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| 02.13.10 |
Joe Meshach |
Boy, do I miss those old Dirt tracks, the cool cars and
daring drivers! |
| 08.11.10 |
Mark Rouch |
There's a very interesting story behind this photo!
My father was the fabricator of Tighe Scott's cars for a few years in the
70's, (see photos I submitted on page 53a) and I would be at the tracks
every weekend with him. At Nazareth I wasn't old enough to get in the pits
so every Sunday night I sat in these very same 4th turn bleachers that are
in this picture.
Now the story gets really cool! When the track was closed in 1988 they
auctioned off all the sellable track property and it turns out that Tighe
Scott had the winning bid on all the bleachers and grandstands, much to his
dismay.
Tighe's excavation company were the ones who did all the work and built the
Pius X Highschool football field (Amelio Scott Stadium) in Bangor. When they
constructed the stadium Tighe donated these very same pictured bleachers to
the school and they are now the bleachers at the football stadium.
Now it turns freaky!! I live on Elder Ave. in Bangor, one block from the
Pius X stadium. When I look out my kitchen window I can see these very same
pictured bleachers and the seat I sat in every Sunday night. I've often
wondered what people would think if I went up to watch a football game and
sat in my old seat wearing a pair of goggles and dust mask just like I used
to every Sunday!
This website is wonderful but far too often I find myself with a lump in my
throat after browsing for a while. I hate what this country call progress
sometimes! Some things are better left unchanged and this sport is one of
them!! |
| 08.11.10 |
3Wide |
Great comment Mark... Not sure how many people knew
that these very stands still exist. |
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