Added the "Carson Racing Album" thanks to Elwood and Mary Carson. The entire family was a fixture at most of the Mid-Atlantic motorcycle tracks for many years. They then got heavily involved in NASCAR racing. click here to view
As of January 18th, 2010 there are now a total of 45 photos in the "Ronnie Rall and Dave Estep Album". Thanks so much to Kathy Estep and her daughter Julie Estep Buckner for sharing their family album with us. Dave was husband and father to Kathy and Julie, while Ronnie is their brother and uncle. Both of these riders spent many weekends racing and winning on the dirt tracks in our Mid-Atlantic region. From the cushioned tracks in the Carolinas to the hard grooved tracks in Pennsylvania and every track in between Ronnie and Dave became legends. Both men were honored guests and featured legends in the AMA Hall of Fame "Heros of Harley Davidson" exhibit that opened in 2003. Ronnie is a member of the Hall of Fame and was inducted in 2001. We are truly honored to be able to feature this pair of legends on our website. click here to view album
Added the Mountain Top Speedway Album which includes many newspaper clippings and a few satellite shots of a long forgotten Maryland track that once hosted riders with names like Weatherly, Wilcox, Droneburg, the Smith Brothers, Chester, Twigg and many others. This is the first material that we've received on this track! click here to view
Added 5 new photos to the Dorsey Speedway Album. These were taken by the late moto-photographer Bob Williams of Washington DC and are now part of the Larry Jendras Jr collection click here to view
Added the Larry Jendras Jr Album which features photos from a long forgotten Maryland track called Mountain Top Speedway. Also several great early 60's shots from Dorsey Speedway and 2 newspaper clippings from the Frederick Post (Frederick, Md) featuring events held at McIntyres Farm (Glenmont, Md). click here to view
Added a great 2006 aerial shot taken by Ron Andrews while flying over what remains of the Virginia track Terrapin Point Raceway. click here to view
Added 21 photographs to the Reading Raceway 1/2 Mile page compliments of Len Breech. Featured riders include Tommy Norris, Bill Shaffer and many others from the Mid-Atlantic region. click here to view
Added a most excellent batch of Len Breech photographs to the Harrington Half Mile page. Thanks as always to Len for the use of these shots. Riders include Kenny Roberts, Ted Boody, Billy Eves, Gary and Hank Scott, Willie Crabbe, Corky Keener, Jay Ridgeway, Steve Morehead, Garth Brow and many others! click here to view
Added photos to the Trail-Way PA page. Thanks to Len Breech for the use of these great shots. click here to view
Added a 2nd video clip of "King" Kenny Roberts at the 2009 Indy Mile talking and riding the monster TZ750. Thanks to Keith Vogler for the heads -up on the videos. click here to view
Added River Bend Raceway (aka Rocky Mount Short Track) to the exploding list of North Carolina tracks on our website. We currently have no photographs of the track but thanks once again to Jim Hollister for the 2 great video clips of his dad and Billy Heygster shot in 1970 at River Bend click here to view
Added video clip from Trail-Way Speedway. Armin Hostetter, who in 1972, along with his three sons, Barry, Brad & Perry, opened Trail-Way Speedway in Hanover, Pa. Armin having raced motorcycles in his youth, the first Trail-Way scheduled event was motorcycle races with stock cars being added in 1974. click here to view
Added a great video clip from the Elkton Scrambles track. Taken in the final years of the operation of the track. Notice that the starting line was moved to just after the jump. Video clip is courtesy of the Jim Hollister Family. click here to view
Added Hagerstown Speedway scrambles video. Back in the early 70's the National Capital Motorcycle Club held scrambles races at the famous Hagerstown Speedway. Using the 1st and 2nd turns and then a series of "S" turns through the infield bah-boom they had a scrambles track! click here to view
Added Edition 6 of Ask Eddie. This question comes from Joe Gately who is asking about the legendary Earl Roloff. Earl raced motorcycles back in the 50's in the Mid-Atlantic area and was very sucessful. Unlike most of of us Earl did it with only one arm! click here to view
Added the 1967 AMA District 6 Awards Banquet program. From deep in the bowels of the Eddie Boomhower Collection comes this piece of motorcycling memorabilia. Packed with names like Markel, Nixon, Palmgren, Shaffer, Wilcox and many others click here to view
