A visit to marlboro

[Michael Oritt]

Though temperatures were in the 30's it was a nice day here in Southern Maryland so I erected the hood and side curtains on my Healey 100 and drove about 50 miles north from my home to the old Marlboro race track which has been closed for about 40 years.

For several years the entrance area has been used as a plant nursery. A couple of years ago I was nosing around the property and got chased out. Today, however, no one was present so I drove onto the oval portion of the track--the road course inside the oval is pretty overgrown--did a quick lap and left with no one the wiser.

There were several construction vehicles--graders, backhoes and the like--nearby the track entrance and it looks like part of the grandstands have recently been demolished. I don't know what is going on but I was happy to have done the lap and I'll bet the ghost track gods smiled on hearing the sound of a throaty exhaust.

 

[Biff]

Michael that brings back many pleasent memories for me. I spent a good part of my youth there during the late 50's till the track closed. Got to see many of the famous racers, cars there. The wire fence was so close to the track at the entrance to the hairpin That you would get covered in rubber dust when the big cars ran. Thanks

 

[DART]

Going thru some accumulated "stuff" last week, I came upon a couple of Marlboro dash plaques from 1963. Guess I was a member of the DC region-SCCA then & did some corner work. Ahhhh, memories.