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Msg ID: 2758809 The Big Picture - Trenton ROC    
Author:3-Wide
1/12/2023 11:20:07 PM

Photo By George Koyt/Provided by George Koyt Collection:

 

I'm not sure how many of you guys ever made it to Trenton, but here's one when scaled a little larger, reminds me of what it felt like to be sitting in the stands looking out over the frontstrech, and all the way to the houses behind the backstretch.

 



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Msg ID: 2758814 The Big Picture - Trenton ROC    
Author:Scott Pacich
1/13/2023 6:24:20 AM

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I was at this race. Dad and I sat in the covered stands towards turn one. We would see them coming down the front stretch, and would lose sight of them until they entered turn two. They were fast and great to watch.

Scott



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Msg ID: 2758818 The Big Picture - Trenton ROC    
Author:kjeyres
1/13/2023 8:29:37 AM

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Buzzie in a real mid engine car, unlike today's mid engine cars that are really in the rear.



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Msg ID: 2758832 The Big Picture - Trenton ROC    
Author:I LIVED TRENTON
1/13/2023 11:22:20 AM

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That's Smith ave straight out. The Skidmore family house on the left. Long gone.  Our baseball field was right in front of their house in this view. Orban's family house on right. Still there. 
Yeah I know it's meaningless........



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Msg ID: 2758833 The Big Picture - Trenton ROC    
Author:I LIVED TRENTON
1/13/2023 11:24:28 AM

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One more useless information, that tree next to Orban's was our Saturday practice and qualifying tree. 



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Msg ID: 2758836 The Big Picture - Trenton ROC    
Author:kjeyres
1/13/2023 11:55:23 AM

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That's great information, never meaningless!  Thanks!



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Msg ID: 2758844 The Big Picture - Trenton ROC    
Author:45yrwallmodfan
1/13/2023 2:39:17 PM

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my father and i were both thier i have the entry list for this race. all you dirt guys that stick thier nose up to the asphslt guys look at the list real close most of the top dirt guys ran trenton. oh dont forget the car owners also. ill post tonight.



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Msg ID: 2758846 The Big Picture - Trenton ROC    
Author:3-Wide
1/13/2023 3:15:20 PM

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Even this dirt guy, made it a point to see the mods at Trenton, and the mods at Langhorne before that. 

For me, asphalt was fine for these big yearly events, but especially back then, I'd take a weekly dirt track show over a weekly asphalt show.  Now I just try to go where I think it'll be a well run show, dirt or apshalt!



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Msg ID: 2758847 The Big Picture - Trenton ROC    
Author:dnoldschool34
1/13/2023 4:09:58 PM

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Looks like Windsors fire jeep keep in the pits full of purple k.



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Msg ID: 2758902 The Big Picture - Trenton ROC    
Author:Frank A Jr.
1/14/2023 10:14:13 AM

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1 of my favorite tracks...



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Msg ID: 2758928 Trenton ROC    
Author:Pee Wee Fan
1/14/2023 2:05:26 PM

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Love this shot!  For me, Trenton was the perfect big paved speedway.  My Mom and I would sit in the covered grandstands when it was a mile oval.  You could see the whole track.  We moved to the open bleachers heading towards the 4th turn after the dog leg was installed.  View of the whole track was still pretty good from those open bleachers.  I can still hear Caruso, Hendrick, Bodine, Kelly, Flemke, among others, motoring down that long front straightaway!   Scott Ely   



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Msg ID: 2758951 The Big Picture - Trenton ROC    
Author:DRogie
1/14/2023 8:55:38 PM

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I never understood why NASCAR didn't build a "Trenton-like" track instead of the 1 1/2 mile cookie cutters. I really enjoyed going to Trenton with my dad. We sat in the covered grandstands for time trials and then had seats down toward turn four for the Sunday race.

The idea of banked on one end (turns 3-4) and flat on the other (turns 1-2) made for great racing (although I heard that drivers were not a fan of the layout). 

- David



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Msg ID: 2759122 The Big Picture - Trenton ROC    
Author:FranticFord
1/16/2023 3:20:55 PM

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I only wish I could hear those Big Blocks cone whistling down the front staightaway heading into turn one (ONE) more time!! The mile and 1/8 at Nazareth TOO!!



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Msg ID: 2759136 The Big Picture - Trenton ROC    
Author:3-Wide
1/16/2023 5:18:42 PM

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The name on the blue coupe might be Dennis Giroux.  Maybe Gene Bergin in the #34?  I eemember the #09 was Brian Osgood, and of course that's Buzzie in the #00, and that's the very front few feet of Guy Chartrand's #sixty-nine 'Cuda just out of frame on the left. 



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Msg ID: 2759180 YouTube Video about Trenton and Fairgrounds     
Author:RuCu
1/17/2023 9:14:09 AM

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https://youtu.be/LoEExq6cvNw



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Msg ID: 2759526 YouTube Video about Trenton and Fairgrounds     
Author:3-Wide
1/19/2023 8:36:09 PM

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Thanks for reminding us about the video that Mickey did on Trenton Speedway.  Friends of the Vault Jeff Hardifer, Indy Legs, I Lived in Trenton, and possibly a few others helped get some great info, photographs and video for Mickey to use for the raw materials.  Nice Job Mickey!



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