The historic Lakewood Speedway will be remembered Saturday during the annual Lakewood Speedway Reunion at the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame.
For the fourth straight year, former racers and fans of the famed Lakewood Speedway will join together to remember the track that was known as the “Indianapolis of the South”.
The Georgia Racing Hall of Fame will host the fourth annual Lakewood Speedway reunion at the Hall in Dawsonville, Georgia.
Viewed by many historians as the most historic and important racetrack in Georgia history, Lakewood Speedway was built in 1917 around a former water reservoir for the city of Atlanta.
The one-mile dirt oval was the site of several events for NASCAR stock cars, modifieds, Indy Cars, motorcycles and even speedboats on the infield lake.
Lakewood was one of the most prestigious stops on several national stock car and open wheel circuits over the years. Stock car aces such as Lee Petty, Tim Flock, Curtis Turner, Junior Johnson, and Tiny Lund made their way to Lakewood’s victory lane. Indy cars were also regulars at the speedway in its heyday, with drivers such as Ted Horn, Al Keller, Eddie Sachs and Bill Holland taking recording wins
The track hosted its last automobile race in 1979. Only a small portion of the original track remains today, located just south of downtown Atlanta. .
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This year’s reunion will be a special one for more than one reason, as event organizers have decided that this year’s reunion will be in honor of one of the Hall of Fame’s founding fathers, 2006 GRHOF inductee Jimmy Summerour.
Summerour passed away on June 24 at the age of 77.
In holding the Lakewood Reunion, the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame hopes to help keep the memory and history of Lakewood Speedway and those that raced there alive. Attendees are asked to bring any personal photos they may have from the speedway to share, and to be scanned into the GRHOF archives.
The cost to attend this year’s Lakewood Reunion is $20 at the door, or $15 if tickets are ordered prior to August 6.
For more information, or to buy tickets, visit www.georgiaracinghof.com.
For more information on Lakewood Speedway, visit out sister site, Georgia Racing History.com.
