Wheels: The Lost Racetracks

From our award-winning 'Wheels' series of documentaries narrated by Bill Stephens, 'The Lost Race Tracks' tells the story of three forgotten race tracks, Riverside International (57-89), Ascot Park (57-90), and the original Watkins Glen road course.
This documentary tells their story, using eye-witnesses Dan Gurney, Brock Yates, Parnelli Jones, and John Fitch talk about their experiences and history of these Lost Race Tracks.
Using rarely-seen footage from the 1950s, it’s a snapshot in time, before safety took precedence over tradition. And it’s a must-see for all who love motorsports.
** Correction **
22:05 The video incorrectly states that Parnelli Jones won the Indy 500 in 1962. Because of a bad brake line, he placed 7th in 1962. He came back to win the 500 in 1963.
-Thank you Brad for pointing this out.

[@Mtlmshr]

I have been a Metal Fabricator & Race car builder for over 40 years and grew up in Southern California (at one point in Torrance not far from Ascot Park) both Ascot and Riverside played crucial parts in my career in professional Motorsports without a doubt! Riverside was my home track as I helped my friend in SCCA GT-4 racing. I would go to Ascot any weekend that I could, I found out that if you had a welder they would let you into the infield for free and because of that I made some connections that led me to my first job in professional Motorsports working for Electromotive Engineering building and campaigning GTP endurance cars and Stadium off-road trucks in the MTEG series. Thus began a over a 40 career that I still do to this day! All because of those two tracks! Side note I’ve been able to race at Watkins Glenn many times and have driven or followed the old original course that go right through downtown!

[@JasonTrew2018]

Riverside is both a shopping center and townhomes, Ascot Park is now a Insurance Auto Auction site

[@AHOOSIER]

At the 22:00 mark, the announcer reports, Parnelli won the 1962 Indy 500. The fact is, he won the 1963 500, not the 1962 500.

[@WildAboutWheels]

Thank you for pointing this out, I made note of it in the comments.

[@mod134]

Was this program from the late 90s?

[@karlkuttup]

ascot could be used as a motorbike dirt track raceing or redbull x raceing

[@MJTAUTOMOTIVE]

Riverside " First Road course of its type in the world". Phillip Island in Australia was just over 6 miles in length and built in 1928.

[@memorialled_zeppelin-warew1346]

Watkins Glen is still around.
And re check your race facts
This gives me a migraine