The Story Behind The Fastest Dirt Late Model Track Of All Time

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Did you know that once upon a time Golden Isles Speedway used to be a hallowed 'black oil' dirt track, producing speeds in excess of 170+ mph?
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  • @squirebrannon5072
    @squirebrannon5072 Жыл бұрын

    My dad raced there back in the late 60's and 70's he said the speed never bothered him there until they couldn't run windshields anymore. When they took away the windshield he could tell how fast he was going and how those cars had big Buick drum brakes which wasn't enough for the big block at a 3/8 mile track let alone golden isle speedway 😂.

  • @80nodrog
    @80nodrog Жыл бұрын

    It'd be nice if the current Late Models still looked as good as those old cars.

  • @glotorious_3119

    @glotorious_3119

    Жыл бұрын

    Kinda look like the srx cars

  • @ds6329

    @ds6329

    Жыл бұрын

    At least a symmetrical body. I like today's look only from one angle.

  • @americanpride9733

    @americanpride9733

    Жыл бұрын

    Modern cars are function over form

  • @Wcanada3177

    @Wcanada3177

    Жыл бұрын

    Run one every summer. The old ones still live just check out local small tracks. I race in alberta

  • @Thumper68

    @Thumper68

    Жыл бұрын

    Right

  • @petecastle5762
    @petecastle5762 Жыл бұрын

    I was fortunate enough to watch a race there when it was this way , it was amazing to watch these guys fly around this way

  • @scotthawbaker
    @scotthawbaker Жыл бұрын

    Jax Raceway in Jacksonville Florida used to be black oil as well.

  • @justinbyers1725

    @justinbyers1725

    Жыл бұрын

    Correct it was a half mile black oiled clay track. Sadly its long gone now

  • @TravisRich-xw1jz

    @TravisRich-xw1jz

    9 ай бұрын

    Y'all remember Putnam county where everybody used to get drunk and getting their cars and race

  • @derrickburch2077
    @derrickburch2077 Жыл бұрын

    I ran that track several times when it was black top, in a limited late model. It was awesome! Some of the most fun I've ever had in a race car, and definitely the fastest I'd ever been in a dirt car! Also like several of the drivers mentioned, it got really slick if someone ran up on the berm and kicked sand up on the track. "Ask me how I know" Waycross motor speedway use to be the same way. Both tracks were awesome, and wicked fast!

  • @mackmcmillan9905

    @mackmcmillan9905

    Жыл бұрын

    Waycross, eh? My old man used to drag my butt all across GA and FL dirt track racing in the 80s and early 90s. Ernie McMillan Sr. We more often than not were in a gen-2 Camaro of some ilk. EDIT - I'm from Hahira, GA. McMillan Road, to be honest. Thunderbowl Speedway was our little dirt haunt back then.

  • @kingandon4279

    @kingandon4279

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mackmcmillan9905 I live near Waycross, its always nice seeing people talk about the small towns you grew up near. Reminds you how small the world really is.

  • @mackmcmillan9905

    @mackmcmillan9905

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kingandon4279 - The beauty of small town Georgia is really difficult to have folks understand! Another little hidden gem not racing related is Vidalia. Smells of it's namesake onion and just quaint. At least it was when I was a boy.

  • @user-om6co5gk3o

    @user-om6co5gk3o

    9 ай бұрын

    It's always been dirt

  • @timg7627
    @timg7627 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, I’ve never heard of this track. Sounds wild and fast

  • @Living_EDventures

    @Living_EDventures

    Жыл бұрын

    Kyle Bronson owns it I believe.

  • @54raceman

    @54raceman

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Living_EDventures yeah he owns it now (well his woman’s family does but his name is on it)

  • @Living_EDventures

    @Living_EDventures

    Жыл бұрын

    @@54raceman 👍

  • @coreymacqueen4802

    @coreymacqueen4802

    Жыл бұрын

    *leases

  • @racemiiklutch4246

    @racemiiklutch4246

    Жыл бұрын

    That track sound is from sega 🎮 games

  • @fabricationnation8052
    @fabricationnation8052 Жыл бұрын

    I thought it was Lernerville at first.....it's still a super fast track today....world of outlaw sprints run 160 plus into the corner

  • @Jeepfun
    @Jeepfun Жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of Butler Motor Speedway in Quincy Michigan, a 3/8 mile high banked dirt that use to spray crude oil on the track every week.

  • @davewylie654

    @davewylie654

    Жыл бұрын

    I've seen Butler straight hard as a chalkboard

  • @roberttesch8078

    @roberttesch8078

    Жыл бұрын

    I've been going there since 1968. There right now. Fast and good tight racing. Been to a lot of tracks and glad Butler isy home track. Love watching sprints and late models here

  • @pressureworks
    @pressureworks Жыл бұрын

    Please increase the music volume as the voices of the Drivers can still be barely heard.

