The Old Place

[69runner]

Oct 29, 2010 7:31:17 GMT -5 5031 said:

part of the old road course is still there behind the sudivision

Can you still get to it? It would be cool to get back and take some pics of what's left.

[5031]

you can get to it with a 4 wheeler. there is a gate that stops you getting to it by car. not much left except asphalt and weeds. it is not part of the subdivision and is probably still owned by veighe. we ended up on it by accident on the 4 wheeler.

[falfa]

anyone know how new the pic on google earth is?? i was just looking at it..and it looks like a lot of the road coarse is still there...i wonder if you could get to it without getting arrested? haha

[69runner]

I'm in the same boat as Falfa. I'd like to do some exploring just for curiosity sake but I'm not really interested in getting involved with the law.

[EVILASP]

hey falfa ,while po po is arresting you i'll tie a cable around the rearend of his cop car

[falfa]

haha..that is a good one EVILASP!!

[hunterbee68]

If I get bored tomorrow I might go exploring with the camera ;D

[richdetert]

We went out there in September to see if anything was left and took some pics.
Here's what we saw.
Do a google satellite map search of Valley Bluff Dr. Wentzville MO to get an idea of where the track was compared to the subdivision.



This is the direction of where the track was, roughly looking in the area where the starting line should have been.



There are more pics at s471.photobucket.com/albums/rr72/SNK-EYZ/MAR%202010/

[falfa]

glad to see that you didnt get arrested..hehe. kinda like going out your back door and taking a picture..you would of never known that it even existed. sad...

[hemiman4262003]

sometimes we need to go back before we can go forward,kinda like going back and looking at ghost tracks on line i love looking at those old tracks,nothing left at mar to look at

[69runner]

Very interesting and kinda a shame at the same time. To think of all the names that raced there, names like Garlits, Andretti, Newman, etc. and now it's no more than a weeded over field and subdivision. Thanks for sharing the pics/link!

[Chuck-A-Burger Ryan]

Amazing how nothing is recognizable. Makes you wonder what the developer was thinking about when it was bought it....."Let's see how much Americana we can destroy in the name of progress."

[hemiman4262003]

its like someone put it,if the recession came sooner,the houses wouldnt of had been built

[eticket]

Just remember what farmer Vincent said. One mans meat is another mans poisen.

[falfa]

ok..i went there today...the google earth pic is old...lots more house there now..it is really hard to tell what was what. after looking at he arial pic again i think i was closer to being on the strip than i thought....i also have a pic of what ...i think is the old road coars again..not sure because it was really hard to tell where in the heck i was in relation to the old layout..i have pics..but for some reason i cant get them to post.