Race tracks that are gone

[jballscalls]

I still drive by old Longacres whenever I go home and miss it terribly. My whole childhood was spent there. The beautiful tall poplar trees that lined the turns are still there on one side.

Boeing bought it and literally left the land barren and used only a tiny area by the 3/8ths pole and built a building.

If you go there and walk around, under some bushes you'll notice a part of the rail is still there as well as some of the brick flooring.

The last day was a night event and it was very sad. They let everyone out onto the track afterwards to go grab souvenir dirt. The last race, Gary Henson the announcer let run silent, only saying at the 7/8ths pole. "Ladies and Gentlemen, these horses belong to you. Listen to their final thunder"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_TpIkZ9C4M