  • @petecastle5762
    @petecastle5762 Жыл бұрын

    Love donnies response at the end, that’s why he’s one of the best ever.

  • @54raceman

    @54raceman

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep Donnies a racer thru and thru. One hell of a guy aswell

  • @nebulaquinn
    @nebulaquinn Жыл бұрын

    This is Amazing. I'd love to see some races from there. Especially big block modified's.

  • @ds6329
    @ds6329 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the flashback. I miss those drivers and their cars.

  • @CreamyBone
    @CreamyBone Жыл бұрын

    I went to Syracuse for the modified's Super Dirt Week in the early 90's when the STARS latemodels were invited. That was a hard, black, 1 mile oval. They just kept burning tires off all weekend. I'm surprised Moran didn't mention that race, he won it ....and it was probably every bit as fast as Golden Isles 😉

  • @johnself3813
    @johnself3813 Жыл бұрын

    I believe that’s Mile Carter at 2:39 that black five he was my hero throughout my childhood and a great friend as I’ve grown up. Superb guy and a damn good driver.

  • @georgiaracingpodcast344
    @georgiaracingpodcast344 Жыл бұрын

    Golden Isles Speedway, an excellent Georgia track!

  • @michaelarrington988

    @michaelarrington988

    Жыл бұрын

    it definitely used to be

  • @user-om6co5gk3o

    @user-om6co5gk3o

    9 ай бұрын

    It still is. It's nicer today than it's ever been

  • @michaelarrington988

    @michaelarrington988

    Ай бұрын

    Georgia has alot of nice tracks like Swainsboro Raceway which has some of the nicest facilities you'll find at a dirt track and some that have gone like OSP .

  • @sydneymarie67
    @sydneymarie67 Жыл бұрын

    Ran the black oil track in Lake city Florida a few times

  • @chevy2666
    @chevy2666 Жыл бұрын

    I wish the dirt late models ran on bigger faster tracks today racing at 170mph. Wild and fast!

  • @americanpride9733
    @americanpride9733 Жыл бұрын

    This is awesome

  • @zanonguascar7999
    @zanonguascar7999 Жыл бұрын

    AWESOME!!

  • @butchcassidy3373
    @butchcassidy3373 Жыл бұрын

    I raced there back at the turn of the century and it was fast in a hobby car. Won a race there once too.

  • @midwestmind691
    @midwestmind691 Жыл бұрын

    Ah damn, seeing a hometown boy in random videos like this is always fun.

  • @jw-zl3zp
    @jw-zl3zp Жыл бұрын

    This is Good Ole days

  • @unrestrictedclimb
    @unrestrictedclimb Жыл бұрын

    good vid guys

  • @Backdoorslamfest
    @Backdoorslamfest Жыл бұрын

    Anywhere I can find some footage from when this track was like this?

  • @BuddWolf
    @BuddWolf Жыл бұрын

    170mph at a 5/8mile dirt track😳!?! That’s unbelievable and stupid fast.

  • @TheConorconor
    @TheConorconor Жыл бұрын

    Another fast track that is gone was Rolling Wheels Raceway in Elbridge New York. Big Block modifieds we’re doing 150mph easy.

  • @trevor4533

    @trevor4533

    Жыл бұрын

    Looking at mylaps, the big Blocks only averaged around ~100mph. Its pretty unlikely they were hitting 150.

  • @williamowen6399
    @williamowen6399 Жыл бұрын

    Those were the days

  • @williamstile5696
    @williamstile5696 Жыл бұрын

    Is there anywere to get videos of the old track

  • @KRSteer
    @KRSteer Жыл бұрын

    I was there in 2007 doing media work for Dirt Late Model Digest. I was standing in turn 3 with a local Sherriff that was clocking them at 145 entering turn 3. I have no clue on final speeds... It was damn fast back then.

  • @oldhick9047

    @oldhick9047

    Жыл бұрын

    It's pretty damn fast now !

  • @michaelarrington988

    @michaelarrington988

    Ай бұрын

    They was clocking them at 160 at Rome Speedway in Northwest Georgia a few years ago and when Swainsboro Raceway was Banked they was turning laps at barely over 13 seconds in a Super and low to mid 14s in a 604 crate car

  • @nflisrigged1395
    @nflisrigged13954 ай бұрын

    Amazing

  • @stevelattimore1413
    @stevelattimore1413 Жыл бұрын

    Up here in N D we used to have one of the fastest half mile tracks.Good old black gumbo that would still be so sticky at the end of the night it would suck your shoes off when you walked across.They had to shorten it because the insurance got too expensive.

