Race track questionnaire

nathans1012 · 4/13/23, 5:59 PM

First racetrack: Crown Point Speedway (IN) & Kankakee Speedway (IL) same weekend (fall of 1987)

Last racetrack: Talladega Short Track (AL)

Favorite racetrack:
Crown Point Speedway (Crown Point, IN)

Bucket list racetrack: The next new track I go to.

Favorite division:
Dirt Late Models, 410 Non-Wing Sprints, & any race division that puts on an f'ing show that particular night.

Favorite drivers: Active: All Of My Close Friends, Shane Cottle, Scott Bloomquist, & Dennis Erb Jr.
Retired: Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Jr. & Foyt / Andretti (Major Auto Racing). Local: Mike Hollifield (Buzzard Race Cars), Bill Davis, & Paul Schafer

Best racetrack food: Kokomo (Pork Chop Sand-which)

Best racetrack beverage: Toilet Water & their drink selection

Best racetrack dessert: Shadyhill (IN) - Giant Elephant Ear

Favorite annual race: Fairbury: Prairie Dirt Classic

Best racetrack bathroom: Fairbury & Eldora

Favorite track surface: Clay / Dirt

Favorite track size: 1/4 - 3/8’s

Best racetrack memory: my first race and I was hooked

Best track lighting: Eldora

Favorite Autograph: None

A racetrack you miss: Crown Point Speedway - Crown Point, Indiana. Met the majority of my friends there and is the singular track that got me hooked on racing.

openwheelfan1 · 4/13/23, 11:09 PM

I’ll play (sort of)

First racetrack: Tri-State Speedway (1964) Yep…I’m old!

Last racetrack: Bubba Raceway Park (2023)

Favorite racetrack: Tri-State Speedway

Bucket list track: I’ve been fortunate to go to two of my bucket list tracks: Ascot and Manzanita. Only two still remaining are Williams Grove and Port Royal

Favorite division: 410 non wing sprints, midgets, 410 winged sprints (in order).

Favorite active drivers: Chase Stockon, Kaylee Bryson, Brad Sweet and Rico Abreau

Best racetrack food: Dewig’s bratwurst at Tri-State Speedway

Best racetrack memory: My first race at Tri-State Speedway and my first USAC sprint race at Salem Speedway July 4, 1967.

Favorite Autograph: AJ Foyt

Racetrack I miss: Manzanita. I miss USAC sprint cars and midgets on pavement, particularly the high banks of Salem and Winchester. They scared the hell out of me, but I LOVED watching them at both!

ThrowbackRacingTeam · 4/14/23, 9:54 AM

First racetrack: Davenport IA Speedway 1/2 mile 1978

Last racetrack: Springfield Mile

Favorite racetrack: Knoxville Raceway pre-1982

Bucket list racetrack: Bubba Raceway

Favorite division: Silver Crown

Favorite drivers: Rich Vogler, Johnny Parsons, Cary Faas, Daron Clayton, Kevin Doty, Gary Bettenhausen.

Best racetrack food: Eldora pizza burger or Angell Park tomato sauce burger

Best racetrack dessert: snow cones
Favorite annual race: Bettenhausen 100 Springfield Illinois

Favorite track surface: black gumbo with manure mixed in.

Favorite track size: 1/2 mile or mile

Best racetrack memory: sitting with my dad

Best track lighting: Canton Illinois (it’s the dimmest like the old days)

Favorite Autograph: KO Kevin Olson and Rich Vogler

A racetrack you miss: Little Springfield

DirtTrackTherapy16J · 4/14/23, 12:14 PM

First racetrack: Kokomo Speedway in mid to late 1980s

Last racetrack: Gas City I69 Speedway Fall 2022

Favorite racetrack: Kokomo Speedway, Gas City I69 Speedway (prior to 2022), Eldora, or Port City Raceway

Bucket list racetrack: Any track(s) I have not been to.

Favorite division: Nonwing Sprints, Winged Sprints, Migets, Late Models, Modifieds

Favorite drivers: Dave Darland, Glenn Bradley, Scotty Weir, Rick Johns, Kris Workman, Lee Hobbs, Chris Hunter, James Headley, James Headley Jr, Shane Cottle, Tony Ploughe, Tony Jarrett, Justin Grant, Kevin Thomas Jr, CJ Leary, TMez, Robert Ballou, Jason McDougal, Chase Stockon, Kyle Cummins, Chris Windom, Tyler Courtney.

Best racetrack food: Pork Nachos at Circus City Speedway, Grilled Pork Chop Sandwich at Kokomo Speedway, Cheesesticks at Gas City I69 Speedway.

Best racetrack dessert: Don't eat sweets.
Favorite annual race: Smackdown or LetsRace2

Favorite track surface: Wet dirt with little to no rocks

Favorite track size: Anything 1/4 to 1/2 mile

Best racetrack memory: Being with my Dad and then the entire weekend of Port City 2021.

