I stumbled on this list of tracks in NY. I found it interesting where some of these tracks were located and the short time some were in operation.
I did notice some of the dates are wrong.
105th Field Artillery Regiment Armory - Brooklyn, NY 1/10-mile paved indoor oval (12/8/1936 - 1/19/1937) The track was located at Franklin Avenue & 166th Street. Bill Schindler won first feature event at the track. ___________________________________________
106th Regiment Armory - Brooklyn, NY 1/7 mile flat wood indoor oval (12/2/1938, 12/5/1938 and 12/9/1938) The track was located at Bedford & Atlantic Bill Schindler won first feature event at the track. ___________________________________________
Addison - NY 1/4-mile dirt oval (7/5/1953 - 1953) ___________________________________________
Adirondack Speedway - Glens Falls, NY Dirt oval (1951) ___________________________________________
Airport Speedway - NY (aka: Big Flats) 1/4-mile dirt oval (9/7/52 - 1953) ___________________________________________
Airport Speedway - New Springville, NY (Staten Island) 1/4-mile dirt oval (1953) ___________________________________________
Airport Stadium Speedway - Rochester, NY 1/4-mile paved oval (6/9/1939 - 7/26/1940) ___________________________________________
Akron Motor Speedway - Akron, NY (aka: New Akron Speedway) 1/2-mile dirt oval (1935 - 5/30/1941 and 1946 - 1948) ___________________________________________
Albany - NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (8/17/1912) This may have been the Albany Riding Club ___________________________________________
Albion Fairgrounds - Albion, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1919, 1929 and 1932) The location is now the site of the Fireman's Recreation Fields on King St., just north of SR 31 ___________________________________________
Alexandria Bay Speedway - Alexandria Bay, NY (aka: Edgewood Speedway) 1/3-mile dirt oval (1950 - 1954) The location is now the site of Edgewood Resort grounds ___________________________________________
Altamont - NY Dirt oval (1932) The track was built and ran around a barn. ___________________________________________
Amenia Fairgrounds - Amenia, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (9/20/1936) The track was located at the old Harley Valley Fairgrounds ___________________________________________
American Legion Speedway - Woodstock, NY (aka: Woodstock Legion Speedway) 1/4-mile dirt oval (1937 - 1941) ___________________________________________
Angelica Raceway - Angelica, NY 1/3-mile dirt oval (1958 - 1964) The track was located at the Alleghany County Fairgrounds ___________________________________________
Arlington Speedway - Poughkeepsie (Arlington), NY (aka: Arlington Raceway and Poughkeepsie Airport Speedway) 1/4-mile dirt oval (8/4/1951 - 9/7/1962) 1/8-mile paved dragstrip (1961) The speedway was located 1/2 mile north of the Howard Johnson Inn on Van Wagner Road and now is the site of the WKDP radio station. ___________________________________________
Ashland Park Speedway - Warrensburg, NY 1/4-mile dirt oval (1949 - 1954) 1/2-mile dirt oval (1952) The tracks were possibly at the Fairgrounds. ___________________________________________
Avon Fairgrounds - Avon, NY 1/2- mile dirt oval (1918 and 1946) Races were run on the horse training track. ___________________________________________
B & K Track - Guilderland (Sharps Corner), NY (aka: Dutcher's Speedway) 1/5-mile dirt oval (1947 - 1952) The track was located behind Dutcher's Restaurant. ___________________________________________
Babylon - NY 1-mile beach oval (4/14/1900) ___________________________________________
Baldwinsville - NY Dirt oval (1935) Baldwinsville was located NW of Syracuse. ___________________________________________
Ballston Spa Fairgrounds - Ballston Spa, NY (at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds) 1/2-mile dirt oval (9/3/1932 and 9/8/1940) 1/4-mile paved oval (1999) Racing featured mini-trucks and the 1/4-mile is currently a kart track. ___________________________________________
Batavia Fairgrounds - Batavia, NY (at the old Genesee County Fairgrounds) 1/2-mile dirt oval (1920 - 1929, 7/4/1935 - 1942, 8/10/1946 - 1952 and 1962 - 1972) 1/9-mile dirt oval (7/2/1938 - 8/5/1938) ___________________________________________
