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Originally Posted by gbrtng
Yup, raced there in the early 1960s. Wondered what happened to it, and now I know.
A fellow I worked with in Naperville lived in Carpentersville and he claimed the site had been developed for housing - but not so according to the commentary.
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Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane.
YEP. several of the locals also did some unofficial racing out there (including yours truly). Think it was after seasom in '58 or '59 and security was non existent or very lax. You could sneak in after 10PM or so and "Drive the Track". Lots of cheap entertainement for the "wannabee racers"
Continued until the word leaked out and they stacked bails of hay on the track. Did some serious damage to a couple cars but they quickly learned to check the track condition B/4 the midnight feature races. Sure sorry it didn't survive. Elgin deserved to be a star in Auto Racing again and Lenonard Bessinger (spg?), Meadowdale developer, had the right idea but auto racing for Elgin area as known in the twenties and thirties was not to be repeated.
