COLORADO (USA)
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1930's - LAKESIDE SPEEDWAY
From the late 1930's through to 1988 Lakeside Amusement Park operated Lakeside Speedway on the park grounds.
The racetrack was a 1/5th mile dirt oval and featured cars only racing in three divisions, Stock cars, Limited modified and Fully modified.
The race track was built over the top of the parks original baseball diamond so as to incorporate the exsisting grand stands.
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1939 - LAKESIDE SPEEDWAY MIDGET ACTION
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1950 - JOHHNY ROSTEK
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check the link below to a web page dedicated to Johnny Rostek and his story by: Sharon Rostec Ross.
www.johnrostekracingmemories.blogspot.com.au
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1952 - PETE DUCKER
1952 - and Pete Ducker would become Lakeside's very first Stock Car Champion. Photo: Dino Mattern.
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1953 - VERN GRAMS
1953 - number 53 Vern Grams in his 1932 Ford Coupe. Photo: unknown.
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1955 - DON WILSON
1955 - Stock Car Champion Don Wilson next to his number 19 racer. Photo: unknown.
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1958 - DAN DAY
1958 - pictured between the crew is Roy Edwards car owner and driver Dan Day with the coupe. Photo: unknown.
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1950's - TROPHEY GIRLS
1950's - Johnny Rostek receiving his prize. Photo: unknown. |
1950's - Kenny Hawkins receiving his prize. Photo: unknown. |
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1962 - LAKESIDE SPEEDWAY STOCK CAR ACTION
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1964 - LAKESIDE SPEEDWAY STOCK CAR ACTION
1964 - Joe an unknown Stock Car driver and crew at Lakeside Speedway. Photo unknown.
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1965 - WAYNE STALLSWORTH
1965 black and white does not do this photo justice, the car was purple and was picture perfect. Photo: unknown.
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1968 - LAKESIDE SPEEDWAY STOCK CAR ACTION
1968 - Tom Pryor jnr flips his 32 coupe in the air while Blu Plemmons in the number 4 coupe and Charles Palmer in his sedan drive by. Photo: Dave Allinger.
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1970's - STOCK CAR ACTION
in the 1970's there was a mixture of early and late model bodies. Photo: unknown.
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1984 - LARRY McLAUGHLIN
1984 - Larry McLaughlin with the Chris Ertler owned 1931 Chevrolet Sedan. Photo: Greg McLaughlin.
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1988 - SPEEDWAY FATALITY
In July of 1988 a female spectator was killed after a late model sedan crashed into a track side barrier, sending debris into the crowd.
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1988 - ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS REPORTED
9th February 1988
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1997 - LAKESIDE SPEEDWAY WALKABOUT
Jerry Lee McGuire Pictorial feature
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