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Posted by: Eeracer3« on: April 18, 2009, 08:13:58 PM » Thank you I hope to share more stories. I worked at Delaware from 1970 - 1976, have worked on race teams and have raced there. I also worked at Nilestown and on the Carling O'keefe series ( '73 & '75). I have a lot of stories.
Posted by: CanadianRacingOnline« on: April 18, 2009, 07:13:01 PM »Great information Eeracer3. Thanks for sharing with us and other feel free to do the same.
Posted by: ernie« on: April 18, 2009, 07:08:08 PM »Thanx for the info. Getting people like you to chime in on this topic is why I started it. Hope there is more to come.
Posted by: Eeracer3« on: April 18, 2009, 12:33:09 PM » I've attended Delaware since I was in the womb in 1958. It started as a dirt 1/4 mile built by Mr. Hugh Brodie, a tobacco farmer. It was paved in '62 the pit were behind the back straight and turn 3. In 1968 Jack Greedy turned it into a 1/2 mile built for Supermodifieds. Turn 1&2 is tighter and higher banked than 3&4 and the hill coming off 2, helps the car as the car accelerates off the corner.
Jack raced supers and wanted a track that was fast and provided good side by side racing. Mr. Brodie still owned the land and made a living farming and limited the land used. Where the track is and the spectator hill is, could be a gravel pit, if the track closed. Posted by: ernie« on: January 16, 2009, 06:51:13 PM »I thought this topic had potential
 No one out there have any stories from back in the day or inside poop on the origins of racing in Ontario  Posted by: 22fan« on: September 28, 2008, 12:14:00 AM »On the back stretch or west side was a scrap yard that the Shakells own on the northwest corner. To the south west corner was a medium size trailer park, with a deep valley in the middle. I haven't been up there in years, but I think my uncle's wrecking yard is on the West side. Posted by: Racegoer« on: September 18, 2008, 05:39:29 PM »As for Sunset, they did not have anymore room at the time that they changed. The pit were at the south end with a barnyard between the pits and track, with a barn next to the track at the south end. the northend was hollowed out like it is now. The parking lot was where it is now on the east side. On the back stretch or west side was a scrap yard that the Shakells own on the northwest corner. To the south west corner was a medium size trailer park, with a deep valley in the middle. Where the road is NOW for coming up the back shoot to enter the track is a fence and that is the extent of the property line. Nothing can be sold beyond that fence, for reasons that I can not get into.
Posted by: charger« on: September 18, 2008, 04:45:49 PM »Varney is like driving in a fish bowl hence bristol of the north
 Posted by: ernie« on: September 18, 2008, 04:43:11 PM »Most if not all race tracks have their little quirks and things that make them what they are. I think we all know the story of how Darlington got it's unique shape due to the minnow pond and it's abrasive pavement due to the seashells in the local sand. So I was wondering about some of our tracks. For instance why is there a "Delaware Hill" in turn two? How did Varney become the "Bristol of the North"? Why did Sunset go from a 1/4 mile to a 1/3 mile after only two years, and why 1/3 mile? Why not 3/8 or 1/2? All tracks must have a story of evolution. Anyone out there care to share their knowledge of local track development lore?
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