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  • Two Northamptons, both with race tracks

    From brafield@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 3 11:17:29 2017
    I see that Nazareth speedway is in "Northampton County".

    Well, in England's Northampton county there is a 1/4 mile oval speedway that's been running since 1955: it was known as Brafield Stadium (after the nearby village) but has now gone upmarket with the name Northampton International Raceway.

    It has always been a stock-car track. In the UK, "stock car" means an armoured full-contact racer.

    I run a website on the history of Britain's stock-car racing between 1955 and 1975, with over 1,000 photos.

    Here are links to a couple of 1960s cars, and a couple of modern stock cars.

    http://www.oldstox.com/images/Ken%201963%20BRAFIELD%20PHOTOS/KF%201963.jpg

    http://www.oldstox.com/images/johnny%20king/uncle%20john%20no%20date.JPG

    http://www.oldstox.com/images/515%20Frankie%20Wainman%20Jnr%20April%202008.jpg

    http://www.tomharrismotorsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/COV061013291.jpg

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  • From a425couple@21:1/5 to brafield on Sat Dec 9 10:02:48 2017
    On 12/3/2017 11:17 AM, brafield wrote:
    I see that Nazareth speedway is in "Northampton County".

    Well, in England's Northampton county there is a 1/4 mile oval speedway that's been running since 1955: it was known as Brafield Stadium (after the nearby village) but has now gone upmarket with the name Northampton International Raceway.

    It has always been a stock-car track. In the UK, "stock car" means an armoured full-contact racer.

    Interesting.

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