Batavia Int'l Motorsports Park - Batavia, NY (aka: Batavia Motorsports Park, Can-Am Speedway, Kelly's Motorsports Park and Batavia Motor Speedway) 1/5-mile dirt oval (1990 and 1996 - 1998) 3/4-mile asphalt road course (1998 - 7/2/2000) Racing featured the mini-cup cars. The 3/4-mile road course opened in 1998 for kart racing. ___________________________________________
Bath Speedway - Bath, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1952- 1954) The track was located at the Steuben County Fairgrounds. Dutch Hoag started his career at this track and was the track champion all three years. ___________________________________________
Bay Ridge Oval Stadium - Brooklyn ( Bay Ridge), NY 1/5-mile dirt oval (8/11/1938 - 1939) The old motorcycle track was located at 15th Ave. & 86th St. at Dyker Beach Park. ___________________________________________
Bearsville Speedway - Woodstock, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1920's or 1930's) ___________________________________________
Belden Hill - (Location unknown), NY Dirt oval (1984) Mini-Sprints were run at the which may have been NE of Binghamton. ___________________________________________
Bennett's Field Speedway - Utica, NY 1/4-mile dirt oval (5/14/1950 - 1950) ___________________________________________
Berkshire Park Fairgrounds - Gloversville, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (10/2/1937) ___________________________________________
Big Flats - NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1938) ___________________________________________
Bray Brook Oval - Staten Island, NY Oval (Years unknown) ___________________________________________
Brentwood Airport - Brentwood (Long Island), NY Dirt oval (11/13/1949) They ran an exhibition stock car race when Islip Speedway was rained out. ___________________________________________
Brewster Speedway - Brewster, NY 1/3-mile dirt oval (1949 - 1951) The track was home to the SNYRA club before they moved to the Danbury Fair Speedway, CT. The track was located on Lincoln Road, 1/2 mile north of US 6. ___________________________________________
Briarcliff Manor - NY 30-mile road course on city streets (4/24/1908 - 4/27/1908) 3.17-mile city street road course (11/11/1934 - 6/23/1935) ___________________________________________
Bridgehampton Cup - Bridgehampton, NY Airport road course (6/11/1949 - 5/26/1953) ___________________________________________
Bridgehampton Race Circuit - Bridgehampton, NY 2.85-mile paved road course (9/28/1957 - 1983 and 1987 - 1997) A NASCAR Grand National race was run on 8/3/1958. The location is now the site of The Bridge golf course. ___________________________________________
Brighton Beach - Brooklyn (Coney Island), NY 1-mile dirt oval (8/10/1902 - 7/10/1915) The track was built in 1880 and was a trotter horse track. Key races run at the track included a 1000 mile race on 5/6/1905 & 5/7/1905 and 24-hour races run in 1907, 1908 and 1910. The track was located just east of Coney Island and was torn down in 1970. ___________________________________________
Brighton Fairgrounds - Rochester (Brighton), NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (early 1930's and early 1950's) The track was located on Crittendon Blvd. and now is a housing development. ___________________________________________
Brockport - NY Dirt oval (1919) ___________________________________________
Bronx Coliseum - Bronx, NY (aka: New York Coliseum) 1/10-mile cinder indoor oval (1/6/1935 - 4/21/1935) 1/7-mile wood indoor oval (1/8/1939 - 4/26/1942) The Coliseum was located at East 177th St. & West Farmington in Starlite Park and site is now a bus repair garage. It was built in 1926 in Philadelphia, PA and shipped to NY in 1928. The wood track designed by Bill Heiserman. ___________________________________________
Brookfield Fairgrounds - Brookfield, NY (aka: Brookfield Speedway) 1/2-mile dirt oval (1949 - 1954 and 1960) 1/3-mile dirt oval (5/14/1978 - 6/14/1981, 1983, 1985 and 1995 - 1996) The track was located at the Madison County Fairgrounds. ___________________________________________
Brooklyn Sports Arena - Brooklyn, NY 1/5-mile dirt oval (1933) Featured motorcycle racing. ___________________________________________
Brown farm - Olean, NY Dirt oval (6/2/1940) Jalopies were run at the track located on Portville Rd. ___________________________________________
Buffalo - NY Dirt oval (1921) This track might have been Keniworth Park. ___________________________________________