Best track lighting: Kokomo Speedway

Favorite Autograph: Paul Hazen, Dave Darland, Glenn Bradley, Mark Caldwell, Tim Bookmiller, Ed Angle.

A racetrack you miss: Gas City I69 Speedway prior to 2022.

Charles Nungester · 4/14/23, 5:36 PM

First racetrack: Lawrenceburg or Queen City early 70s

Last racetrack: Burg

Favorite racetrack: THAT, BURG, Millstream

Bucket list racetrack: Stoga

Favorite division: Nonwing Sprints, LM's

Favorite drivers: BACON!

Best racetrack food: Grilled Ham and Cheese at Portsmouth

Best racetrack dessert: Chili Cheese Nacho's at Burg

Favorite annual race: Indiana Sprint Week

Favorite track surface: FAST!

Favorite track size: 3/8ths or bigger

Best racetrack memory: Any night with Dad or Uncle, preferrably both

Best track lighting: Burg, Eldora

Favorite Not into Autographs.
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A racetrack you miss: Millstream.

BrentTFunk · 4/16/23, 11:19 AM

First racetrack: Kokomo Mid 1960's. I was too young to remember much.

Last racetrack: Lawrenceburg

Favorite racetrack: Small tracks: Macon, Port City
Quarter to half mile: Anderson, Circle City, Gas City, Granite City, Kokomo, Pevely
Half mile: Eldora, Knoxville, Terre Haute, Winchester
I am sure I left some off. Not many I don't like.
Bucket list racetracks: The 5 new ones I hope to hit in June.
Favorite divisions: Sprints, midgets, silver crown, Indy cars, winged 410, super mods, Eastern Modifieds, flat track motorcycles. I don't really care that much for dirt stock car racing, although I have seen some good street stock and thunder car races.

Favorite drivers: Don't really have one. I like most of them. Just like to see a good race.

Best racetrack food: Green Burrito at Manzanita

Best racetrack desert: Ice cream at Bloomington and Putnamville

Favorite annual race: Little 500, Smackdown, SprintWeek, MidgetWeek, Week of Indy

Favorite track surface: Tacky dirt tracks

Favorite track size. Depends on what is racing. I like midgets on 1/4 mile or smaller, even though I have seen some very good midget races on bigger tracks, including on the mile at Phoenix. I like sprints on 1/4 to a half mile. I prefer Silver Crown on a mile, although Terre Haute, Eldora, IRP, and Port Royal have been really good as of late. I have grown to like some road courses. Really want to see an IMSA race.

Best racetrack lighting. Any track with Musco lights. I really like the newer LED like Knoxville, and Kokomo have. All are good and comparable.

Best racetrack memory: Way too many to list. Have had a few real good times at rain outs.

Favorite autographs: A poster signed by Tommy Hinnershitz. A program from my first Hoosier Hundred signed by Steve Stapp, Pancho Carter, and race winner Billy Englehart. A Ken Coles print signed by him, Parnelli, and AJ from Dayton 1961. A John Mahoney picture signed by AJ, Mario, and Al Unser at the Hoosier Hundred. A picture of Mario with no cage racing AJ at DuQuoin.

A race track you miss: Indy mile. I haven't been back there since. Not saying I won't go back, but not in a hurry to. Manzanita. That place had character.

oppweld · 4/17/23, 10:23 AM

First Track: 34 Raceway Burlington IA

Last Track: Tri State Speedway
Haubstadt IN

Favorite Track: (Almost 1/4 mi) Lil Springfield, Little Belleville, Macon, Sweet Springs, Ventura.
1/4 mile Tri State Speedway, Kokomo, Jacksonville, Farmer City,Danville, Fairbury,
3/8 Mile: Lincoln PA, Santa Maria, Granite City, Spoon River,Charleston IL,Skagit.
1/2 Mile Terre Haute, Perris, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Williams Grove.
1 Mile: Springfield, Du Quion.
Pavement: Winchester, Anderson.

Bucket List: Belleville KS,
Calistoga.

Favorite Division: Sprints,Midgets, Silver Crown, Super Sportsman (PA) Big Block Modifieds Vintage cars that race.

Favorite Driver: The underdog or limited fund team that's competitive and getting it done.

Favorite Annual Race: Anything @ Terre Haute, Haubstadt Huster, Crown cars at Winchester, Springfield, Du Quion.

Best Racetrack Food: Cheese Burger Moberly Mo
Best Dessert: Snow Cone
Best Surface (The Ditch) Riverside Speedway West Memphis AK
Favorite Memories: Tailgating in Indiana with the Boys, Hanging out with my dad at a bar in Knoxville after a rain out.

Best Lights: Musco every Track that has them!

Favorite Autograph: Jan Opperman and Kenny Weld

Track you miss: Lil Springfield, Donnellson 1/2 Mile, Santa Fe Speedway.
Ones that became extinct before seeing: Reading Fairgrounds, Flemington, Silver Springs, Langhorne, Ascot, Manzy.