Meadowdale International [vintage photos & lore]

[kindofblue]

I found out about this abandoned track while reading the book "Weird Illinois" in Barnes & Noble. Curious I did a web search of this odd place, and found this amazing website. Click on the vintage photos section for a plethora of photos of some our favorite cars. (Triumphs and Austin Healeys particularly featured, as well as Alfas and Vettes.)
Be aware, some photos are a little gruesome, check out the link on why this place closed for more details. I haven't been to this track ever, but I would love to visit the woods that have been made of it.

https://www.homestead.com/meadowdaleraceway/index.html

 

[William]

I live quite close to Raceway Woods, as the MIR property is now known. You can walk just about the entire track in one way or another. I have quite a few photos of the track, taken a coupla summers ago. [image] [/image]

that's a thumbnail of the old silo. I have others, but don't want to upload them to ImageShack on my creaky dialup connection. I'll try tomorry somewhere there's DSL.

-Wm.

 

[Radford]

Re: Meadowdale International [vintage photos & lo

It's really a shame that race tracks like this didn't survive. I'm sure the track had its share of problems, but the racing seems to have been more exciting than on the ovals.

 

[Tullamore]

Re: Meadowdale International [vintage photos & lo

And still is more exciting. Of course just the use of actual cars is more exciting to me. NASCAR and most other forms of racing use funnycars now.