Most modern fans probably don’t know it, but Silver Dollar Speedway is actually the fourth different track to be constructed in the Chico, Calif., area.
Like many similar tracks of the time period, the Belleville High Banks started life as a horse racing track before eventually evolving into a popular venue for dirt-track racing.
Originally owned by the foursome of Earl Bauman, Dale Hafer, Bucky Fleming and Don Martin, Lernerville Speedway was built at the location of Lernerville Park, which was once a popular amusement park in Sarver, Pa.
One of Pennsylvania’s most historic race tracks, Williams Grove Speedway, opened in 1939, when Tommy Hinnershitz won the first race at the half-mile dirt track.
