This message was edited on
October 02, 2008 at
01:53:57 AM by Grove
These are some pics from an article that was featured in either Life magazine
or Saturday Evening Post. I don't know which. I got the page from the magazine
from my dad almost 50 years ago. He passed away in 1961.
I just got into a box I hadn't looked at for years. I thought there might be some
fans who would be interested in taking a look. Gilmore was where the action was
after WWII. There were many drivers that ran there who also were in the 500 every
year. It was a track built by an oil man specificly to feature midget racing.
My parents were in the stands for the July 4th race in 1939. It was my first time at
the races. During the night my mom put my dad's hand on here stomach and he felt
me kicking her like a dedicated race fan and I was born Aug 11th! I went there
several times in the late 40's at like 7-8-9 yrs old but still remember it. CBS bought
the property in the early 50's and built the CBS TV studio on the site.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. The guys with the bucks ran
Offies, the rest tried to keep up with the Ford V-8 60 flathead.
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