[Squid]

I cut my teeth (so to speak) on this track. Sure sad to see it go. Now there's houses going up there.

The First Houses Are Going Up at the Site of the Historic Texas World Speedway
https://jalopnik.com/the-first-hous...T6IWDYzc4cFt8u_J1O1fLFQ9Xmy3w6osh6fvXExjZLYEE

Ariel view -- the left hander at the end of the red dashed section was down and off camber. First corner I was told to "leave it on the floor" -- your guts would end up stuck to the headliner if you hit it right.

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It'd be great if something was left to run on there, but I highly doubt it.

 

[G-PaTX]

Too bad. I was about 6 or 7 when my dad took me there. Always hoped someone would fix it up.

 

[Go Further]

Sad to see a part of your local history and places in your younger days getting redeveloped.
Happens a lot in Australia and I guess in most of the developed world.
With increasing land values, there's more money in selling the land to the big developers than using it for what it was originally intended.