Riverhead Raceway 1972

This was my only visit to this track, and I don't recall much about who was who. At the time there were three speedways runniing on Long Island: Freeport, which had its own unique set of rules, Islip, which was NASCAR sanctioned, and Riverhead. Riverhead and Islip both ran Saturday nights, and Riverhead seemed to draw a slightly more rustic set of race cars. Note many drivers in T-shirts, and the figure 8 and bomber cars still had glass in them! By 1972 those things were pretty unusual. Now Riverhead is the last circle track on Long Island, a first class quarter mile paved track running NASCAR modifieds plus other divisions on Saturday nights

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