Buffalo Armory - Buffalo, NY 1/8-mile indoor paved oval (12/1950 - 1/14/1951) The track was built in 1940 and was located at the corner of Best St. & Masten Ave. ___________________________________________
Buffalo Civic Center - Buffalo, NY (aka: Roesch Stadium, Jopp Stadium) 1/4-mile cinder oval (5/30/1940) 1/4 mile-paved oval (8/30/1940 - 7/30/1942 and 8/30/1945 - 8/22/1959) The location was on Best Street and was built in 1935. Jim Reed won a Nascar GN race on 7/19/1958 and the Buffalo Bills NFL team used to play there. The site was later called the War Memorial and demolished in 1998. ___________________________________________
Buffalo Convention Center - Buffalo, NY 1/6-mile indoor oval (5/30/1942 - 5/10/1942) ___________________________________________
Burden Lake Speedway - Sand Lake, NY 1/4-mile dirt oval (1948 - 1956) Pete Corey & Kenny Shoemaker both started their driving careers at Burden Lake and Jimmy Bedell was a five time track champion. ___________________________________________
Cairo Fairgrounds - Cairo, NY (aka: Cairo Fairgrounds Speedway, Cairo Speedway) 1/2-mile dirt oval (8/18/1974 - 9/22/1974) The track was located at the Greene County Fairgrounds. ___________________________________________
Caledonia Speedway - Caledonia, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (5/30/36 - 1942 and 5/5/46 - 1949) The track was located at the Caledonia Fairgrounds. ___________________________________________
Cambridge Fairgrounds - Cambridge, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1929, 1932 - 5/30/1940 and 1942) The track was located at the Cambridge Valley Fairgrounds on SR 372 and now is a private horse pasture. ___________________________________________
Camp Ma-Na-Cu - Parksville, NY .076-mile paved oval (8/12/1984) ___________________________________________
Campville Fairgrounds - NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (unknown) The track was located halfway between Endicott and Owego on Route 17C. Believed to have run the AAA & Big Cars, and Sprint cars in the 30's and 40s. ___________________________________________
Canastota - NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1930's) ___________________________________________
Canton Speedway - Canton, NY (aka: Saint Lawrence Speedway) 1/4-mile dirt oval (1949 - 1957) ___________________________________________
Capital City Speedway - Albany, NY 1/4-mile dirt oval (8/7/1938 - 1939) ___________________________________________
Carmel Race Track - Carmel, NY (aka: Putnam County Driving Park) 1/2-mile dirt oval (1929 - 1941) The track was located 1/2 mile east of SR 52 on Fair Street at the Putnam County Fairgrounds.Originally it was a harness horse track, now it is overgrown fields and wetlands. ___________________________________________
Carroll's Grove Speedway - Troy (Brunswick), NY 1/5-mile dirt oval (1949 - 6/25/1950) ___________________________________________
Cassadega - NY Dirt road course (2002) ___________________________________________
Castle Hill Speedway - Bronx , NY 1/4-mile dirt oval (6/10/1938 - 10/10/1939) 1/4-mile paved oval (5/14/1940 - 10/17/1941) The track was located at Layfayette and Havemeyer Ave. and was promoted by Bill Heiserman. The track was torn down in 1942 for construction of a defense project. ___________________________________________
Cedarhurst Speedway - Cedarhurst (Long Island), NY 1/4-mile paved oval (5/9/1938 - 9/20/1941) Walter Stebbins was the promoter and held the first A.R.D.C. midget race 5/15/1940. The site of this track would be near where Kennedy Int'l Airport is located. ___________________________________________
Coney Island Velodrome - Brooklyn, NY (Coney Island) 1/8-mile wood oval (1932 and 5/28/39 - 8/10/40) The Velodrome was built for bicycle racing and had 45 degree banked corners. Midgets and motorcycle races were held in 1932. ___________________________________________
Deer Park Speedway - Deer Park, LI (aka: Deer Park Speedrome) 1/2-mile dirt oval (5/12/29 - 7/4/41) 1/4-mile dirt oval (8/10/41) 1/4-mile paved oval (July 1946 - 1948) ___________________________________________
Dover Dragstrip - Wingdale, NY 1/4-mile paved dragstrip (1965 - 1970) ___________________________________________
Freeport Speedway -Freeport, LI (aka: Freeport Municipal Stadium) 1/5-mile dirt oval ( 4/8/34 - 6/20/34) 1/5-mile paved oval ( 5/4/35 - 1942 and 8/30/45 - 1974) 1/4-mile paved oval (1975 - 9/24/83) Freeport's first promoter was Bill Heiserman. The property is now the site of the Caldor's Department Store ___________________________________________
