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  1.   Cooper posted:
  03.22.2010 - 3:30 pm
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Lots of Controversy with this track. I have a mild amount of evidence to
state that this racetrack was NOT in Owego,NY as RR has but Oswego,NY.
The racetrack located in Owego is a racetrack called Shangri-La, which
was never called Wine Creek Racetrack. Rather this track below, was
built on the Wine Creek horse track, giving substantial proof that this
track below is where the race took place.

The Oswego Speedway, located in Oswego New York, was built in 1951 when
original owners Harry, George and William Caruso converted the one time
Wine Creek Horse Track into a 3/8 mile dirt auto racing facility. The
track was paved during 1952 and remained a 3/8 mile track until 1961
when it was enlarged to its current 5/8 mile size. The Oswego Speedway
has been a continuously run weekly race track since it opened in August
of 1951. The track was sold in April of 2004 to former speedway
supermodified driver, Track and Classic Champion, Steve Gioia Jr. and
Pat Furlong, Sr. whose son Greg has won Championships in both the
limited and supermodified divisions at the speedway. The speedway has
undergone vast capital improvements and renovations over the course of
fifty plus years of existence and updates are constantly being made to
keep it a state-of-the-art racing facility. It is mentioned in racing
circles that the Oswego Speedway is the â??Indy of the Eastâ? as no
fewer than a dozen of our past and present competitors have competed at
the famed â??Brickyardâ? including two-time Indy 500 winner Gordon
Johncock, along with former Budweiser International Classic winners
Bentley Warren, Joe Gosek and Davey Hamilton.

In addition to this; driver Jim Reed stated the race took place in
Oswego, which can be located on link #2, page #2

http://www.oswegospeedway.com/TrackInfo/History/tabid/85/Default.aspx

http://www.dirttrackdigest.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=25373&st=0

Nonetheless, the race took place on a 1/2 mile dirt track, and was won
by Tim Flock.


  2.   Crisgo3d posted:
  12.28.2010 - 5:20 pm
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Seconded, Not Owego NY. Oswego NY once had a horse track called Wine
Creek Race Track. It was a small dirt horse track. This was the only
NASCAR Grand National race held


  3.   Andy U posted:
  12.14.2018 - 11:04 am
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There is a stream called "Wine Creek" that runs along the border of the
Oswego Speedway property.

Track is not on the 1943 map. Oswego East map

On the 1954 map there is a track called Oswego Speedway that is in the
same place as the one today.

I think we can close the book on this cold case.


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