Hi Guys. I was wondering if anyone can help me? I was looking at some old aerial shots of Auckland's North Shore on google earth and I noticed 2 race tracks, one in Glenfield and one in Albany. I don't know if these are car, motorbike or carting tracks, but I was hoping someone could shed some light into what they were used for. These shots are circa The Albany one was located right next to the Albany pub, on state highway one.
Possibly owned by a car club? Any info would be appreciated. Cheers Rik Cool photos Rikko. Someone on here should know, if they're car tracks. They look like they could be speedways, though they could just as easily be horse tracks. If they're speedways, Pallmall will know. In fact, he'll not only know, he'll tell you when they opened, when they closed, who won the first meeting, what the lap record is Cheers Steve. I was going on the assumption that horse tracks are normally oval?
Also there doesn't appear to be any of the jumps and other horsey stuff you find in the inner track. I could be wrong though. I'm not a horse person. Not enough wheels :D I've been googling solidly and can't for the life of me find any info on either.
Almost certainly horse training tracks. We have dozens of them here in Cambridge, and they aren't necessarily oval or any regular shape for that matter.
As training tracks for trotters and pacers they will not have any jumps or 'horsey stuff' on them. The 'going over' was not so bad, the 'landing' on other side usually hurt though!
