January
4, 2009 - NASCAR legend James Hylton
and Indy Car legend Wally Dallenbach, Sr
will appear at the Motorsport 2009
exhibition at Atlantic City's
Convention City on January 16-17.
A major part of this years festivities
will be devoted to the remembrance of
the Trenton Speedway. The track
was opened in 1900 as a 1 mile dirt
track and was paved in 1957. In
1968, the track was enlarged to 1.5 mile
and also received its familiar "kidney
bean" shape configuration. The
track was closed in 1980 and the former
site is now occupied by the Grounds
for Sculpture and a residential
development.
James
Hylton first race at Trenton was the
1967 Northern 300 in which he
drove his 1965 Dodge to a 10th place
finish (pictured at right). Hylton
would run at Trenton on six occasions
with 2 Top-Fives and 6 Top-Ten finishes
to his credit.
Wally
Dallenbach competed in 27 USAC Indy Car
races at Trenton Speedway and won the
1977 Trentonian 200.
Dallenbach complied 12 Top-Five and 19
Top-Ten finishes at the track during his
career.
Race
winners/pictures and Hylton/Dallenbach
finishes/pictures are linked below:
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