midgets, Meridian Speedway, Boise, ID, 1959

 From the July 5 and 5, 1959 Idaho Statesman.

 

 

1979 CAMRA, Super Oval, Idaho

 From the July 7 and 8, 1979 Idaho Statesman.

 

1979 CAMRA, Super Oval, Idaho

 From the July 7, 1979 Idaho Statesman.

 

more from the last CAMRA race, 1984

 From September 16 and 17, 1984 Idaho Statesman.

 

last CAMRA race, 1984

 From the September 14 and 15, 1984 Idaho Statesman.

midgets, Idaho, 1936

 Some info, no results. From the October 31, 1936 Twin Falls (ID) Evening Times.

results from the drag races in Idaho, 1968

 Drag racing covered. From the August 12, 1968 Idaho Statesman.

more drag racing at Idaho, 1968

 Thunder Ridge.

drag racing, Boise, ID, 1968

 Some info and ads.

Caldwell Speedway (ID), 1953 midget race

 Clippings from the August 27 and 29, 1953 Idaho Statesman.

results for the 1969 Gem State 100

 Norm Ellefson takes the 2-day event.

1969 Gem State 100

 One of those races I'd never heard of. Ad and story from the September 11, 1969 Idaho Statesman.

1962, Meridian Speedway, Idaho, part two

Big race coverage. Big names like Art Pollard.

1962, Meridian Speedway, Idaho

I've had these on deck for a while now. Better get them up and posted. Back when Racing Wheels could do in depth coverage of a two day race.

The rest tomorrow.

when in doubt, link...

I'm not too "hip" to facebook and all that, but here's an interesting facebook page from the Idaho Historical Racing Society.

I even see a photo of Jerry Day (get well Jerry!) that was on the pages of a local racing newspaper that Jim Greenwood published back in 1969.