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Reading Fairgrounds Speedway (1924–1979) was a one half mile dirt/clay modified race track located in Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The track opened September 24, 1924 and ran until June 29, 1979. [1] It featured a regular weekly series of modified, sportsman modified, and late model stock car racing.
Edna & Floyd Cramer at their Maytag Store in Butler, Pennsylvania 1920s. Butler is a city in and the county seat of Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. [4] It is 35 miles (56 km) north of Pittsburgh and part of the Greater Pittsburgh region. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,502. Butler is named after Major General Richard ...
The track held a single race each year at the annual fair until the 1960s. [3] The track held an annual American Automobile Association (AAA) "big car" (now sprint car) race until the AAA stopped sanctioning in 1955. [3] During the winter of 2007, the speedway was resurfaced with sifted clay. Joe Padula III took over track promotion in 2013. [4]
Toby Tobias began his racing career in the early 1950's at the Hilltop Speedway in Pennsylvania. [6] He then spent the majority of his career racing in the sprint and modified divisions competing at the renowned tracks of the northeast, including the Nazareth Speedway and the Reading Fairgrounds Speedway in Pennsylvania, and the Flemington Speedway in New Jersey.
Dirt track racing is the single most common form of auto racing in the United States. According to the National Speedway Directory, there are over 700 dirt oval tracks in operation in the US. [1] The composition of the dirt on tracks has an effect on the amount of grip available. Many tracks use clay with a specific mixture of dirt.
Jul. 24—The 172nd Butler County Fair opens today, and Doug Turner, president of the Butler County Fair Board, said it is the same fair that visitors know and love — with some updates.
Robert "Bobby" Bottcher, Jr. (June 26, 1939 – August 10, 2024) was an American Dirt Modified racing driver. Bottcher had a 9-year winning streak at the Orange County Fair Speedway (New York, 1970–1979), capturing 26 modified features and the 1973 track championship at the venue during his career.
The gunman who shot former President Donald Trump in the ear at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday flew a drone over the rally site a few hours before Trump took the stage, a source familiar with ...