Posted in Books, Cars, History, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Turnpike, Pete Hylton, Race Tracks, Road Racing, SCCA, Sports Cars, Vintage cars on July 19, 2007 | No Comments »
In “Ghost Tracks”, Pete Hylton’s gives the history of renown and little-known race courses. There are names familiar to most sports car drivers, including Mid America Raceway, Marlboro, Meadowlands and Brooklands. But did you know that there was once a race scheduled on the Pennsylvania Turnpike? In his book, Hylton recalls racing legen Bill Milliken’s determined effort [...]
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“They were once the asphalt playgrounds of race car drivers, echoing with the roar of engines and the squeal of skinny bias-ply tires. The paddocks were filled with gentleman racers tinkering on Ferraris, OSCAs, bathtub Porsches and Coopers. Now, they sit silent and the engines scream only in memories.
They are the ghost tracks of SCCA’s [...]
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Why do you think this history is important to today’s drivers?
I find that the newest generation of both drivers and motorsports fans have very little idea of what racing was like in its earlier days. It isn’t that they are not interested. Quite the contrary, they seem to be avid readers of my articles, and [...]
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