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Title: Tifositeaser #4< SOLVED>MEADOWDALE RACEWAY
Post by: Tifosi on April 02, 2007, 11:41:02 PM
Can you recognize this racecourse?(http://www.autopuzzles.com/solindex410.jpg)
Title: Re: Tifositeaser #4
Post by: Tifosi on April 02, 2007, 11:47:02 PM
I'm having trouble again...please delete this post.


Dan
Title: Re: Tifositeaser #4
Post by: Ultra on April 02, 2007, 11:53:25 PM
Do not despair, you can edit it and repair it.

;)

Take your time.

:)
Title: Re: Tifositeaser #4
Post by: Tifosi on April 05, 2007, 12:20:18 PM
Can you recognize trhis racecourse?  It will be obvious that the nickname of the curve in question will be at the bottom of the pic, since I seem unable to delete it; but where was this particular track located?
Title: Re: Tifositeaser #4
Post by: Ultra on April 05, 2007, 03:19:57 PM
All those bathtub Porsches makes me think somewhere in Germany.
Title: Re: Tifositeaser #4
Post by: Tifosi on April 05, 2007, 05:52:10 PM
Quote from: Ultra on April 05, 2007, 03:19:57 PM
All those bathtub Porsches makes me think somewhere in Germany.

You'd think it would be, but it's really much closer to home...MUCH closer...


Dan
Title: Re: Tifositeaser #4
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 06, 2007, 05:05:02 AM
MIS?
Title: Re: Tifositeaser #4
Post by: Tifosi on April 06, 2007, 11:38:00 AM
Quote from: KarnUtz on April 06, 2007, 05:05:02 AM
MIS?

No, Michigan International Speedway opened several years after this picture was taken.


Dan
Title: Re: Tifositeaser #4
Post by: Tifosi on April 10, 2007, 11:22:49 PM
Maybe it's time to move this one to the pro ranks...


Dan
Title: Re: Tifositeaser #4
Post by: Ultra on April 10, 2007, 11:42:57 PM
Quote from: Tifosi on April 10, 2007, 11:22:49 PM
Maybe it's time to move this one to the pro ranks...


Dan

When you are ready to do so, click the Move Topic button at the bottom of this page and move it to Expert Puzzles.  Please uncheck the refering link box when you do so.

:)
Title: Re: Tifositeaser #4
Post by: Allan L on April 11, 2007, 03:39:15 AM
Meadowdale Raceway.

Don't ask me where it is, or how I know, please!
Title: Re: Tifositeaser #4
Post by: Tifosi on April 11, 2007, 01:42:40 PM
Quote from: Allan L on April 11, 2007, 03:39:15 AM
Meadowdale Raceway.

Don't ask me where it is, or how I know, please!

Okay, I won't...but you're right.  It IS Meadowdale Raceway, and it still exists, although as a recreational area, not a speedway...it's known as Raceway Woods, and is located in the northwestern suburban area of Chicago, between Carpentersville and Elgin.  The track was opened in 1958, and the pic was taken during one of the first race meetings.

The track had a rather short 11 year, often stormy history...read more about it at www.meadowdaleraceway.homestead.com.  The site has a lot of pictures from early races, with club, USAC, Trans Am and sports car events...there's a lot on track history as well as reasons why the venture ultimately failed.  There are a lot of shots of the first race, with some great pictures of Chuck Daigh and Lance Reventlow in their Scarabs, and a then brand-new '58 Corvette.  The site may take a while to load, but the results are well worth it.


Dan