6/8/2023 0 Comments Danbury racearena reunionI also remembered having seen a restored race car listed as being Chick Stockwell's, when I visited the Golden Age of Trucking Museum (Middlebury, CT) back in early 2007 ( ref: ), though I don't know if the same vehicle is one of those that was lost in last week's fire.Īnyway, that's as much as I know-thought it was worth passing along. ![]() This group was a private club that held a strong connection to the local community. It was a one-third mile paved fairgrounds oval that featured modifieds sanctioned by the Southern New York Racing Association. I did some googling today and found a few local media stories: Reynolds father took him to the Danbury Racearena in Connecticut for Saturday night stock car races. (it is the same developer that built the mall. ![]() Joe and Don Tinty held out selling the property to a developer for quite a few years and after Joe Tinty died, his son Don sold the property to a developer from N.Y. I wrote one more followup and asked what the terrible thing was-turns out this man's house and barn were lost in a fire last week. It is true that a group of drivers from Danbury wanted to buy the track and reopen it after Danbury closed but the deal fell through. A few days ago I received an event notice regarding a "fund raiser/picnic" for a famous race driver from the old Danbury (CT) Racearena, Charles "Chick" Stockwell.Īfter I got the listing posted on our Calendar page ( ), I wrote back to the person who sent me the event notice, advising that it was posted they then wrote back and thanked me for the help, in light of the "terrible thing" that had happened to Mr.
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