Indy 500 not the only track to use Wheel Horse

[c-series don 8,677]

I was at a friends house recently and saw a book I was interested in. As I was thumbing through the pages I came across this picture of a Wheel Horse towing a race car! This photo was taken at the once famous Bridgehampton Race Track in the early sixties. The track was located only about five miles from my home and hosted many famous drivers such as AJ Foyt, Don Yenco, Mario Andretti, Roger Penske, Richard Petty and Paul Newman just to name a few. As a kid I remember going to the track to watch some of these driving greats, especially Newman because my mom was in love with him!!These event’s would draw thousands of people. By the late eighties the track was suffering financial hardship(do to noise restrictions from the town, limiting what could be ran there)and there was little to no security at night so we would seek on the track and do a little racing of our own!! Sad to say that in the late nineties the property was purchased and turned into a golf course for the super wealthy. I think initiation fees for it are north of 500k not counting yearly dews! Needless to say that I will not be joining! The last picture is where the Lowenbrau bridge was and you can see the sandy area where the straight away was. I snuck up there in the fall to get a picture! Sorry for the long ramble but I hope you enjoy the pictures! 

[AMC RULES 37,130]

 

[tom2p 2,394]

3 hours ago, c-series don said:

. . . and hosted many famous drivers such as AJ Foyt, Don Yenco, Mario Andretti, Roger Penske, Richard Petty and Paul Newman just to name a few.

 

Sad to say that in the late nineties the property was purchased and turned into a golf course for the super wealthy. I think initiation fees for it are north of 500k not counting yearly dews! Needless to say that I will not be joining! 

 

but anyone famous ?

 

we were planning to join that golf club - but we heard they were serving snails on the dinner plates so I put a stop to that plan !

 

[tom2p 2,394]

3 hours ago, AMC RULES said:

 

great video !

 

[c-series don 8,677]

Thank you for posting that video Craig, I had no idea there were videos on YouTube from the bridgehampton race track!! 

[AMC RULES 37,130]

From my archives, in addition to Wheel-Horse..

a lot more AMC history happened at that track too.

[c-series don 8,677]

@AMC RULESBring it on! There’s tons of history there that’s all going by the wayside. I remember as a kid I could hear the race cars on the weekends from my house! There was also a motor cross track there in later years that my family’s excavation business helped build. 

Edited April 4, 2021 by c-series don