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New Mexico Ghost Tracks

List of Ghost tracks in New Mexico currently documented in Open Historical Map.

Bottomless Lakes

Located 15 miles southeast of Roswell, New Mexico, in Bottomless Lakes State Park.

[Bottom Lakes Historic Circuit]

Bottomless Lakes was a temporary circuit on public roads within the State Park. It operated from 1964 until about 1967.

Sources

Dates from America's Speedways[1], course from Guy Watney. The course used public roads which are still extant, traced from OSM Bing.

Duke City Raceway

Located near Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[Duke City Raceway]

The track operated in several forms from 1968 through 2004. 1/4, 7/16/ and 1/2 mile ovals are documented in OHM.

Sources

Dates from America's Speedways[1]. 1975 and 2002 USGS Aerials were used to map the differing configurations.

Hollywood Hills Speedway

Located near San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico

[Hollywood Hills Speedway]

This track operated from 2002 to 2009.

Sources

Start date from America's Speedways[1]. Closing date from online news items. Location from track website back when track was operational. Traced from OSM Bing.

Lobo Speedway

Located south of Artesia, New Mexico.

[Lobo Speedway]

The track opened in 1999 and shut down sometime shortly after 2006.

Sources

Start date from America's Speedways[1]. Closing date guessed from National Speedway Directory[2] and will be improved. Traced from OSM Bing.

References

<references> [1] [2] < /references>

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The History of America's Speedways: Past and Present, Alan Brown, 2003
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 National Speedway Directory, Brown/Frost, published annually
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