Lost Speedways
Last Saturday night, as I listened to the Senoia Raceway announcers lamenting the loss of Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, I was thankful that the home track wasn’t the one that was closing. I also thought about the tracks from this area that unfortunately have fallen by the wayside. Race tracks aren’t just real estate for those who love the sport, they’re places in the heart. They remain with you long after they’ve been bulldozed out of existence. I know I’m not alone in feeling this way. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his cohorts have captured that sentiment in their “Lost Speedways” series. Our part of the world seems to have lost more than its share of race tracks – some that came and went before my time of attending races and others that I knew very well. One of my favorites was the old West Atlanta Raceway, later known as Seven Flags Speedway. I also enjoyed races at Coweta Raceway, which was still somewhat intact last time I went ...