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Ya'll might be interested in some of the info in this thread--

Corpus Tracks

is this track still dirt

Yes, it has always been dirt, as Twin Cities was always asphalt.

If you scroll back up a couple postings, you will see a google map link to where the Last Twin cities track was. Go almost due north on that map, and you will see Champion.

Additionally, if you look at the Twin Cities map from a little way out, a little bit East of T.C. you will see the remains of a clay oval in the same business complex. This track belonged to some local guys for their own fun, was never a formal racing venue.

Sometimes those google links leave you with a very small image, if you have to start from sctatch, everything is just a little bit Southwest of the regional airport that is between Odessa and Midland.

After a little looking around, I have found that the dirt track formerly known as Permian Basin, Petroplex, and also Midessa is now called "Champion Motor Speedway".

They have a website:

Link

There was a track called Twi-Cities out by the airport there that I used to go to in the early 80's, 81-83. A guy I went to school with raced a late model there, name of Bobby Hillin.

Johnny,

I seem to remember all this came up a while back, Didn't you mention then that the Odessa Speedbowl was also called Twin Cities during it's life?

The Speedbowl was just North of Hwy 80, about 5 or so miles from the newer track, but closer to Odessa. It was at the NW corner of Hwy 80, and Hwy 588. There is a trailer park in front of where the track is/was.

Bobby Hillin runs a company around the Houston. The father of Tuffy Hudson who drives the yellow #7 Modified worked for Hillin last time I asked him about it.

The fine race facility had been sold a few years prior to Johns passing to Big Tex Trailers. Big Tex is located just south of the track. Big Tex Trailers needed the space for parking new trailers and storing steel supplies used in the Fabrication of trailers. Most of the Twin Cities Speedway facility has been torn down.

Thanks for the update, Neil. Hadn't heard anything about the facility in a few years. Foster was a great guy to know and race with.

Foster owned the Twin Cities speedway that was built in 1987 to replace the older Odessa Speedbowl.

The last race on Twin Cities was in early April, 1999, when we ran the ARTS trucks along with Legends.

While we had a fair number of racers, they had a dismal fan turn out. We had a couple races for the trucks scheduled out there, but Foster closed the track.

Since it's closure, it has been the basis for a truck driving school.

This is a map from Google of the track, located bewteen Hwy 80 and Interstate 20 off County road 1300:

Twin Cities

Basin Raceway is a dirt track almost due North of Twin Cities, has also been called Permian Basin and

Petro-Plex Raceways. It has suffered from several closures. There was some talk on this forum earlier this year about a new promoter, but there has not been any new information in a few months.

Jay Hallas may have some more info on this.

I think the only activity they have out there right now is the dragstrip in Penwell, SW of Odessa.

Years ago, there was a dirt track out there, also, before the Permian Basin track was built.

Ricky Sinard.....

Is that the old guy who still hangs around wih Bruce??

Great pics, let's see some more