  • @caseysmith544

    @caseysmith544

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep, and in South Dakota they had an indoor place (Same venue used as the one for PRA Professional Rodo Association) they would put up an indoor track in Rapid City but due to noise issues of the area they had to take it down in the early to mid 2000's. They did Top Sprint Kart and Late Model dirt in them.

  • @bryanbressem5026

    @bryanbressem5026

    Жыл бұрын

    Must be same reason they don't race real late models anymore at viking speedway in Alexandria MN, 1/2 mile, insurance probably put an end to them

  • @blawhorn883
    @blawhorn883 Жыл бұрын

    Would love to see a video on West Virginia Motor Speedway. The old configuration of the track. It was big and fast.

  • @fabricationnation8052

    @fabricationnation8052

    Жыл бұрын

    I loved the Hillbilly 100....they called that track the motor eater

  • @MarkEastman-gi6zs

    @MarkEastman-gi6zs

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah that race wasn’t the same after they changed tracks

  • @CALISPEC1
    @CALISPEC1 Жыл бұрын

    When did they put the wall up around the track? Or is the current track a completely different track then the old one?

  • @DeaDEye.21
    @DeaDEye.21 Жыл бұрын

    Is this Golden isle back in theDay

  • @joebaucom4537
    @joebaucom4537 Жыл бұрын

    Great !

  • @youknoweverything7643
    @youknoweverything7643 Жыл бұрын

    I miss black oil surface I ran modified there once and we brought my asphalt modified as a back up if that tells you anything about it, my dirt modified went from being a dirt car to a full blown asphalt setup we put in it sway bar and all and man it was fast fastest I ever been on a dirt track mods we was running 140-150 mph it was nuts you better had some strong body braces and no lose rivets cuse it will come apart

  • @jimmieroan9881
    @jimmieroan9881 Жыл бұрын

    you gotta love the comments from the "experts" about how a certain speed looks, kinda reminds me of the early days when the police officers could stand up in court and tell the judge he could tell by looking you were going 80 mph. the old pennsboro track has some scary fast speeds on the back straight, i think in 1985 someone said a radar gun show 130 mph, then you had to slow to about 40 to go over the creek, i put a huge crack in the old concrete wall on the outside of 3 and 4 where you cross the creek about half way through the 85 DTWC in my mastersbilt 90 in case anyone was watching. the old kilgore tx track was super fast too, extreme high banks and very wide and pretty slick, i forget the gear but last time i ran there my tell tale on the tach was just over 9200 rpm. lasted until last lap coming off turn 4. and for the guys that don't believe the speed on some of these tracks, think about it for a minute using common sense, it depends on where you are watching the cars, at the old texas world track in the late 60s you had to be in a seat in one of the turns or all you could see was a blur when they flew past at over 200 mph.

  • @davewylie654

    @davewylie654

    Жыл бұрын

    Lap time vs said mph does not compute is all he said. Math cannot lie nor does it claim to be an expert

  • @trevor4533

    @trevor4533

    Жыл бұрын

    "you gotta love the comments from the "experts" about how a certain speed looks" "at the old texas world track in the late 60s you had to be in a seat in one of the turns or all you could see was a blur when they flew past at over 200 mph." Gosh, its almost like you proved those "experts" right...

  • @richardkinley6743
    @richardkinley6743 Жыл бұрын

    I raced a late model for 8 seasons, that's pretty damn fast however you look at it!

  • @cumminsrealpower680
    @cumminsrealpower680 Жыл бұрын

    I enjoy hearing the drivers talk about the speeds. Too many comments like "oh they wasn't going that fast". I'm like this... Who cares about the scientific comments. It don't matter to me how fast they was going. It sure was fun to watch em go around that place. Way I see it, ALOT of folks telling their stories "might put a little more butter on their bread ". Point is, they might have been running 130 mph, but it sure sounds better hearing 150 mph.

  • @user-om6co5gk3o

    @user-om6co5gk3o

    9 ай бұрын

    They weren't running 130 or 150. Closer to 170 guy. My home track.

  • @thomasadams7687
    @thomasadams7687 Жыл бұрын

    How fast did they run at Cherokee speedway back then?

