Mystery track in Gaffney

[djSNUFFY]

Appears to be a 5/8 mile. Located 4.3 miles SW of Gaffney. Travel south on Pacolet Hwy(SC 150) Tryn left on Old Raace Track Rd. Track on the right at intersection of Leadmine Rd. Any ideas? :DJ:

[djSNUFFY]

Help!!!

[BillyW]

I would say horse track.... if i remember correctly there are several horse barns in that area....between Mike Duvalls house (Cowpens area) and Gaffney....

Billy

[djSNUFFY]

I was talking to the guy at Cherokee that does the winners interviews and he said he has heard of a track on old race track rd he called it old gaffney speedway.

[bobby548]

It was a 5/8 mile race car track. My father, Harold P Thomas owned a 1938 and 40 fords that raced on it on Saturday nights. He also raced on a old track that was called "mountain view speedway" on Friday nights. That track is located right off I-85 at the Battle ground Rd. exit. It is behind that truck stop on the frontage rd. There are a lot of good memories in those days! Those tracks was active in the early 50s.

[DoubleZero]

Bobby548, thanks for the update on the mystery Gaffney track. What town was Mountain View Speedway near?

[dirtywhiteboy]

It was a 5/8 mile race car track. My father, Harold P Thomas owned a 1938 and 40 fords that raced on it on Saturday nights. He also raced on a old track that was called "mountain view speedway" on Friday nights. That track is located right off I-85 at the Battle ground Rd. exit. It is behind that truck stop on the frontage rd. There are a lot of good memories in those days! Those tracks was active in the early 50s.
witch truck stop????

[bobby548]

I forgot to put it in thread, it was 2 miles from Cowpens on the battle ground rd. SC 110. This was before I-85 was built. US 129 bypass used to be where I-85 is today. SC 110 and US 129 intersected as a "cross road". there was a stop sign for 110 when you came to US 129. Coming from Cowpens on SC 110 you come to a stop sign at US 129, Turn right onto US 129 heading north ( Charlotte) go about 1/2 mile and you would see the "Mountain view speedway" sign on the left side of road. This is the directions a person would follow in the 1950s.

[djSNUFFY]

The Mr Waffle truckstop just north of exit 83

[Slim_Shady]

I forgot to put it in thread, it was 2 miles from Cowpens on the battle ground rd. SC 110. This was before I-85 was built. US 129 bypass used to be where I-85 is today. SC 110 and US 129 intersected as a "cross road". there was a stop sign for 110 when you came to US 129. Coming from Cowpens on SC 110 you come to a stop sign at US 129, Turn right onto US 129 heading north ( Charlotte) go about 1/2 mile and you would see the "Mountain view speedway" sign on the left side of road. This is the directions a person would follow in the 1950s.

any idea what size track Mountain View was ?

[bobby548]

any idea what size track Mountain View was ?
I think it was a 3/8 mile track:check_flag:

[Slim_Shady]

There is a faint oval outline just behind/beside the truck stop. It measures about 1/4 mile but it could be larger.........not much to go by. First photo is from 1994. The second is from mid 2000's.

[djSNUFFY]

The info I have on Mountainview calls for a 3/8ths mile that ran 1949-60.

[bobby548]

Does anyone have any photos of this track or know anyone that has some photos of the cars?

Thanks, bobby548:check_flag: