This Week in Racing History: Dirt Tracks and Dawsonville, It’s in the DNA - Dawson County News

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This Week in Racing History: Dirt Tracks and Dawsonville, It’s in the DNA

Cars race at the Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta, Georgia in 1949. Photo courtesy of the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame.

Racing History Column 1 — Cars race at the Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta, Georgia in 1949. Photo courtesy of the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame.

Last week, the NASCAR community got to see something for the first time in over 50 years of racing — a cup series race on dirt.