How many out in cyberland know that there were car races held in da Bronx.

My father worked in what we would now call a speed shop - Olinville Auto Parts - before WWII. He built engines for midget race cars. They raced at many tracks in the metro area including a track in Castle Hill. After the war I remember going with him to indoor races at the Kingsbrige Armory.

We went to races at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, Freeport LI & Dexter Park on the Queens/ Brooklyn border where Franklin K. Lane HS is.

And we also raced on the street in the 60's. We would gather at the White CAstle at Allerton Av and Boston Post Road, and then head out to Conner Street and other places to street race.

When I lived in the Bronx, some guys would race on the Concourse, but not many raced here.

I did know people who raced on Fountain Ave in Brooklyn and somewhere near Shea stadium was also a race strip. Also I've heard of some guys who would close down part of the BQE in Queens and race at a part of the road called "connecting" This last part about the BQE I am not sure of.

The Connecting in Queens was KING in its day. Hundreds of spectators looking down at two three lane straighaways in each direction.