Orange County Fair Speedway

First time at OCFS  was with my Dad durung the fair in 1970. We got rained out

The Orange County Fair Speedway is the oldest dirt track still in operation. The 'Hard Clay" oval is also less than an hour from New York City.  It's showing its age, and the facility is in a state of neglect, but they're still racing every Saturday night. Below are some scattered shots from the 1970's

Wayne Reutimann

Don Diffendorf

Chuck Ely

These are from the Eastern States 200 1970, my first time at the speedway. It was a cold grey day, and there were a bunch of wrecks that dragged the show out forever. Will Cagle wrecked in his heat race, but got in Ronnie Theil's #17 for the feature and won. The film was underdeveloped, and the negatives are pretty beat up. We did what we could Here's some more courtesy of John Wetzel

Butch Jelley

Buzzie Reutimann

Dick Pendell

Danny Mitchell

Joe Conti

Will Cagle

Carl Van Horn

Steve Christian Ronnie Jensen 440

Whiz Whizenand

Johnny Owen

Bill Wilson

Chamberlain, Van Horn

Frankie Schneider, Paul Rochelle

Don Elliot?

Rich Eurich

Bob Rubini

Jake Ressiga

Gerald Chamberlain

This group is from opening day 1973.

Carl Van Horn

Orange County Home Movies: Spring 1975 Summer 1975 Eastern State qualifying 1975 Spring 1976

The above are the Orange County Fair Speedway 2005

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