 Built for Midget racing, the asphalt race track hosted the quick open-wheeled machines during its inaugural season, within its inaugural 1947 season, Midget racing was king with Bill Schindler and his #2 taking down a season-high 4 features.Other winners that year were Lloyd Christopher, Joe Sostillio and Ted Tappet.Running mostly on Wednesday nights, the midgets also ran twice on Sundays and one Friday back in '47.