  • @giff427dg
    @giff427dg8 ай бұрын

    I miss.the good old days where they built tracks on accident and nailed it

  • @teresagoodwin7458
    @teresagoodwin7458 Жыл бұрын

    WOW!!! I LOVE THIS 💞🤗💞🙏 THANKS FOR SHARING THIS EXCITING BLESSING 🙏💞🙏 THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN GOD, FAMILY AND DIRT TRACK RACING 🙏💞🤗💞🏁🏆🏁 DIRT TRACK RACING IS THE BEST SPORT ON THE PLANET. NOTHING COMPARES TO HEARING THOSE POWERFUL ENGINES ROAR TO LIFE, FEELING THE GROUND RUMBLING UNDER MY FEET, WATCHING THE 4 WIDE SALUTE AND THEN WATCHING EVERY CAR THUNDERING DOWN THE FRONT STRETCH TOWARDS TURN ONE WIDE OPEN, SLICING AND DICING AND THROWING SLIDERS TO GAIN POSITIONS. IT'S AN EXCITEMENT THAT WORDS AREN'T ADEQUATE TO DESCRIBE AND IT'S BEYOND EPIC 💞🤗💞🏁🏆🏁🙏🙏🙏🙏 THE BIGGEST PLUS IS IT'S WHOLESOME WHOLE FAMILY FUN 💞🤗💞🙏 THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS EXCITING BLESSING 🙏💞🤗🙏

  • @bobbybraddock7530
    @bobbybraddock753011 ай бұрын

    Donnie Moran is a legend, he never complained, that's just racing!!

  • @giff427dg
    @giff427dg Жыл бұрын

    Big race fan the.only other track I know of that would be all black by the end of the night was thunderhill speedway in mayetta ks

  • @kend6232

    @kend6232

    15 күн бұрын

    that banking was real!

  • @topmech71
    @topmech71 Жыл бұрын

    I remember it well, it was bad fast. The video doesn’t really show how fast they were running, you had to see it in person.

  • @54raceman
    @54raceman Жыл бұрын

    We had a oil track around here it was stupid fast but one the best eras of that track

  • @cdmit27

    @cdmit27

    Жыл бұрын

    All fun and games until the land gets contaminated and the government deems it an environmental hazard and seizes the property. Happened to a historical track in my hometown that got taken over by the worst promoter in history.

  • @zacharyradford5552

    @zacharyradford5552

    21 күн бұрын

    Meanwhile it’s okay for them to dump sewage and other contaminants into the water ways and land fills.

  • @cashonlyj3469
    @cashonlyj3469 Жыл бұрын

    Did Ol' Buford C. run that track Jimmy?

  • @treuter
    @treuter Жыл бұрын

    There is a small town in Kansas called Belleville that boasts having the fastest half mile dirt track. I've seen a few races there but its been a long time since I've been up there. Does anyone know about that track and how it compares? Just curious.

  • @9rjharper

    @9rjharper

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s a half mile. We ran midgets there a few times. Really fast.

  • @cdmit27

    @cdmit27

    Жыл бұрын

    There's about 10 tracks that claim that "worlds fastest half mile" title

  • @kend6232

    @kend6232

    15 күн бұрын

    Good historical track, high banked oval with wide turns, high banking and wide open racing. Hard on motors in unlimited classes like Supers. 1/4 mile bullring inside the larger 1/2 mile. You can go to their website and check it out, not an every week track, event racing including midget nationals (Jeff Gordon won it a couple of times when he ran midgets in the day), and 305 winged sprint nationals. It's worth a trip if you're close, been around awhile. Having said that, I dunno if its the fastest, its pretty good and banked for speed though. Sidenote, if they put black oil on that track it would be a mini Daytona with that banking! Hmmmmmmm.... LOL

  • @mikehewitt7792
    @mikehewitt7792 Жыл бұрын

    What and where was tis track thanks

  • @AlienLivesMatter
    @AlienLivesMatter Жыл бұрын

    Someone should build the thing they talked about at the end. Just for testing purposes.

  • @andrewsill2011
    @andrewsill2011 Жыл бұрын

    Where is this track and the name of it?

  • @terrygarvin1980
    @terrygarvin1980 Жыл бұрын

    What track is this?

