robinjackson
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I enjoyed this video remembering OMS posted on CompetitionPlus:
I went there three times for the Supernationals/Finals: 1974, 1978 and the last race in 1980. Then, it seemed to represent the future of motorsport. Now, there's no sign it ever existed.
I've mentioned here before, in 2008 I stopped for a coffee at a Starbucks on Milliken Ave. I commented to the waitress that I was sitting about where OMS' Turn 2 once stood. She had no idea what I was talking about.
I'd reckon she was 20-something, so probably born quite soon after OMS was demolished, and she said she was a born-and-bred Ontario native. But she had never heard of Ontario Motor Speedway.
"Guess I'll have to ask my dad," she said.
#DRAGRACING: ONTARIO MOTOR SPEEDWAY - DEATH OF A SUPER TRACK | Competition Plus
Ontario Motor Speedway was a motorsport venue located in Ontario, California. It was the first and only automobile racing facility built to accommodate major races sanctioned by all of the four dominant racing sanctioning bodies: USAC (and now IndyCar Series) for open-wheel oval car races...
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I went there three times for the Supernationals/Finals: 1974, 1978 and the last race in 1980. Then, it seemed to represent the future of motorsport. Now, there's no sign it ever existed.
I've mentioned here before, in 2008 I stopped for a coffee at a Starbucks on Milliken Ave. I commented to the waitress that I was sitting about where OMS' Turn 2 once stood. She had no idea what I was talking about.
I'd reckon she was 20-something, so probably born quite soon after OMS was demolished, and she said she was a born-and-bred Ontario native. But she had never heard of Ontario Motor Speedway.
"Guess I'll have to ask my dad," she said.