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  1.   Cooper posted:
  03.27.2010 - 6:11 pm
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Macon Fairgrounds Speedway was the location of two different dirt tracks
(1 mile and 1/2 mile) on the Georgia State Fairgrounds in Macon,
Georgia. The one mile oval opened in the 1920s and operated through
1939. The 1/2 mile oval operated from July 13th, 1947 through October
27th, 1956. The track also operated as Macon Speedway, Georgia Speedway
and CENTRAL CITY PARK SPEEDWAY.


  2.   Andy U posted:
  12.10.2018 - 4:14 pm
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Hmmm, I thought this would be a snap. The 1956 USGS Macon east shows 3
things that could be the track used in 1951-54. They are all within the
Central city Park.

Side note, just to the outside of the big track is a baseball field
which was used in Trouble With The Curve starring Clint Eastwood.

According to Georgia racing site: The site today of the Central City
Speedway. The half-mile is completely gone, with the outline of the mile
track remaining.

The Central City Speedway actually consisted of two tracks, a one mile
fairgrounds dirt oval and a smaller half-mile dirt track inside the
first and second turns of the big track.(my note: YOU CAN SEE THE
BALLFIELDS ON GOOGLE MAPS)

Marshall Teague and Tim Flock (91) lead the field at the start of the
1951 NASCAR event at Central City Speedway in Macon, Georgia. Photo
courtesy the Jesse James Taylor family.

The half-mile was an amazing facility, years ahead of it�??s time,
with huge covered grandstands, sprawling infield facilities and a
terrific racing surface.

NASCAR raced there from 1951 through 1954 with the Grand National
circuit. Legendary drivers such as Gober Sosebee, Lee Petty, Dick
Rathman and Herb Thomas won there.

But the local media wouldn�??t get behind the facility. It was all but
ignored. Without that local support, the bigger racing circuits stopped
coming, and eventually both tracks were gone.

That beautiful half-mile is completely gone, now covered by ball fields.
The layout of the one-mile track remains around a parks and recreation
facility.
http://georgiaracinghistory.com/2009/09/04/have-you-hugged-your-local-race-track-today/


  3.   A posted:
  09.19.2019 - 6:18 pm
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Historic Luther Williams Field, a baseball stadium, is right next to
this venue and would have been back in the NASCAR days as well. It has
hosted minor league teams for decades and was a filming site for movies
including "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars& Motor Kings" and "42."


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