  • @bryonkidder6199
    @bryonkidder6199 Жыл бұрын

    Lexington, Kentucky has the Red Mile, which, would be cool to see the late model's on a mile flat track...imo

  • @dillanbaldwin7260

    @dillanbaldwin7260

    Жыл бұрын

    I live near Louisville and I didn't know that existed lol

  • @dillanbaldwin7260

    @dillanbaldwin7260

    Жыл бұрын

    Just looked it up and its a horse track

  • @coondoggin78

    @coondoggin78

    Жыл бұрын

    they ran them at DuQuion's magic mile years ago, was kinda boring honestly

  • @54raceman

    @54raceman

    Жыл бұрын

    @@coondoggin78 yeah the tracks meant for horses suck for cars

  • @MarkEastman-gi6zs

    @MarkEastman-gi6zs

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah they have a casino there now as well

  • @shanefoster6976
    @shanefoster6976 Жыл бұрын

    I'm in what I would call the heart and soul of dirt track racing country IE the state of Iowa we got some fast tracks up here Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Eldon Maybe. A lot of the guys around here stop running there and modifieds because they were blowing Motors cuz they were too fast and too big of tracks. I'm a huge fan of going to Knoxville and watching sprint cars there. I would love to have gone to Oswego Speedway. And I'm not from New York but I have a feeling that Rolling Wheels Speedway would have been fun to go to

  • @tomtibbits4423

    @tomtibbits4423

    Жыл бұрын

    I heard the same about the high banks at Belleville, Kansas, too fast and blew engines. They took some banking out of it, but still a fast dirt track. I saw a midget I saw a midget fly out of turn 3 once cartwheeling.

  • @ninbendoyt3203

    @ninbendoyt3203

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm from Davenport, Iowa

  • @redforeman9096

    @redforeman9096

    11 ай бұрын

    @@tomtibbits4423 nobody told him he shouldn’t be out there during a race?

  • @jag3rb0mb
    @jag3rb0mb Жыл бұрын

    They used to fly around gaffney too, def not this fast but they would be bringing the mail into the corners. Too bad the track isn’t half of what it was. I wanted to go watch a race up there then I saw how small the track is and said nah. I will just wait until pennsboro opens back up.

  • @itzmikeomg2755

    @itzmikeomg2755

    Жыл бұрын

    Not only did they screw up cherokee speedway by shortening it, they flattened the turns too. Back in the 70s and early 80s you had to climb up the track if you crossed it.

  • @captainmorgan689
    @captainmorgan689 Жыл бұрын

    What track is it

  • @codyeungard
    @codyeungard Жыл бұрын

    Can someone please explain how oil makes dirt fast? I haven't found anything yet.

  • @Ninja98x

    @Ninja98x

    Жыл бұрын

    I've never been there but I'm guessing when they say "oil-based" they mean the dirt was mixed in with an oil like would be used as a binder for paving asphalt. So it's not really asphalt, but it's dirt mixed with something sticky that can hold the dirt together well. This gives a lot of traction because there's two main ways that a tire makes grip: from digging into/conforming around the surface (which is why softer tires tend to give more grip, and why dirt tires have grooves), but also through adhesion, which is chemically bonding the tire to the surface. The same reason duct tape is sticky. On pavement, adhesion is actually the main method through which tires produce their grip. That's also why it's so much worse for them when sand or fluids get on top of the track, because that barrier means their tires can't stick to the pavement, in the same way that a piece of duct tape doesn't stick well to a wet surface. My guess is that the "oil" they used isn't the same as like crude oil or engine oil, but something that held the dirt together really well, set well once hardened (like an oil-top road), and provided a really sticky surface for tires.

  • @user-om6co5gk3o

    @user-om6co5gk3o

    9 ай бұрын

    Peanut oil

  • @joehunter6413
    @joehunter6413 Жыл бұрын

    It looks like Golden Isles Speedway in Waynesville, Ga. (Brunswick)

  • @tbone67gthenderson78
    @tbone67gthenderson78 Жыл бұрын

    I watched a many a race on the old track it was definitely fast as f

  • @ronniemctaggart6301
    @ronniemctaggart6301 Жыл бұрын

    Golden isles lol the old race track is Jacksonville Florida was oil sand mixture and they say it was bad fast to

  • @KaedFuyou
    @KaedFuyou Жыл бұрын

    What is that track

  • @rhodie33
    @rhodie33 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting

  • @jamesriley9800
    @jamesriley9800 Жыл бұрын

    I wish they ask them how it was to run the springfield mile

  • @walleye14

    @walleye14

    Жыл бұрын

    100% the fastest Ive ever seen a late model run

  • @jeromyh8096

    @jeromyh8096

    Жыл бұрын

    @@walleye14 Sammy Swindell had a lap average of 145.637mph there. The UMP late model record for a lap was Darren Miller at 130.525mph in 2006.

  • @walleye14

    @walleye14

    Жыл бұрын

    @M Wiggins yep I was there in 2002 when a racer unfortunately crashed and passed away

  • @jeromyh8096

    @jeromyh8096

    Жыл бұрын

    @M Wiggins I recommend it as a bucket list race. Nothing compares to Flat Track there. Some of the most exciting racing you will ever see. Another I recommend is the Peoria TT. Especially since they are run the v-twins there again.