Added the "Richard G Riley Album". As owner of Fredericktown Yamaha and the announcer and a sponsor of the annual Barbara Fritchie Classic in Frederick, Maryland for many years he has seen some of the best riders in the country ride the legendary 1/2 mile at the fairgrounds on July 4th of each year. This album is just the start of Richards contributions to our website. Stay tuned as there is much more to be posted. click here to view
Added 29 new Eye-Poppin' photos to the Van "Doodles" Etheridge Album. These shots were taken at the Houston Astrodome and the Daytona Short Track. Maybe we should rename this album "Doodles Does Daytona" or "Doodles Does the Dome". click here to view
Added the Damascus Scrambles Album. It was a small semi-oval track carved out of a hollow at the bottom of a very steep hill. Wasn't much but it was fun to ride. click here to view
Added Piney Grove Speedway Program to the Race Programs page. click here to view
Added the Jim Hollister Photo Album. It contains some very vintage photos from the 1967 District 4 Awards Banquet. click here to view
Added many new satellite shots of tracks that are still current and sadly many that are no longer around. Using Google Earth and their satellite technology we've been able to find the remains of several of the older tracks. Grab a box of Kleenex click here to view
Added the Cumberland Maryland Half Mile Album. Thanks to Bobby Norris and the Norris Family for this contribution. click here to view
Added Dover Downs 1/2 Mile located inside the famous "Monster Mile" in Dover, Delaware. The track ran motorcycles only once but drew a crowd of NASCAR fans including a few of the drivers. click here to view
Added the Piney Grove Speedway Album. The very popular Maryland track ran in the 1950's and finally lost it's battle to land developers just before 1960. click to view
Added the Rosecroft Raceway Album. Located just outside Washington DC in Rosecroft, Maryland the track hosted just one AMA Pro race click to view
Added 33 new eye-popping color shots from the 1979 Laurel, Maryland 1/2 Mile. Thanks to Richard Foard for these pictures. click here to view
Added a new "Where Are They Now" entry. This time it's a video featuring one of the very best Mid-Atlantic dirt trackers back in the 50's-60's. click here to view
Added a color video clip from Marlboro Raceway which was located in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. At one time it was a very popular road course with some dirt sections to make things interesting! click here to view
Added another color video clip from the Bill Bailey Collection. This one, shot in the 1950's, is from Airport Speedway located near the airport in Winchester, Va. click to view
Added a great 1950's vintage color video shot at the Winchester TT track in Winchester, Va. Thanks to Mark Bailey for sharing his dads video with us. click here to view
The Eddie and George Road Show are headed for Wilson, NC this weekend as the guests of many of the Carolina riders featured on this website. We're told that we'll be treated to several steak and lobster dinners...even grits for breakfast...Hee Haw! Van "Doodles" Etheridge promised to take us "Snipe Hunting" one evening as well.
Added the "The Carolina Crew Album" This album is compiled of photos sent in featuring local tracks in the Western NC Triad area of Greensboro, High Point, and Winston Salem, NC. Many thanks go out to Poochie Cox, Ricky Fairrington, Doug Fairrington, Mark Cox, Shane Parrish, Ronnie Rayle, and Travis Smith for their contributions to flattrack racing in the Carolinas and to AMA Pro Racing over the past 30 years. click here to view
Added video from the Rocky Mount, NC River Bend short track. The video stars two shit-simple Yankees from Maryland who thought they'd head south and snatch all the purse money from this southern track. The local boys had other ideas ! click here to view
Added a program from the 1974 1/2 mile race at Rosecroft Raceway in Washington, DC. Thanks to Lee Lyons for this addition. click here to view
Since we've been receiving a large number of event programs including races, banquets, etc. they now have their own page. click here to view
Added the "Lee Lyons Album. This is Lee's first contribution to our website and it includes 29 great color shots of the 1974 Barbara Fritchie Classic in Frederick, Maryland, a program from Piney Grove Speedway in Maryland, Rosecroft Raceway Maryland and much more. click here to view
Added "Ask Eddie" Volume #5. This one has a special twist at the very end. It answers an age old myth about the Elmont track. click here to view
Added a video of compiled YouTube videos showing Kenny Roberts on his TZ750 at the 2009 Indy Mile click here to view
Added "Ask Eddie" Volume #3 and 4. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all the other "Ask Eddie" questions click here to view
Added 2 new photos to the Don and Beebe Smith Album. Look under the "Personal Photo Albums".
