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I see some of you guys are easily distracted...

The photo is marked "Rain Delay - Flemington Fair - Sept 1973.

George took a lot of photos of stuff that others wouldn't have thought of... Entrance signs from many of the tracks he visited, pictures of pace cars from each track... pictures of the starter.. pictures of the stands.  All these years later and some of those off track photos are the ones that help us remember the most.

It looks to me like George was in the covered grandstand when the photo was taken.

Question:  Did they only put the colored flags/pennants up during the fair?  Also, what was the vendor trailer that was set up behind the first open stands in this shot? 

This photo reminds me of how you had to walk up the ramp from ground level, to the the elevated walkway in front of the stands, before then going up the steps to your seat.  I can't think of any other short tracks that I have been to that have that set up, but I'm sure there are some.

Wonder if anyone ended up with the "Sec 3 - Sec 4" sign?  It's one section out of frame, but that's where I sat for most of the 70's at Flemington... 

Thanks for the memories, made available by our friend, the late George Koyt.