  • @MyLilRascal-dk5mp

    @MyLilRascal-dk5mp

    10 ай бұрын

    @@jeromyh8096 I raced AMA Flat Track Motorcycle Racing and a ex multi time national champion. I raced Springfield, IL. Mile track and it's always well prepared and without a doubt the fastest mile track I've ever raced on which they've always claimed Springfield is the fastest 1 mile dirt track in the world. Peoria, IL. TT track is of course a totally different track with a dog leg on the backstretch before the jump but it's also a super fast track.

  • @markwebb2502
    @markwebb2502 Жыл бұрын

    I say bring it back

  • @trevor4533
    @trevor4533 Жыл бұрын

    Damion Gardner set the land speed record in a VERY heavily modified non wing sprint car @ 211mph on the salt flats in 2014. He broke his previous record set the year before @194 mph. It also took a 2 speed powerglide and over 5 miles to even get to that point. Heck, it took 3 miles just to get to 163mph... None of you can sit here with a straight face and say these late models were doing 170mph...

  • @user-om6co5gk3o

    @user-om6co5gk3o

    9 ай бұрын

    Obviously you have never been there 🤡

  • @trevor4533

    @trevor4533

    9 ай бұрын

    @@user-om6co5gk3o Obviously you have no idea what 150+MPH looks like 🤡

  • @DarrellGoode
    @DarrellGoode Жыл бұрын

    Is this GIS back in the day?

  • @54raceman

    @54raceman

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep

  • @outfitsgarage88
    @outfitsgarage88 Жыл бұрын

    Was this the old track in PA?

  • @coreymacqueen4802

    @coreymacqueen4802

    Жыл бұрын

    GA

  • @branndonscott1
    @branndonscott1 Жыл бұрын

    Is that Andy Wood from Unity Motorsports garage?

  • @aquahalo
    @aquahalo Жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @hobeone1192
    @hobeone119210 ай бұрын

    My Dad used to talk about this track all the time.

  • @markallred4520
    @markallred45203 ай бұрын

    Me and my dad took our modified there one night and when we drove across the track we saw white lines painted on the track and we both looked at each other and said is this dirt ????We got rained out that night and never went back.

  • @MetalFret.
    @MetalFret. Жыл бұрын

    FLO RACING !?! When you broadcast why don't you Say how fast these Super Lates are going into the Corner at each track ? That would be a nice touch During the Feature of Every race in My Opinion.....

  • @bmc1717
    @bmc1717 Жыл бұрын

    What is name of track ..don’t think they said!??!?!

  • @trevor4533
    @trevor4533 Жыл бұрын

    Yeah... I'd have to see that radar. Doesn't look anywhere near 150+mph out there.

  • @topmech71

    @topmech71

    Жыл бұрын

    Believe me...they were hitting 150mph plus seen many races there before they shortened it. I remember some of the drivers meetings they were telling them to use hand signals when getting off throttle etc. They created a wind like at Daytona they were running that fast.

  • @trevor4533

    @trevor4533

    Жыл бұрын

    @@topmech71 Maybe 130-140 TOPS. But definitely not 150+... Case in point. Damion Gardner has the land speed record at the salt flats in a heavily modified sprint car with a 2 speed powerglide transmission. took him over 5 miles miles to hit 211mph. Took 3 miles just to get up to 163mph....There's just no way.

  • @user-om6co5gk3o

    @user-om6co5gk3o

    9 ай бұрын

    Lmfao. You people with these silly comments.

  • @zacharyradford5552

    @zacharyradford5552

    21 күн бұрын

    Plenty of way. Gearing matters and surface and track shape.

  • @trevor4533

    @trevor4533

    21 күн бұрын

    @@zacharyradford5552 It took Damion Gardner a 2 speed powerglide and 3 miles of going straight at the Salt Flats to do 163mph in a heavily modified sprint car. There's just no way...

  • @652barry
    @652barry Жыл бұрын

    138 top speed

  • @Gabriel-bw2tu
    @Gabriel-bw2tu Жыл бұрын

    What about West Virginia motor speedway

  • @ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113
    @ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 Жыл бұрын

    Isle be damned.

  • @codyforshee2882
    @codyforshee2882 Жыл бұрын

    Pretty cool, wonder what latemodels would do there today. The latemodels were at Belleville recently and cancelled the 2nd day on the big track. Heard they couldnt keep the engines cool.

  • @thenderson5509

    @thenderson5509

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep, Belleville is quite an experience. One might not understand until it's seen. Big speed!

  • @michaelarrington988

    @michaelarrington988

    Жыл бұрын

    They still race at Golden Isles they just cut it down to 3/8 . It's a stop by the Lucas oil late models during speed weeks.