Added 215 photos from a master of motorcycle photography Len Breech. We are honored that Len has allowed us to display these photos. click here to view
Added 20 new "Eye Poppin'" pictures to the "Wilson County Speedway" album. Many thanks to Mike Wheeler for the new pics. click here to view
Added many new photos and bio to the "Tommy Norris Memorial Album". Thanks to his brother Bobby for the photos. click here to view
Added the Van "Doodles" Etheridge Album. click here to view
Added a new Edgewood Raceway video clip provided to us by Jim Hollister and his family. Good color clip of a race held in the late 1960's at the legendary track located in Edgewood, Maryland. Be sure to scroll down the page to see the clip. click to view
Added the Jack Stoffel Album. Jack has attended the Eddie Boomhower Racer Reunion in Richmond, VA in 2004 and 2009. He's come all the way from the Netherlands to enjoy the one evening! Jack collects Aermacchi motorcycles and has quite a beautiful collection as you'll see. He's also been a good friend of Eddie's for years. click here to view
Added some newly discovered video footage from the scrambles track known as Little Heiskell near Hagerstown, MD. Thanks to the Hollister Family and the camera work of Jim Hollister Sr. click here to view
Added an 2009 aerial shot of the old Marlboro Speedway track in Upper Marlboro, MD. The track had a long and glorious past while in use as a 1/4 mile oval, later a combination paved and dirt track and finally as a road race course for both motorcycles and sports cars. click here to view
Updated and redesigned the Frederick Maryland 1/2 Mile Album. Added many new photos to the album. click here to view
Added a great newspaper article about the 2009 Brewers Reunion from the Wilson Daily Times Newspaper written by staff writer Tom Ham. Thanks to Mike Wheeler for this contribution and to Tom Ham. click here to view
Added a 1993 aerial photo of Brewers Speedway. Thanks to Joe Yanulevich for this great shot! click here to view
Added the complete 1967 MU7 Membership and Club Roster. Thanks very much to Tom Patton for this contribution. click here to view
08/12/09 Added a new "Ask Eddie" question. This one comes from Jack Stoffel of the Netherlands and he's a 2 time attendee of the Racer Reunion in Richmond, too. Jack's question is a real good one. click here to view
Added 2009 Brewers Reunion Photo Video. Reunion organizer Mike Wheeler presented each attendee with a gift photo video. Great shots from the Brewers Speedway Album with an audio twist! click here to view
Added race program from the 1968 Richmond VA 13 Mile National. Album includes rider pre-entry lists too! click here to view
Added the first of 5 York PA 1/2 Mile Programs. Thanks once again to Jim Hollister for this contribution. Talk about some great memories, wait until you see the pictures and names of the riders at this 1968 event. click here to view
Added the "Ed Sutton Sr Album". Ed Sutton Sr. won the 1958 Southeast AMA Amateur Championship and accomplished great success at many TT and Flat Tracks across the Carolinas and Virginia, spanning some 25 years. Unofficially, he has claimed 500+ victories, mentored his son Eddie and both were possibly the most successful amateur riders whom never ran the AMA Pro Dirt Track Series. click here to view
Added the "Wilson County Speedway Album". The Wilson County Fairgrounds 1/2 mile was host to AMA racing through the early 1970's and featured many stars of the day including, Gary Scott, Gary Nixon, Jimmy Maness, Larry & Denny Palmgren, Bart Markel, Dick Mann, Steve Silverman, Jim Houston, Dennis Barnes, Dave Singleton, Jeff Pinno, Jay "PeeWee" Gleason and many others including Van "Doodles" Etheridge. click here to view
Added the "Johnson County Speedway Album". Located in Clayton, NC this 1/4 mile track was right behind Jimmy Flowers store on Hwy 42 East, and was the scene for many great races. The surface wasn't exactly a "cushion", but the sandy soil made it ride just like one, and the outside retaining wall was built similarly to the Harrington, Delaware design and made for some great side by side racing! click here to view album
Several new photos added to the "2009 Brewers Speedway Reunion" album click here to view
Just when you think you've seen it all checkout the sales promotion that former go fast flat tracker Van Etheridge and his son Van Paul are offering at their motorsports emporium CycleMax in Wilson, NC click to view
Added the "Earl Myers Memorial Page". Thanks to Billy Heygster for his help in honoring his friend Earl. click here to view
Added the "Don and Beebe Smith Album". Thanks once again to Mark Bailey for letting us scan this album that celebrates two brothers who were Triumph Motorcycle racing and tuning legends from the Mid-Atlantic Area from the 30's thru the early 60's. Some great shots from Daytona too. click here to view
Fixed link to "Bowman Gray Stadium Album". Thanks to Van "Doodles" Etheridge for bringing that to our attention. click here to view
Added the "Brochure Page" to Memorabilia Pages click here to view
Off to Vintage Cycle Days in Ohio, see you when we get back on Tuesday!
