oldfigure8er Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 This pic was taken by a friend of mine, this old mod is sitting in the actual infield of the old hillsboro speedway! about the only remnants of the place is the frame work for the grandstands is still standing as well as the announcers booth which is now used as a deer stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badsonic Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 yup a piece of history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texastracker Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 here is a pic of Bubba Webb and his crew at the not so famed Hillsboro Speedway 1975. (The Crawdad Hole) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrettracecars(grc) Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 we ran there some to back in the good old days. that is a good picture of bubba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texastracker Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Yes Jr, those were the good old days. It was a shame that track didn't make it. Their first year or year and a half the track still needed some maintenance. I remember some drivers complaining that there were tree stumps that would surface from time to time. Then the track really got in great racing condition. Boy those big block with Drag tires were unreal fast there. Classic Bill White and Gordon Woolley duels. King Crawdad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfigure8er Posted October 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Check this old program out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer-x Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 I LIKED THOSE CARS. I NEVER WENT TO THE TRACK BUT SOME OF THE D/FW GUYS WOULD GO DOWN THERE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texastracker Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Hillsboro was similar to Bellmead Speedway, if you have ever been there. It was a big 1/4 with very wide and steep banking. You could really air it out, if you could keep the engine under you. oldfigure8er, thanks for the program. Do you have any other material from the old track? That's the late Cecil Carter with the Stock Class #50 if I am not mistaken. Does it have a date? Here is Cecil @ HOT 1975, he Finished 2nd in the Stock Class points that year at HOT. Then was tragically killed when his crop duster crashed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx5345 Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 here is a pic of Bubba Webb and his crew at the not so famed Hillsboro Speedway 1975. (The Crawdad Hole) That's Bubba with his son on his right and his nephew Mike Webb on his left. Mike is Bill Webb's son. Bill and Bubba are deceased. Mike has been the Race Steward at H-O-T Speedway for several years now. His dad Bill was the flagman at H-O-T during the 70's. The Flagstang used to hang over the track on a catwalk. Once a car flipped up and knocked Bill to the track. If I remember the story correct (I wasn't there that time), Bill suffered broken ribs among other things. After that the flagstand was moved the the fence, no more overhang. I don't think Bill flagged after that. That's been a long time ago, so my memory may not be accurate. I was somewhat confused when I first saw this picture. I would have swore Bubba drove a solid orange car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpriney Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 Does anyone have any more recent pictures? I worked near Whitney, Texas for a little over a year and drove past it many times but never stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 This stuff is priceless.... Anyone have more stuff from Hillsboro? Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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