Napoleon
06-20-05, 05:58 PM
This just blows me away. I just learned today the little town I grew up in here in Northeastern Ohio hosted NASCAR's Memorial Day Grand National/Winston Cup/Nextel Cup race for 3 years, 1950, 1951 and 1952 and that its name was the Poor Man's 500. I saw Richard Petty talking on a IRL broadcast once about listening to the Indy 500 while in the infield of my little home town dirt track, which I couldn't believe, but I didn't know it was a top tier NASCAR race.
http://jacobsusa.com/cjsspeed/nascar/tracks/canfield_speedway.shtml
Makes me wonder what might have been if they expanded the track and all. They drew some pretty big crowds on occasion.
Here is the NASCAR schedule those 3 years:
http://www.racing-reference.com/raceyear?yr=1950&series=W
http://www.racing-reference.com/raceyear?yr=1951&series=W
http://www.racing-reference.com/raceyear?yr=1952&series=W
http://jacobsusa.com/cjsspeed/nascar/tracks/canfield_speedway.shtml
Makes me wonder what might have been if they expanded the track and all. They drew some pretty big crowds on occasion.
Here is the NASCAR schedule those 3 years:
http://www.racing-reference.com/raceyear?yr=1950&series=W
http://www.racing-reference.com/raceyear?yr=1951&series=W
http://www.racing-reference.com/raceyear?yr=1952&series=W