatex100_Maybe1972_MartyKellyJr_small1.jpg)
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr
A D. Bowl ad from
the 1972-3 NOrthern
NASCAR period. |
![](DBowl_VT100Ad_MartyKellyJr_small2.jpg)
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr
D. Bowl ad from the
second dirt era - 1977.
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![](DBowl_NewlyPaved1970Adv_MartyKellyJr_small.jpg)
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr.
D. Bowl newly paved, circa 1970. |
![](OtterCreek_HeraldAdv_MartyKellyJr_small.jpg)
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr.
An Otter Creek Speedway
1961 or 62 ad. |
![](DBowl_FreworksProgramAdv_MartyKellyJr_small1.jpg)
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.
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Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly, Jr
Fairmont ad from
1966, the last season. |
![](Fairmont_HeraldArticle8_RacingUnderLightsAdv_MKJr_small.jpg)
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr.
C.J.'s first night show 1962. |
![](Fairmont_HeraldArticle21_LastRaceof1962_MKJr_small.jpg)
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr.
Fairmont 1962. |
![](Fairmont_HeraldArticle17_LateSeasonAdv_MKJr_small.jpg)
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr.
Fairmont 1962. |
![](Fairmont_HerladAdv_July181964_)MKellyJr_small.jpg)
Rutland Herald
Courtesy of Marty Kelly Jr.
Fairmont 1964. |
![](SaranacLake_MischlerEraAdv_PPR_small.JPG)
Plattsburgh Press Republican
Sranac Lake Speedway. |
![](BorderSpdwy_1953Adv_PPR_small1.JPG)
Plattsburgh Press Republican
What Moffitt Park Speedway
was called in 1953. |
![](BorderSpdwy_ItsStockCarTime_ManPhoto_PPR_small1.JPG)
Plattsburgh Press Republican
What Moffitt Park Speedway
was called in 1953. |
![](BorderSpdwy_FInalRaceAdv_PPR_small1.JPG)
Plattsburgh Press Republican
What Moffitt Park Speedway
was called in 1953. |
![](Airborne_MOffittParkMotorcycleAdAlso_1954_PPR_small1.JPG)
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.
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