Fulton Airport - Fulton, NY 1/4-mile paved dragstrip (1955) ___________________________________________
Glen Aubrey Raceway - Glen Aubrey, NY >(1951 - 1968) The track was located State Route 26 in Glen Aubrey which was a little northwest of Binghamton and for most of it's life it was a Friday night track which ran in conjunction to Chemung from 1951-1955 under the Finger Lakes Racing Association. In 1956 the track switched allegiances to the Southern Tier Stock Car Association and ran that way until 1961 when it dropped the coupes and ran a form of Pure Stocks until it's demise in 1968 due to horrible mismanagement. It was not uncommon to have upwards of 150-200 cars in the one class during the mid 60's which included all forms of cars including Cadillacs, Hudson's, Lincolns and of course Chevys and Fords. Indy Car mechanic Lew Parks started his career there as a car owner for URC driver Bryant Ingalls. The track ran a URC race in 1963 and 1964 and they were won by Ingalls in 1963 and Red Reigel in the Werglund Chevy in 1964. The site is now a Trailer Park. ___________________________________________
Hemlock Fairgrounds - Hemlock, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1947 - 1953) ___________________________________________
Islip Speedway - Islip, LI 1/5-mile paved oval ( 8/2/47 - 9/8/84) 1/8-mile paved dragstrip (1961 - 1962) Islip ran annual World Figure 8 Championship on ABC Wide World Of Sports and held NASCAR GN races on 7/15/64, 7/14/65, 7/16/66, 7/15/67 and 7/7/68 The property is now the site of a cookie factory ___________________________________________
Ithaca-Dryden Speedway - NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1950's - 1970's) The track was located on Route 13 between Ithaca and Dryden. Ithaca-Dryden ran as a companion track to Skyline Raceway in Blodgett Mills. ___________________________________________
Maple Grove Speedway - Waterloo, NY (aka: Waterloo Speedway, Seneca County Fair Speedway) 1/2-mile dirt oval (1921 - 1941, 1946 - 1971 and 1976 - 1977) The track was located at the Seneca County Fairgrounds. ___________________________________________
Midstate Speedway - NY 1/2-mile dirt oval ( - 1972) Midstate was a regular stop for a number of cars from both the Southern Tier and the Capitol district. The track was a big narrow 1/2-mile Fairgrounds track with a covered grandstand and looked like a big paper clip. The track hosted the first ever Syracuse qualifier that was won by Dick Hansen. ___________________________________________
Patterson Speedway - Patterson, NY 1/4-mile dirt oval (1950 - 1952) ___________________________________________
Penn Yan Fairgrounds - Penn Yan, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1918 - 1921) ___________________________________________
Polo Grounds - New York City, NY 1/4-mile dirt oval (1940 - 1942) 1/5-mile wood oval (6/5/48 and 6/8/48) 1/4-mile paved oval (8/28/58 - 9/12/59) The Polo Grounds was located where the New York Giants baseball team used to play. Races were ran on the warning track of the field while the track was a 1/4-mile dirt oval. The 6/5/48 race held 25,000 spectators in attendance for racing on the 1/5-mile wood oval built of aluminum and wood promoted by Alexis Thompson. Ed Otto promoted racing during the 50's on the 1/4-mile paved oval that was built after the baseball team moved to San Francisco, CA. ___________________________________________
Tri-Cities Drag-way - Endicott, NY 1/4-mile paved dragstrip (1962 - 1969) The drag strip was located on an airport. ___________________________________________
Twin Valley Raceway - Chenango Forks, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1970 - 1972) The track was located just of Route 12 and closed over a dispute between the track owner and the lessee shut the track down. Twin Valley was a big 1/2 mile dirt track and on ran both Fridays and Sundays. ___________________________________________
Victoria Speedway - Guilderland, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (Aug. 26, 1960 - June 29, 1966) (A practice was rained out on Aug. 19, 1960 after some hot laps.) The track was located 12 miles west of Albany on US 20, located near Sharp's Corners. It was a horse track on the Victoria Acres Horse Farm.
