Two years ago, Giardina, who lives in Katonah, N.Y., tracked down his old car in Vermont, and after last year's reunion, had friend Lou Dilesi restore it to like-new condition. They want to come here and rub elbows with their old heroes."Ĭars on display ranged from the 1936 Ford driven by the local racing legend Chick Stockwell to the modified Ford Pinto that Nick Giardina raced until 1981, then sold after the track closed. "A lot of the old drivers are here," Hansen said. Some, like Harry Hansen Jr., of New Fairfield, went on to race there themselves, and continued their racing careers at other tracks after Danbury closed. But the Racearena lives on in the memories of the people who filled the stands, the drivers who raced there and the sons and daughters whose earliest memories involved watching their fathers roar around the dirt oval. The track, which opened in 1932, closed along with the Danbury Fair after the 1981 season. "The weather is great, and that's a great calling card for us."
"It's going to be a great turnout," SNYRA member Fred Blore predicted, as he and other volunteers attached checkered wristband after checkered wristband to the outstretched arms of the people streaming through the door.
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