I-30 Speedway veterans sorry to see track’s closure

September 23, 2022 at 8:41 a.m.

by Steve Rogers

FILE — Fans file into the front gates for an event at Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway in 1998. The quarter-mile, high-banked dirt oval, in its 66th year of operation, appears set for development and is expected to close permanently after this season. (Democrat-Gazette file photo)
FILE — Fans file into the front gates for an event at Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway in 1998. The quarter-mile, high-banked dirt oval, in its 66th year of operation, appears set for development and is expected to close permanently after this season. (Democrat-Gazette file photo)

About 50 years ago, Emmett Lawson was in his second season driving a race car at the Benton Speedbowl, which is now I-30 Speedway.

One night at the track, as he raced into turn 2, his car hit a hole and rolled over.

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