  • @thenderson5509

    @thenderson5509

    Жыл бұрын

    @@michaelarrington988 there are yearly rumors of doing that to Belleville. Bad idea, then it's just another 3/8.

  • @54raceman

    @54raceman

    Жыл бұрын

    @@michaelarrington988 oiled versions of tracks and normal dirt versions of tracks race so different they might as well be different tracks

  • @derekbentley334
    @derekbentley334 Жыл бұрын

    Add 20° of banking and hold on!

  • @johncarter1137
    @johncarter1137 Жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised it didn't end up one of those super fund sites.

  • @georgiaracingpodcast344

    @georgiaracingpodcast344

    Жыл бұрын

    It is an active race track as of 2023. They shortened the track to a 3/8ths mile.

  • @coreymacqueen4802

    @coreymacqueen4802

    Жыл бұрын

    peanut oil, not oil oil

  • @michaelarrington988

    @michaelarrington988

    Жыл бұрын

    that track doesn't need any help with funding at all they functioning just fine

  • @stefanl5183

    @stefanl5183

    Жыл бұрын

    @@coreymacqueen4802 Actually, it doesn't matter. The EPA regulates all oils the same way, at least nowadays they do. I'm sure it was a lot different back then. Nowadays there are much stricter rules for everything.

  • @54raceman

    @54raceman

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stefanl5183 epa regulations are one the biggest reasons so many tracks are so dusty now days you’re no longer allowed to put alot of the chemicals on tracks that was used back in the day. If people put some the chemicals on todays tracks that we put on the tracks in the 80s 90s early 2000s the epa clowns heads would explode

  • @dee3368
    @dee3368 Жыл бұрын

    I would say that they would be going as fast if not faster at Syracuse when they raced there

  • @codycummings6054

    @codycummings6054

    Жыл бұрын

    Syracuse is about 140, close.

  • @caseybwomp

    @caseybwomp

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@Cody Cummings 150 and the drivers definitely overexagerated the speeds

  • @freddymorgan4841
    @freddymorgan4841 Жыл бұрын

    So what track was it?

  • @coreymacqueen4802

    @coreymacqueen4802

    Жыл бұрын

    Golden Isle Speedway. Brunswick GA

  • @tjf589
    @tjf589 Жыл бұрын

    What happened to this track?

  • @billywaynehuggins8567
    @billywaynehuggins8567 Жыл бұрын

    THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A FAST TRACK

  • @limjahey6628

    @limjahey6628

    Жыл бұрын

    GOT THAT RITE HOSS! CRANKIN THAT BBC ALL DAY LONG GOBBLESS

  • @KennyJohnson-ym6ux
    @KennyJohnson-ym6ux Жыл бұрын

    If you ever feel dumb, someone genuinely thought a late model was a boat. Sometimes my dad calls them pontoon boats (and it makes the drivers mad for some reason), but my sister's boyfriend ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS A BOAT.

  • @redforeman9096

    @redforeman9096

    11 ай бұрын

    That’s hilarious 😂 I can see somebody getting mad if a guy said “hey look at that pontoon”

  • @terryatpi
    @terryatpi Жыл бұрын

    Idk. Oswego super modified one of the fastest 5/8ths in the world. 900 hp offset engine only reach 160 on the back straight. Idk.

  • @trevor4533

    @trevor4533

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, these late models definitely weren't hitting 170mph.... You're in the northeast, so you may have heard of Mahoning Valley. Circular Hockey rink sized track with 9-10 second lap times but the cars are totally doing 100+mph. Lol, yeah ok...

  • @terryatpi

    @terryatpi

    Жыл бұрын

    @@trevor4533 lol. Had to look it up. It’s so cute though.

  • @trevor4533

    @trevor4533

    Жыл бұрын

    @@terryatpi haha yeah. It’s a pretty racey track, but no way theyre doing the speeds mylaps says they’re going lol.

  • @caseysmith544

    @caseysmith544

    Жыл бұрын

    I was thinking 150 to 160 MPH was more close to what they were running, with a few in the upper 150 MPH range.

  • @terryatpi

    @terryatpi

    Жыл бұрын

    @@caseysmith544 true that

  • @LowDollarDude
    @LowDollarDude Жыл бұрын

    As a drag racer I have to ask what's the difference between a modified and a late model? When I see these cars I always think of Modifieds 🤷‍♂️ which to me is a way cooler name lol

  • @caseybwomp

    @caseybwomp

    Жыл бұрын

    motor size,tire size,and chassis are the differences

  • @kyleolson279

    @kyleolson279

    Жыл бұрын

    Modifieds have a stock front clip and narrow tires. Late Models are all tube chassis with rack and pinion steering and wider tires. Modifieds are also a little heavier. You will see similar rear suspension configurations on both cars. Super Late Models engines can make 900+ HP. There's spec and crate engine series as well. Modifieds have several different sanctioning bodies as well. In IMCA Modifieds crate engines are popular. UMP and USMTS modifieds have significantly more HP. USMTS engines aren't far off super late model engines really.

