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05-22-2017, 11:29 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Explore a "ghost track" if you dare
This 50 year old relic is due for demolition in the near future. If you drive from AZ. to CA. it rises like a phoenix from the desert floor on Rt 10. Hopefully, it's not a harbinger of what racing will ultimately look resemble.
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05-23-2017, 08:32 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
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Passed this plenty of times driving back and forth to Santa Anita.
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05-23-2017, 11:40 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Beaverdam Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MonmouthParkJoe
Passed this plenty of times driving back and forth to Santa Anita.
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I saw your post and thought "How did I miss that?" as I consider myself quite observant and over the decades drove to Santa Anita from as far away as Las Vegas Nevada. I now see the track was in Arizona just west of Phoenix. The two times I drove past it going to Phoenix were at night. Most of my Cali trips far to the east were made on I-40 not I-10.
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05-23-2017, 12:29 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Seattle, WA
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You could do a nice day trip & hit the abandoned Black Canyon City Greyhound race track too....
(not sure it's still there? Was when I moved from PHX back in 89)
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05-23-2017, 08:16 PM
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Pace Cappa
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Canada
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Very cool video 
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05-23-2017, 08:59 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Mount Holly, New Jersey
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Slope Handicapping ™ - winning since 2005
Our learning institutions only want diversity in appearances, not in thoughts.
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05-23-2017, 10:38 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Seattle, WA
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Shame... beautiful building, probably still in better condition then TUP.
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05-23-2017, 11:23 PM
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Pace Cappa
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Canada
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Yes I was very impressed when I heard it was 50 years old !
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05-24-2017, 12:05 AM
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Pace Cappa
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Canada
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My question to all you harness guys. When was the last harness race run in Arizona ?
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05-24-2017, 07:37 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2015
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When it closed. Under current racing laws we can't even bet on Harness racing in Arizona...
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05-26-2017, 02:22 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
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I see that the Universal "Dicks and Balls" graffiti has not changed through the years!
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05-26-2017, 04:28 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2012
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The sad thing is, that grandstand may be in better condition than some tracks that are still in operation.
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05-26-2017, 11:47 PM
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Pace Cappa
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Arapola
I see that the Universal "Dicks and Balls" graffiti has not changed through the years!
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I Laughed 
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05-26-2017, 11:48 PM
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Pace Cappa
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dilanesp
The sad thing is, that grandstand may be in better condition than some tracks that are still in operation.
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I laughed harder 
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