I did notice some of the dates are wrong.
105th Field Artillery Regiment Armory - Brooklyn, NY 1/10-mile paved indoor oval (12/8/1936 - 1/19/1937) The track was located at Franklin Avenue & 166th Street. Bill Schindler won first feature event at the track. ___________________________________________
106th Regiment Armory - Brooklyn, NY 1/7 mile flat wood indoor oval (12/2/1938, 12/5/1938 and 12/9/1938) The track was located at Bedford & Atlantic Bill Schindler won first feature event at the track. ___________________________________________
Addison - NY 1/4-mile dirt oval (7/5/1953 - 1953) ___________________________________________
Adirondack Speedway - Glens Falls, NY Dirt oval (1951) ___________________________________________
Airport Speedway - NY (aka: Big Flats) 1/4-mile dirt oval (9/7/52 - 1953) ___________________________________________
Airport Speedway - New Springville, NY (Staten Island) 1/4-mile dirt oval (1953) ___________________________________________
Airport Stadium Speedway - Rochester, NY 1/4-mile paved oval (6/9/1939 - 7/26/1940) ___________________________________________
Akron Motor Speedway - Akron, NY (aka: New Akron Speedway) 1/2-mile dirt oval (1935 - 5/30/1941 and 1946 - 1948) ___________________________________________
Albany - NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (8/17/1912) This may have been the Albany Riding Club ___________________________________________
Albion Fairgrounds - Albion, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1919, 1929 and 1932) The location is now the site of the Fireman's Recreation Fields on King St., just north of SR 31 ___________________________________________
Alexandria Bay Speedway - Alexandria Bay, NY (aka: Edgewood Speedway) 1/3-mile dirt oval (1950 - 1954) The location is now the site of Edgewood Resort grounds ___________________________________________
Altamont - NY Dirt oval (1932) The track was built and ran around a barn. ___________________________________________
Amenia Fairgrounds - Amenia, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (9/20/1936) The track was located at the old Harley Valley Fairgrounds ___________________________________________
American Legion Speedway - Woodstock, NY (aka: Woodstock Legion Speedway) 1/4-mile dirt oval (1937 - 1941) ___________________________________________
Angelica Raceway - Angelica, NY 1/3-mile dirt oval (1958 - 1964) The track was located at the Alleghany County Fairgrounds ___________________________________________
Arlington Speedway - Poughkeepsie (Arlington), NY (aka: Arlington Raceway and Poughkeepsie Airport Speedway) 1/4-mile dirt oval (8/4/1951 - 9/7/1962) 1/8-mile paved dragstrip (1961) The speedway was located 1/2 mile north of the Howard Johnson Inn on Van Wagner Road and now is the site of the WKDP radio station. ___________________________________________
Ashland Park Speedway - Warrensburg, NY 1/4-mile dirt oval (1949 - 1954) 1/2-mile dirt oval (1952) The tracks were possibly at the Fairgrounds. ___________________________________________
Avon Fairgrounds - Avon, NY 1/2- mile dirt oval (1918 and 1946) Races were run on the horse training track. ___________________________________________
B & K Track - Guilderland (Sharps Corner), NY (aka: Dutcher's Speedway) 1/5-mile dirt oval (1947 - 1952) The track was located behind Dutcher's Restaurant. ___________________________________________
Babylon - NY 1-mile beach oval (4/14/1900) ___________________________________________
Baldwinsville - NY Dirt oval (1935) Baldwinsville was located NW of Syracuse. ___________________________________________
Ballston Spa Fairgrounds - Ballston Spa, NY (at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds) 1/2-mile dirt oval (9/3/1932 and 9/8/1940) 1/4-mile paved oval (1999) Racing featured mini-trucks and the 1/4-mile is currently a kart track. ___________________________________________
Batavia Fairgrounds - Batavia, NY (at the old Genesee County Fairgrounds) 1/2-mile dirt oval (1920 - 1929, 7/4/1935 - 1942, 8/10/1946 - 1952 and 1962 - 1972) 1/9-mile dirt oval (7/2/1938 - 8/5/1938) ___________________________________________
Batavia Int'l Motorsports Park - Batavia, NY (aka: Batavia Motorsports Park, Can-Am Speedway, Kelly's Motorsports Park and Batavia Motor Speedway) 1/5-mile dirt oval (1990 and 1996 - 1998) 3/4-mile asphalt road course (1998 - 7/2/2000) Racing featured the mini-cup cars. The 3/4-mile road course opened in 1998 for kart racing. ___________________________________________
