Crazyhorse Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 183 at 812,,,,,,southeast austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakdad Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 Looks like it could race again! I'm sure it would need some repairs. why couldn't those stands be filled up on Sat. nights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmodified Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 thanks shawn! forgive my ignorance, plz (all my racing history is from illinois and the texas coast)...but, is it an asphalt track? or dirt? i may have to take a drive out that way and see it for myself.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 1/4 asphalt, low banked, damn fun to race at. Northside of FM 812, East side of Hwy 183. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmodified Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 what happened to it? just not enough support to keep it open? i mean, from the comments i've read, it sounds like it was once a pretty popular track... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyhorse Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 THR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott G Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 That place was wore out when I used to race there in the 70's and 80's and I do know they never repaved it. I helped out some with track maintenance and rules committee during the time Lee and Alvin had the track. Some good memories of that old track. Â Scotty Garrett... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning351 Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 That was a great place. I enjoyed going there as a kid in the early 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumper Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 I raced my first asphalt race there in late June,1972.There were many fast VW bugs running at the time.I believe this was before TPS was formed.I had a lot of fun but was terrible.The next week I ran in San Antonio on the 4th.The Austin track was called Paramont Austin at that time.Ricky Ware was eather the promoter or he raced with us,too long ago to remember but I remember his name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txemtfire Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 I can remember growing up at SAS and Longhorn when my mother ran the safety truck and my father was the flagman. They would let me go to the track every once while. I had blast out there. I wish to the two tracks were still open. I do want to go by there sometime and see the old tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETrott Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Wasn't the Austin 1/4 mile oval speedway, once known as Speed O Rama, operated by the late Louis Wusterhausen(sp?) during the '70s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txemtfire Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Wasn't the Austin 1/4 mile oval speedway, once known as Speed O Rama, operated by the late Louis Wusterhausen(sp?) during the '70s? I do believe that is all correct. I know it used to be called Speed O Rama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Before Speed O Rama it was known as Paramount Austin and promoted by Ricci Ware, Sr. Â Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETrott Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Wasn't the Austin 1/4 mile oval speedway, once known as Speed O Rama, operated by the late Louis Wusterhausen(sp?) during the '70s? I do believe that is all correct. I know it used to be called Speed O Rama. If I had read some earlier posting under this topic, I would have seen my question previously answered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packracing Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 i thought jesse james owned it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 i thought jesse james owned it now  The property is is the name of "The Bandaid Trust", which is held by an attorney for Sandra Bullock. It took a lot of work to dig down to where it stated who owned it.  It is for sale once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakdad Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I google mapped the old Northside Speedway in Houson. There's hardly anything visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETrott Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 I google mapped the old Northside Speedway in Houson. There's hardly anything visible. Was ya there in Feb '63, when Max Battles and Roy Tuley got together and Roy ended up in the pond outside turn 1? I'm thinking Roy was driving the '55 Chevy that had previously been driven in '62 by Tommy Tilotta. That exhibition event was organized/promoted by Bob Derrington, and the flagman was L J Honeycut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakdad Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Guess I missed that one.................................Sounds like a fun day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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