My dad use to take me to this track back in those days. Herb Scott use to come into a store I worked in in Wexford, PA. Gus Linder use to come to a go-kart track we raced at.

Damn. I was 1 yr. old. I would return here 11 years later to win my first trophy in go-karts. The track was in the infield in turn 3 & 4. Anyone else out there that ran here in 85?

Cool stuff thnx from Florida

Todd Gibson

Any vids of nolan johncock.

Track was a lot nicer then fkn sad, thnx from Florida

Thats cool no vfw yet lol

Been years since I heard the name gordon dukes

This brings back so many memories. Dad use to take me there, Clinton and also Green Valley. Those were so awesome times!!

This is pretty cool

Cool film thanks

The VFW wasnt there yet lol

great video. thank you. i grew up there. my dad was part owner of the poor boys racing team driven by kenny hemphill. he went from rookie to points champion in one year 1972

I used to make popcorn in Flat Rock Speedway in the 70s Joey fair was one of the main drivers Chuck Hall was the best driver some of the best Figure 8 racing ever back in the day

And to think thay are doing all this with one barrel carburetors

Does anyone know of video here or in any format from the weekly races of this era on the Heidelberg quarter mile? I've been to speedways half-way 'round the world and the racing I saw there as a kid was still some of the best ever.

Anyone have any of canton Speedway looking for a loved one that raced

Rollie Beale and Joy Fair..... WOW!

Good times

Pete Panaia was a family friend and a childhood hero of mine. His tragic death at the end of this race shocked many people who knew him in the Braddock Pa. area ! RIP......PETE !!!

My dad sold the newspaper there

This is actually 1960, the last year the coupes were the featured division. 1961 brought on the late models and Don Luffy's only PRA championship!

This is cool, thnx couple years before I started goin wit my day county on sat Sandusky on sun

YEEYEE I hadn't started goin yet since I was 2 at the time later ,maybe 5 0r so county on sun Sandusky on sun thnx daddio

Cool man, a year before I was born, later my dad took me to the county on Saturday and Sandusky on sun, which after he died when I was 13, later I started goin to indy plus the hymiler for 30 yrs thnx daddio I never forget ya cmon

amazing video but my F*ck this track hasn't done one upgrade ever. Total dump, the seats feel like they are gonna buckle and no running water in the bathrooms during the Hy-Miler in 2017. had to use an outhouse in the pits to have a crap, probably have aids now.

#44 Bobby Bon from Findly Ohio . I was 9 at that time and he was my favorite.Has to be early to around mid 50s as I am now 70 . Working there at the time selling candy apples and carmal corn behlnd the north bleachers from the little trailer. What memories.

Brings back memories. Thanks for the posting.

Quite a blast from the past! nice to see.

Damn! There is definitely some video making skills here! Nice job I am impressed.

Holy hell, to see this? What a trip down memory lane. Although I never made it to Heidelberg, I've heard enough stories. Joy Fair, Wayne Bennett, Dick Mitchell, Danny Byrd (with his Edsel), Bob Fredricks, and more. In later years add in, Ray Nece, Erv Baumgarten, Wade Horne. The list goes on. These were the guys I watched at Mt. Clemens Race Track in Michigan mostly, and other S.E. Michigan, N.W. Ohio area. The 98 of Wayne Bennett was the car Benny Parsons got his start in. They built a new car for Wayne, put a small block in this car for Benny drive in the Sportsman and Figure 8, to have him do some learning. After awhile, they put a big block back in it, changed the number to 89, and put it back in the Super Stocks with Benny ready to move up. When Wayne quit racing, Benny took over the primary car, the newer 98, an the rest is history. The yellow 98 that Benny became associated with until he started driving for others in NASCAR, was from this car. Got to know Norm Benning Jr., when I was with ARCA. First as a crew member, then an inspector.

I wish I would have come across these while Joy Fair was still alive. Maybe it would spark some ideas, and he would have told some different stories than the same ones, over and over. LOL

Thanks for posting. Wonderful speedway racing.

SEPT 26, 1959 !

Missed these races. Didn't get out of the Army until 63m

one driver might be named Edgington

I love winged dirt supers!

Can't wait to see these guys back here,hopefully in 2014!

ahhh car number 93. in trouble. Bob used to tell me fantastic racing stories when I was in high school in 1979. They were too good to be true and no one really believed him. Then one day I saw his scrapbook. Thank you Peggy for keeping a book. His midget car was there and the Yenko Modified was there. I said "you drove the Yenko car? " Sure did. Wow was I impressed.

So where is my old friend Bob Diethrick??

I don't remember WVMS having a dogleg in the bag stretch and this tight a turn leading to the front straightaway. Pennsboro was one of a kind.

unfortunately car 34, Pete Panaia was lost in the accident on the next to last lap

Frank, Thanks for this. Do you have footage of the 1962 Tri-State Race, ? Did you race or were you a spectator.

I lived in Mt Lebanon in 1960-65. I could see the racetrack lights from the hill I lived on. At the bottom of the hill was Heidelberg in a valley. I'll guess it was a mile away. The only time I went down there, I was 12-15, was to watch about 10,000 motorcycles descend on the city. It was awesome. Maybe someone knows something about this. I used to sit outside at night and on occasion I could hear the track.

Absolutely. Pennsboro was a real drivers track, WVMS is all about horsepower. The parties at Pennsboro were pretty outrageous too.

Pennsboro was nothing like WVMS

cool stuff. wish the track would have stayed dirt though...

This might be a USAC/ARCA combination race from 1959.

This speedway is being sold. It's sad that it could be sold to someone who'll destroy the legacy of the Pennsboro Speedway.

Do you sell these films ?