Bath Speedway - Bath, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1952- 1954) The track was located at the Steuben County Fairgrounds. Dutch Hoag started his career at this track and was the track champion all three years. ___________________________________________
Bay Ridge Oval Stadium - Brooklyn ( Bay Ridge), NY 1/5-mile dirt oval (8/11/1938 - 1939) The old motorcycle track was located at 15th Ave. & 86th St. at Dyker Beach Park. ___________________________________________
Bearsville Speedway - Woodstock, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1920's or 1930's) ___________________________________________
Belden Hill - (Location unknown), NY Dirt oval (1984) Mini-Sprints were run at the which may have been NE of Binghamton. ___________________________________________
Bennett's Field Speedway - Utica, NY 1/4-mile dirt oval (5/14/1950 - 1950) ___________________________________________
Berkshire Park Fairgrounds - Gloversville, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (10/2/1937) ___________________________________________
Big Flats - NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1938) ___________________________________________
Bray Brook Oval - Staten Island, NY Oval (Years unknown) ___________________________________________
Brentwood Airport - Brentwood (Long Island), NY Dirt oval (11/13/1949) They ran an exhibition stock car race when Islip Speedway was rained out. ___________________________________________
Brewster Speedway - Brewster, NY 1/3-mile dirt oval (1949 - 1951) The track was home to the SNYRA club before they moved to the Danbury Fair Speedway, CT. The track was located on Lincoln Road, 1/2 mile north of US 6. ___________________________________________
Briarcliff Manor - NY 30-mile road course on city streets (4/24/1908 - 4/27/1908) 3.17-mile city street road course (11/11/1934 - 6/23/1935) ___________________________________________
Bridgehampton Cup - Bridgehampton, NY Airport road course (6/11/1949 - 5/26/1953) ___________________________________________
Bridgehampton Race Circuit - Bridgehampton, NY 2.85-mile paved road course (9/28/1957 - 1983 and 1987 - 1997) A NASCAR Grand National race was run on 8/3/1958. The location is now the site of The Bridge golf course. ___________________________________________
Brighton Beach - Brooklyn (Coney Island), NY 1-mile dirt oval (8/10/1902 - 7/10/1915) The track was built in 1880 and was a trotter horse track. Key races run at the track included a 1000 mile race on 5/6/1905 & 5/7/1905 and 24-hour races run in 1907, 1908 and 1910. The track was located just east of Coney Island and was torn down in 1970. ___________________________________________
Brighton Fairgrounds - Rochester (Brighton), NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (early 1930's and early 1950's) The track was located on Crittendon Blvd. and now is a housing development. ___________________________________________
Brockport - NY Dirt oval (1919) ___________________________________________
Bronx Coliseum - Bronx, NY (aka: New York Coliseum) 1/10-mile cinder indoor oval (1/6/1935 - 4/21/1935) 1/7-mile wood indoor oval (1/8/1939 - 4/26/1942) The Coliseum was located at East 177th St. & West Farmington in Starlite Park and site is now a bus repair garage. It was built in 1926 in Philadelphia, PA and shipped to NY in 1928. The wood track designed by Bill Heiserman. ___________________________________________
Brookfield Fairgrounds - Brookfield, NY (aka: Brookfield Speedway) 1/2-mile dirt oval (1949 - 1954 and 1960) 1/3-mile dirt oval (5/14/1978 - 6/14/1981, 1983, 1985 and 1995 - 1996) The track was located at the Madison County Fairgrounds. ___________________________________________
Brooklyn Sports Arena - Brooklyn, NY 1/5-mile dirt oval (1933) Featured motorcycle racing. ___________________________________________
Brown farm - Olean, NY Dirt oval (6/2/1940) Jalopies were run at the track located on Portville Rd. ___________________________________________
Buffalo - NY Dirt oval (1921) This track might have been Keniworth Park. ___________________________________________
Buffalo Armory - Buffalo, NY 1/8-mile indoor paved oval (12/1950 - 1/14/1951) The track was built in 1940 and was located at the corner of Best St. & Masten Ave. ___________________________________________
