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Oct 14, 2015 toadys pick of the past goes back to a time fondly remembered by a lot of people in reading the glory days of the reading racers speedway team weve found some pictures of two race. Upi the body of veteran racer, jud larson, one of two drivers killed in a mishap at the reading fairgrounds raceway saturday night, will be shipped to his indianapolis home today. Feel the emotion and thrill of the best nascar racing history with our book series, commemorating the greatest speedways and raceways of the famous nascar circuit. According to the 20 national speedway directory, the total number of oval tracks.
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Without his involvement the track at af would not be in the history books like it is. The venue then became known as truckworks speedway city but that sponsorship finished at the end of the 200910 season. On july 22, 2007, eriez speedway held its first world of outlaws late model series event which was won by josh richards. The books, by tony loxley, contain over 800 high resolution. These books will give you a feel for the world of american auto racing in its infancy. Speedway is a vivid look at the wild world of oval track racing covering the years 1950 to 1989. Sunday marks the return of action at the 38mile dirt track.
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