post a Google satellite view of a defunct racetrack you went to

[HorsemenHeist]

I definitely didn't attend this racetrack but in San Francisco, a street was laid out on an old racetrack that closed in 1905, Ingleside Race Track. Still remembered today with the 1 mile oval street.

https://opensfhistory.org/news/2019/...a-closer-look/

[lamboguy]

Originally Posted by Ray Donovon

My fastest time from Logan to The Rock was 37 minutes.

you must be related to Mario Andretti! that one is fast, but only about 32 miles away.

[dilanesp]

Originally Posted by alhattab

Here is Aycee (as the Star Ledger used to refer to it in entries). Still intact

https://www.google.com/maps/place/At...!4d-74.6384209

Garden State Park- only the gatehouse remains- it is right along NJ-70 on the south side of the property

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ga...!4d-75.0395799

Here's the other Ay Cee- Agua Caliente, in Tijuana, where Phar Lap and Seabiscuit once ran:

https://goo.gl/maps/qAMoRDi3dq8rvaSy5

[v j stauffer]

Caliente.jpg

[rastajenk]

YouTube

Drone view of Beulah Park, two years after it closed but before it was torn down.

[Red Knave]

Garden City Raceway Opened 1964, closed 1976 (I think). Stood empty for about 35 years before being developed partly as an outlet center. The grandstand seating was used at the Royal Henley rowing course for some years.

[affirmedny]

Green Mountain Park Pownal, VT. https://goo.gl/maps/GzD18aAZPfW1e23e8

[BIG RED]

Originally Posted by rastajenk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCV9PhiqsbU&sns=fb

Drone view of Beulah Park, two years after it closed but before it was torn down.

That was well made, very depressing.

[Sparky13]

I went to my first race at Beulah Park in the late 1970s. The large parking lot and the Clubhouse parking lot were full. I had to park about 3 blocks away on a side street. It looked like there were 10,000 fans there on a sunny September Sunday afternoon. Went back several times a year. Miss going there. Now everything is on the computer. To far to drive from Columbusto River Downs, Thistledown and Mahoning here in Ohio. To me, people stopped going to Beulah when the Lottery became very popular in the State.

[v j stauffer]

Originally Posted by jay68802

Was at Aksarben for their final day. Amazingly I did not remember that you called that card. Call me old. The Drover, IMO, was the best, but that is a really tough call. Gate Dancer won the Omaha Gold Cup in 84, the year I graduated high school. I think he won the Cornhusker in 85. Aksarben was also the first track I heard the name Garret Gomez.

The signature dish at the Drover was called the Whiskey Steak. Deeeelish!

[king kong]

You could get the Gansett train out of south station right to the track.

[foregoforever]

Before my time, but my father went here once. Havre de Grace, closed around 1950. From old photos, the track was at a slight angle to the surrounding roads, and it looks like the current Hinton St runs along the path of the home stretch.

Closed for over 70 years but there are still a few hints of the track.

[dilanesp]

That building on the other side of Hinton street is literally shaped like a racetrack grandstand and seems to be in the spot where the grandstand would have been.

[foregoforever]

Originally Posted by dilanesp

That building on the other side of Hinton street is literally shaped like a racetrack grandstand and seems to be in the spot where the grandstand would have been.

Both the clubhouse and grandstand are still there. Here's a Google street view. The clubhouse on the right is an office for the National Guard. I assume that's the grandstand to the left. It's been converted to a warehouse and doesn't look like much from the street, but it looks like it has an angled roof from the original structure, minus the canopy.

A nice article about the track with some photos ...

http://colinsghost.org/2009/09/havre...pens-1912.html

Arnold Rothstein was one of the original investors.

[jefftune]

Commodore Downs - outside of Erie Pa.