Buffalo Civic Center - Buffalo, NY (aka: Roesch Stadium, Jopp Stadium) 1/4-mile cinder oval (5/30/1940) 1/4 mile-paved oval (8/30/1940 - 7/30/1942 and 8/30/1945 - 8/22/1959) The location was on Best Street and was built in 1935. Jim Reed won a Nascar GN race on 7/19/1958 and the Buffalo Bills NFL team used to play there. The site was later called the War Memorial and demolished in 1998. ___________________________________________
Buffalo Convention Center - Buffalo, NY 1/6-mile indoor oval (5/30/1942 - 5/10/1942) ___________________________________________
Burden Lake Speedway - Sand Lake, NY 1/4-mile dirt oval (1948 - 1956) Pete Corey & Kenny Shoemaker both started their driving careers at Burden Lake and Jimmy Bedell was a five time track champion. ___________________________________________
Cairo Fairgrounds - Cairo, NY (aka: Cairo Fairgrounds Speedway, Cairo Speedway) 1/2-mile dirt oval (8/18/1974 - 9/22/1974) The track was located at the Greene County Fairgrounds. ___________________________________________
Caledonia Speedway - Caledonia, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (5/30/36 - 1942 and 5/5/46 - 1949) The track was located at the Caledonia Fairgrounds. ___________________________________________
Cambridge Fairgrounds - Cambridge, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1929, 1932 - 5/30/1940 and 1942) The track was located at the Cambridge Valley Fairgrounds on SR 372 and now is a private horse pasture. ___________________________________________
Camp Ma-Na-Cu - Parksville, NY .076-mile paved oval (8/12/1984) ___________________________________________
Campville Fairgrounds - NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (unknown) The track was located halfway between Endicott and Owego on Route 17C. Believed to have run the AAA & Big Cars, and Sprint cars in the 30's and 40s. ___________________________________________
Canastota - NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1930's) ___________________________________________
Canton Speedway - Canton, NY (aka: Saint Lawrence Speedway) 1/4-mile dirt oval (1949 - 1957) ___________________________________________
Capital City Speedway - Albany, NY 1/4-mile dirt oval (8/7/1938 - 1939) ___________________________________________
Carmel Race Track - Carmel, NY (aka: Putnam County Driving Park) 1/2-mile dirt oval (1929 - 1941) The track was located 1/2 mile east of SR 52 on Fair Street at the Putnam County Fairgrounds.Originally it was a harness horse track, now it is overgrown fields and wetlands. ___________________________________________
Carroll's Grove Speedway - Troy (Brunswick), NY 1/5-mile dirt oval (1949 - 6/25/1950) ___________________________________________
Cassadega - NY Dirt road course (2002) ___________________________________________
Castle Hill Speedway - Bronx , NY 1/4-mile dirt oval (6/10/1938 - 10/10/1939) 1/4-mile paved oval (5/14/1940 - 10/17/1941) The track was located at Layfayette and Havemeyer Ave. and was promoted by Bill Heiserman. The track was torn down in 1942 for construction of a defense project. ___________________________________________
Cedarhurst Speedway - Cedarhurst (Long Island), NY 1/4-mile paved oval (5/9/1938 - 9/20/1941) Walter Stebbins was the promoter and held the first A.R.D.C. midget race 5/15/1940. The site of this track would be near where Kennedy Int'l Airport is located. ___________________________________________
Coney Island Velodrome - Brooklyn, NY (Coney Island) 1/8-mile wood oval (1932 and 5/28/39 - 8/10/40) The Velodrome was built for bicycle racing and had 45 degree banked corners. Midgets and motorcycle races were held in 1932. ___________________________________________
Deer Park Speedway - Deer Park, LI (aka: Deer Park Speedrome) 1/2-mile dirt oval (5/12/29 - 7/4/41) 1/4-mile dirt oval (8/10/41) 1/4-mile paved oval (July 1946 - 1948) ___________________________________________
Dover Dragstrip - Wingdale, NY 1/4-mile paved dragstrip (1965 - 1970) ___________________________________________
Freeport Speedway -Freeport, LI (aka: Freeport Municipal Stadium) 1/5-mile dirt oval ( 4/8/34 - 6/20/34) 1/5-mile paved oval ( 5/4/35 - 1942 and 8/30/45 - 1974) 1/4-mile paved oval (1975 - 9/24/83) Freeport's first promoter was Bill Heiserman. The property is now the site of the Caldor's Department Store ___________________________________________