  • @LowDollarDude

    @LowDollarDude

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the thorough awnser that paints a pretty good picture for me

  • @jimmyjackass1805
    @jimmyjackass1805 Жыл бұрын

    Moody Mile had top be faster ?

  • @paulhootisn848
    @paulhootisn848 Жыл бұрын

    You never mention the name or location.

  • @itzmikeomg2755

    @itzmikeomg2755

    Жыл бұрын

    Golden Isles Speedway

  • @christinegray7466

    @christinegray7466

    Жыл бұрын

    Waynesville, Ga. Just west of Brunswick,Ga. About 15minutes off 95.

  • @stevenmorrison4692
    @stevenmorrison4692 Жыл бұрын

    This video is a couple yrs old...

  • @derekbentley334
    @derekbentley334 Жыл бұрын

    The thought of fear in racing doesn't exist because men don't fear driving a car.

  • @wymple09
    @wymple09 Жыл бұрын

    Don't coat the track with oil & stuff to make it like asphalt & then call it a dirt track. Asphalt tracks are dirt underneath.

  • @ninjaswordtothehead
    @ninjaswordtothehead Жыл бұрын

    I just want one chance to prove I don't have what it takes to be a racecar driver.

  • @derekbentley334
    @derekbentley334 Жыл бұрын

    The goal build a track that B riders can compete on. In circle track racing the equivalent would be a track that the speedo reads 105--->mph the needle lay on the orange peg.

  • @jarnosaarinen4583
    @jarnosaarinen4583 Жыл бұрын

    Dirtona

  • @whoabuddy1772
    @whoabuddy177211 ай бұрын

    170? I call bs. 100mph is a bristol or eldora speed. This track is slightly longer and less banked. This track is proabably about the same.

  • @zacharyradford5552

    @zacharyradford5552

    21 күн бұрын

    Totally different surface.

  • @puddinjr1121

    @puddinjr1121

    19 күн бұрын

    GIS was my home track growing up and I can totally vouch for the speeds that they are saying. It was to the point that the Havatampa drivers and series approached Jessy Guy (the owner at the time) and said if you do not do something to slow the track down they would not come back. After that what little banking that was in turns 1 & 3 was taken out to slow the cars for corner entry. Trust me, even the local lates were well over 100 MPH and the local street stocks were running speeds that most other tracks late model division were running at. That black oil (bunker c fuel oil) surface was just as hard as asphalt on the road leading into the track. No wheel packing was ever needed back in the day!

  • @derekbentley334
    @derekbentley334 Жыл бұрын

    36 only getting farther away from 0

  • @robrohrer2014
    @robrohrer2014 Жыл бұрын

    I have to see those speeds in a jegs gun to actually believe it! I base my life on facts and physics not Myths or what it feels like to somebody 🤔

  • @user-om6co5gk3o

    @user-om6co5gk3o

    9 ай бұрын

    I grew up there and they definitely AREN'T exaggerated speeds. They were clocked several times in the 160's. Even today they are in the high 130's which is fast considering they are carrying around 15-20 < in corners.

  • @jaypeacock3884
    @jaypeacock3884 Жыл бұрын

    Maybe they got Golden Isles and Waycross Motor Speedway confused with each other, Waycross is a half mile dirt oval that used to be oil based but now its clay and super fast!

  • @jaypeacock3884

    @jaypeacock3884

    Жыл бұрын

    Wasn't that long ago Waycross was oul based, like 15 years ago maybe...somebody chime in and help me out here...

  • @joehunter6413

    @joehunter6413

    Жыл бұрын

    Golden Isles Speedway years ago was appx 5/8 mile at the wall, and had an oil base. It's appx ,4 mile now. Fast, but not like then

  • @user-om6co5gk3o

    @user-om6co5gk3o

    9 ай бұрын

    No, they are correct. Both Wax and Golden Isles were oil base. So was Jacksonville. All were fast but nothing like Brunswick. They had to resurface it because of the speeds. Dangerously fast

  • @AndyFromBeaverton
    @AndyFromBeaverton Жыл бұрын

    Where's the freaking catch fence? If your throttle sticks just a second too long, YOU ARE SCREWED.

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