Saw this a few days ago via Lee Bey on twitter. Along with a photo of this race car track and the cover of a program from this track.
And here is a recent Google Streetview of this area at 1111 E. 87th Street
Basically I remember this lot as the home of the former Handy Andy hardware stores, however, the traces of this race track are no longer there. What we have these days are mostly physical therapy and medical offices there.
I had no idea there was once a stock car race track at 87th and Greenwood (on the south side of 87th). I found this tonight while looking up something else. Speedway operated from 1948 to 1956—altho the abandoned oval remained until at least 1959, according to Historic Aerials. pic.twitter.com/vFRMm1VU1C— Lee Bey📷 (@LEEBEY) January 21, 2019
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