Fulton Airport - Fulton, NY 1/4-mile paved dragstrip (1955) ___________________________________________
Glen Aubrey Raceway - Glen Aubrey, NY >(1951 - 1968) The track was located State Route 26 in Glen Aubrey which was a little northwest of Binghamton and for most of it's life it was a Friday night track which ran in conjunction to Chemung from 1951-1955 under the Finger Lakes Racing Association. In 1956 the track switched allegiances to the Southern Tier Stock Car Association and ran that way until 1961 when it dropped the coupes and ran a form of Pure Stocks until it's demise in 1968 due to horrible mismanagement. It was not uncommon to have upwards of 150-200 cars in the one class during the mid 60's which included all forms of cars including Cadillacs, Hudson's, Lincolns and of course Chevys and Fords. Indy Car mechanic Lew Parks started his career there as a car owner for URC driver Bryant Ingalls. The track ran a URC race in 1963 and 1964 and they were won by Ingalls in 1963 and Red Reigel in the Werglund Chevy in 1964. The site is now a Trailer Park. ___________________________________________
Hemlock Fairgrounds - Hemlock, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1947 - 1953) ___________________________________________
Islip Speedway - Islip, LI 1/5-mile paved oval ( 8/2/47 - 9/8/84) 1/8-mile paved dragstrip (1961 - 1962) Islip ran annual World Figure 8 Championship on ABC Wide World Of Sports and held NASCAR GN races on 7/15/64, 7/14/65, 7/16/66, 7/15/67 and 7/7/68 The property is now the site of a cookie factory ___________________________________________
Ithaca-Dryden Speedway - NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1950's - 1970's) The track was located on Route 13 between Ithaca and Dryden. Ithaca-Dryden ran as a companion track to Skyline Raceway in Blodgett Mills. ___________________________________________
Maple Grove Speedway - Waterloo, NY (aka: Waterloo Speedway, Seneca County Fair Speedway) 1/2-mile dirt oval (1921 - 1941, 1946 - 1971 and 1976 - 1977) The track was located at the Seneca County Fairgrounds. ___________________________________________
Midstate Speedway - NY 1/2-mile dirt oval ( - 1972) Midstate was a regular stop for a number of cars from both the Southern Tier and the Capitol district. The track was a big narrow 1/2-mile Fairgrounds track with a covered grandstand and looked like a big paper clip. The track hosted the first ever Syracuse qualifier that was won by Dick Hansen. ___________________________________________
Patterson Speedway - Patterson, NY 1/4-mile dirt oval (1950 - 1952) ___________________________________________
Penn Yan Fairgrounds - Penn Yan, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1918 - 1921) ___________________________________________
Polo Grounds - New York City, NY 1/4-mile dirt oval (1940 - 1942) 1/5-mile wood oval (6/5/48 and 6/8/48) 1/4-mile paved oval (8/28/58 - 9/12/59) The Polo Grounds was located where the New York Giants baseball team used to play. Races were ran on the warning track of the field while the track was a 1/4-mile dirt oval. The 6/5/48 race held 25,000 spectators in attendance for racing on the 1/5-mile wood oval built of aluminum and wood promoted by Alexis Thompson. Ed Otto promoted racing during the 50's on the 1/4-mile paved oval that was built after the baseball team moved to San Francisco, CA. ___________________________________________
Tri-Cities Drag-way - Endicott, NY 1/4-mile paved dragstrip (1962 - 1969) The drag strip was located on an airport. ___________________________________________
Twin Valley Raceway - Chenango Forks, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (1970 - 1972) The track was located just of Route 12 and closed over a dispute between the track owner and the lessee shut the track down. Twin Valley was a big 1/2 mile dirt track and on ran both Fridays and Sundays. ___________________________________________
Victoria Speedway - Guilderland, NY 1/2-mile dirt oval (Aug. 26, 1960 - June 29, 1966) (A practice was rained out on Aug. 19, 1960 after some hot laps.) The track was located 12 miles west of Albany on US 20, located near Sharp's Corners. It was a horse track on the Victoria Acres Horse Farm.
Now I trailer 60 miles to etown that sometimes takes 3 hours or more so I can run 3 times.
