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Abandoned - Nazareth Speedway

Bright Sun Films

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Throughout the history of American racing and Nascar, there have always been legendary tracks. However in some incredible cases, track facilities that were left behind for one reason or another are left completely abandoned in modern time. Today let's take a look at how a legendary, Nascar race track met its current fate.

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20 Comments

@Hedemptii 6 years ago

Fun fact: Not only did the Busch series race move to Watkins Glen, but that's also where Nazareth's grandstands ended up.

@vegaserik44 6 years ago

It's crazy that in less than 20 years it looks like it's been abandoned for 50. It's a shame these tracks are disappearing.

@brandonkruse825 6 years ago

This was NASCAR's biggest mistake, build 1 to 1 1/2 mile tracks and race on boring oval tracks with grandstands everywhere and not on small, fun tracks that attracted people to them because the racing was interesting.

@AlisonCreech 6 years ago

I'm surprised there was no mention of Nazareth, PA's most famous residents: the Andretti Family.

@JackMoynihanOfficial 6 years ago

Honestly you could do a whole season on just Nascar tracks, being here in NC we have a lot of Nascar history floating around without a lot of people knowing

@shamehairmetal 4 years ago

These old tracks were so much better than a lot of the current ones

@Rinku588 6 years ago

When you mentioned how they can’t use Nazareth as a speedway because it may compete with Pocono reminds me of one of the video games, NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup. They (EA), couldn’t make a deal with the owner of Pocono, so they added Nazareth instead

@evangeline_domenech 6 years ago

Auto polo sounds like something that would have been done on Top Gear.

@singletona082 6 years ago

'A hot spot for arson.'

I see what you did there.

@mattkaustickomments 5 years ago

Place would be perfect for the Andrettis to run a high-speed driving school and family/local racing museum.

@AverytheCubanAmerican 6 years ago

Nazareth Speedway...didn't know Jesus had his own speedway

@dcaseng 6 years ago

Nazareth, North Wilkesboro and Rockingham were some of the best tracks ever. They had unique layouts that provided great racing, and it's not surprising that their departure and replacement with cookie cutter tracks with oversized grandstands has led to a drop in attendance.
These tracks had more than just history, they had character.

@sbblakey 6 years ago (edited)

Busch Series has never been the mainstream NASCAR series.
This was an IndyCar track first and foremost. USAC into CART into IRL
Edit: How could Roger Penske's name be left out?

@Gipp7_0923 6 years ago

Location:*gets abandoned*
People: So basically fire.

@joebrown1382 6 years ago

Nazareth PA is the home of Mario Andretti. He raced there.

@morenofranco9235 5 years ago

These "Abandoned" videos are great at showing how great ideas fall apart, and why. Thanks Jake.

@scottsylvainus5113 6 years ago

I have lived my whole life in Nazareth. I remember the race growing up. You could hear the roar of the engines and the announcers from miles away. I have been to a few races. It was a great small town event.

The biggest problem was no major roads going to for from made traffic a nightmare. It’s 4 or 5 miles to the closest highway on-ramp. and at the time almost no hotel rooms with in few miles.

I miss the track.