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Carlsbad Remembered...

Although Carlsbad Raceway lasted for over 40 years, I only had the privilege of riding and racing there during its final 4 years of operation. And what a great time is was! In August of 2004, Carlsbad officially closed and unfortunately the final "Vintage" race scheduled to be held was cancelled, leaving my best friend, who'd flown in from Nebraska with no place to ride. So, on a Sunday afternoon we took a short ride over from Oceanside and spent the afternoon there anyway, eventually taking a final walk around the track and taking over 400 photos. More than likely, these are the last full series of photos ever taken of the track and I'm happy to share these memories with those who rode and raced at Carlsbad.

Aerial View of Carlsbad Raceway

Move your mouse over the track. When in turns into a "hand", click on that section of track and a closeup of that section will display.



		CARLSBAD USGP Track (August 2004)

Entrance To Track	Entrance To Track	Speed Bumps	Water Hazard	Almost There
Looking Back	Starting Gate Area	Looking West	Toward the 1st Corner	Starting Gate
Looking East	Flag Poles	Another View	Entering the first turn	Exiting the first turn
Scoring Tower	Shade for the Finish Flagman	Inside the Tower	Looking South	Looking down on last turn
2nd Corner and Starting Area	Closeup of 2nd Corner	Grandstands	This way!	2nd Corner Past The Grandstands
Looking Back	High Speed Left Before Jump	Small Jump Coming	High Bank 180	Steeper Than It Looks
Looking Back Towards 2nd Turn	Exiting The 180	Wider View of 180	Looking Down From Exit of 180	Fast Straightaway
Small Jump	Two Lines In Left Sweeper	Exit The Sweeper	Another Fast Section	Up And To The Right
Looking Back	Accelerating Right	Larger View	Drop Away	Groovy
Hard As Concrete Blue Grove	Steep Uphill	After The Uphill, Long Righ Turn	Another View	Continue Turning Right Into Downhill
Downhill...Note Old Walkway	Closeup of Rickey Walkway	Back Down Another Hill	Another View	Screaming Along
Grab Some Brakes	Quick Right, Quick Left	Another View	Getting Wider	On The Gas Again
Watch Out For The Hole	Setting Up For The Sweeper	Inside Line Better	Dropaway Right	Closeup of Dropaway
Looking Back	Slippery When Wet!	Looking Back	Entrance To Monster Uphill	Looking Back
Here We Go	Knarly	Stay To The Outside	Worn Down Over The Years	Never Prepped
Going Up	Going Up	Going Up	Typical Carlsbad Square Edge Hole	Still Going Up
And Up	More Holes	Almost At The Top	Big Sweeper	Stay On The Gas
Exiting The Corner	Going Down	Another View	Looking Back Up	Cooking Along Here
Get Ready To Grab Your Brakes	Looking Back Up	Entering Left Hand 180	Exiting - Going Back Up	Another Knarly Uphill
Another View	And Another	Right Hand Turn Coming	Sweeping Right	Ugliness
Going Back Down	Very Steep	More Downhill	Towards The Bottom	Overview
Another Angle	And Another	Yet Another	Switchback Coming	Quick Right And Left
Another View	Groovy Baby	Bridge Coming	Watch Out For Trees	Bridge Portion Right
Bridge Portion Left	Almost Back	Right Hander	Up To The Jump	Over The Jump
Left Hand To The Finish Flag	Go Around Again!	She Was A Great Track

MISC

Looking East	Grandstands	Signup Shack	Messy	Upper Track & Looming Construction
Drag Strip	Broken Asphalt	The Say It's Just Progress...Hmmm	Back Towards The USGP Track	More Destruction
Old CALVMX Trailer @ Upper Track	Looking East At Upper Track	Old Bridge	Old Bridge #2	Really Old Guy

Carlsbad During Construction

BING Satellite Photo!
A little closer
Starting area still there!