Added 62 new photos to the MARS Asphalt Racing Album. Thanks to Keith Miller and Keith Vogler for these super shots! click here to view
Added "2009 Brewers Speedway Reunion Album". A great time was had by all attendees as you'll see in the album. Congratulations to Mike Wheeler for organizing this wonderful event. click here to view
07/22/09 Added "1950 Darlington MARS Race Album". The first MARS race in 1950? (ok, its a joke), The AMA held an oval race at the new Darlington Superspeedway on 11/11/50. The results were so disasterous that they abandoned any plans to run on asphalt ovals again. Take a look at the riders that were signed up for this race! click here to view
Added "Bowman Gray Stadium Album". Bowman Gray Stadium is the longest running NASCAR track in America. Located in Winston-Salem, NC it has run a weekly NASCAR prgram since 1949. The track held Sprint Cup(Winston Cup) races annually through 1971. In both 1971 and in 1974 the track added motorcycle races to the weekly auto program in an effort to boost attendance. Thanks to Keith and Francis Miller for this new album. Click here to view
Added "The Side Hack Racing Page" dedicated to those crazy SOB's that threw all that metal around a flat track with no regard for their lives. Thanks to Billy Heygster and Imre Baka for their help on this page. click here to view
Added the 1st video in what will be hours of racing footage from the M.A.R.S motorcycle series. When on the "M.A.R.S Page" be sure to scroll down the page to view all of the content from photo albums to video clips. click here to view
6 additional photos added to the "Winston-Salem NC Album". click here to view
Added the "Charlotte Motor Speedway Program" which features dirt track entry lists for the supporting 1/2 mile races held at Metrolina Speedway. Click here to view
Added new pictures to the Metrolina Speedway Album showing the track as it is today. WARNING: Viewing photos could cause tearing of the eyes! click here to view
Added the "M.A.R.S Motorcycle Asphalt Racing Series". Imagine dirt track motorcycles on paved 1/2 and 1/4 mile ovals with both tires smoking going into and out of the turns. If you've never seen or heard about it then here's your chance to see what it was all about. click here to view
07/10/09 New improved "Winchester TT Track Album" with lots more photographs than before! click here to view
Added the complete program from the 1970 "Billy Huber Memorial" held on April 26th, 1970 at the Reading Fairgrounds in Reading, Pa. Thanks to Jim Hollister for contributing this great piece of memorabila. click here to view
Added "The Mike Slocum Album". The "Colonial Beach Rocket" now has his own photo album. Thanks for the great pictures Mike! click here to view
Added "The Dallas Turner Album". That's right folks Dallas Turner has joined the Racer Reunion Community and given us access to his personal collection of photographs and racing memorabila. We'll be receiving even more material soon. click here to view
Added the "2009 Barbara Fritchie Classic Album". This was the 87th running of the race held each year at the Great Frederick Fairgrounds in beautiful Frederick, MD. Thanks once again to Mark Bailey for his 164 pictures of this event. click here to view
Added the "Imre Baka Album". Founding member of the TT Cycle Race Team Imre Baka has sent us 38 great shots from various tracks. click here to view
7 additional photos have been added to the "Brent Lowe Album. Thanks to Brent for sending those along. click here to view
Added "The Billy LLoyd Album". Former Maryland Flat Tracker Billy Lloyd rode for and with some of the best riders of the day. His pictures don't lie! click here to view
Posted our 1st "Ask Eddie" video. This edition Eddie answers a question from racer Mike Peter about the history of the steel shoe. click here to view
07/03/09 Added the "Brent Lowe Album". Without a doubt Brent defined what a Country Gentleman was, except when you were racing against him! click here to view
07/01/09 Added "Vintage Motorcycle Price Lists" to the Memorabilia page. Be prepared to blow cookies when you see what the price of bikes were back when your dollar was worth something. click here to view
Added the "Tom Patton Album". Tom was a long time Mid-Atlantic dirt tracker in the 60's. He went on to become a member of management at Bultaco-American in Santa Clara, Ca, one of 3 US Bultaco Distributors before the factory take over in the early 70's. Tom then relocated to Virginia Beach, Va to work at Bultaco International LTD. He's now retired and living the good life in sunny California. click here to view
Added the entire program from the 1976 Joe Weatherly Memorial Classic held at the Virginia State Fairgrounds in Richmond, VA click here to view
Added the "1979 Laurel, Maryland 1/2 Mile" album click here to view