What track is this?

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From a NASCAR.com article about Hershel McGriff.

http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/features/05/13/enterprise.hmcgriff.beginning/index.html

Look at how high that banking is! :eek2:
 
I was wondering that myself. The banking doesn't get me as much as the narrowness of the groove. Talk about insane. :eek2:
 
MRM said:
I was wondering that myself. The banking doesn't get me as much as the narrowness of the groove. Talk about insane. :eek2:
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It's Oakland Speedway -- the track boasted banking higher than 60° :eek2:
 
that pic is in Marvin Panch's book. Had a really great time spending the day and talking to him last year at a show...... there are a few pics of that track in there. Cant even begin to imagine racing there.....lol. he said it was like driving up the living room wall, then falling back off it........lol
 
Thats is so cool looking. I'd love to see a race there.
 
Shame they closed it to build a shopin mall. I drive by it alot and wonder what it must of been like and just how awesome it would of been to see a race there back then.
 
While reading about McGriff and how they actually drove cars to and from the track, made me think about an experience I had in 1958 or '59. I was a mechanic and helping a guy who raced a 1957 Ford in a late model event in central Pennsylvania. The racecar was flat towed to the event by a '57 Chevy and I followed in my 1958 Ford. The '58 Ford had the Interceptor Thunderbird special engine, 352 c.i. and was loaded with extra tires and tools. During practice, the racecar couldn't get up to speed diagnosing the problem as the carburetor so the car owner/driver went to my '58 Ford and removed the carburetor and put it on the '57 to attempt to qualify for the event.
The reason for mentioning the incident is to point out the simplicity of racing in that time period. Taking parts from a stock factory car and using them successfully on a competitive race car. Actually, don't know how competitive we were or where we finished.
 
Whizzer said:
While reading about McGriff and how they actually drove cars to and from the track, made me think about an experience I had in 1958 or '59. I was a mechanic and helping a guy who raced a 1957 Ford in a late model event in central Pennsylvania. The racecar was flat towed to the event by a '57 Chevy and I followed in my 1958 Ford. The '58 Ford had the Interceptor Thunderbird special engine, 352 c.i. and was loaded with extra tires and tools. During practice, the racecar couldn't get up to speed diagnosing the problem as the carburetor so the car owner/driver went to my '58 Ford and removed the carburetor and put it on the '57 to attempt to qualify for the event.
The reason for mentioning the incident is to point out the simplicity of racing in that time period. Taking parts from a stock factory car and using them successfully on a competitive race car. Actually, don't know how competitive we were or where we finished.
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Its great hearing/reading stories like that. That must have been a great time to be a racing fan.
 
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