Dorsey Speedway, during its 34-year life span, was located off Route 1 near Elkridge in Howard County, MD. Occasionally our family who enthusiastically embraced a wide range of cars and commercial trucks went there on summery evenings. We sat in the grandstands eating delicious french fries and watching the stock cars race around the red dirt track. I remember the dizzying figure 8 shape of the track, too. There are stories about serious race car drivers named Will Dilks and Johnny Roberts who drew from a large fan base. But the racing was secondary to my love of the demolition derbies. Sometimes there was nothing better than watching old cars bang into each other until they could no longer move. It was real bumper cars for earnest adults thought this innocent pre-teen.
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My dad used to take me to Dorsey Speedway. The figure-8 races had to be seen to be believed!
ReplyDeleteMy fathers name is Fred Edenfield Dorsey Jr. and I remember watching him many a nights participating in the Figure 8 and the Derbys at Dorsey Speedway. It brings back many memories.
ReplyDeleteRobin thanks for posting your memories. How exciting to have your father in the races. It was always fun to be there.
ReplyDeleteI loved Dorsey Speedway.. I was young when I went there.. My uncles Bud Koch and Vic Doster both raced figure 8 and my uncle Bob Moore raced street stock I believe.. I wish that place was still around for me to take my kids and grandkids... Awesome memories
ReplyDeleteThank you Nancy. It's interesting to realize how many of us took this special place too keep in our memories.
ReplyDeleteI loved all the racing, but my fondest memory is the fact that I got my first kiss there, under the bleachers and second kiss in the back of the parking lot in the same night!!! Memories ����
ReplyDeleteThanks for the romantic angle on the speedway, Bill.
ReplyDeleteI grew up here in the 1950S, my dad raced the number 01 with Tom Campbell and #7 with Jimmy Rhodes, he had a brief alliance with Charlie Campbell #43. It was a thrilll to see the 01 in the intro picture here. I have a picture of my dad and I (age 12) in victory lane that hangs in my own shop to this day. Thanks to all who who contribute. Tim White, Fly-by-night Motorsports, Tucson Az
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