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The only other known remaining example of these buildings is in nearby Cedarburg:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/71298/

In newer birds eye view scenes, a figure-8 course can be seen which was added in 2008. During a school bus figure-8 race in May 2009, one bus crashed through the retaining wall, causing minor injuries to 11 spectators.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk2SzpAD3SM

A photo tour of the property:
http://www.stevehardin.com/hollywoodhills.htm

Seen at night:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hryckowian/15866232/in/pool-neonsigns/

1966(?) Ford Mustang Fastback GT

They are filming a music video:
http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2009/03/baps-are-bakin-on-google-maps.html#links

This is the American Le Mans Series. I'm guessing this footage was taken during their visit here in October 2008.

A group of cars can be seen in a circle on the main runway in an east view... almost as if they are being shown how to get through the cones. Nice find, kjfitz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZitGsc67TE
Also visible in Street View

1951-2009 The legendary track will be bulldozed in April 2009.

Very nice. Perhaps my favorite crop maze design on VGT.

The birds eye map shows an Edmonton Oil Kings junior hockey team design.

In Google Street View, you can drive on Refugee Road, which crosses the end of the track just before the sand trap.

A more detailed history of the track:
http://www.shorttrackhistory.com/pennsylvania/mercer/

Schumacher's world record run:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wo3ohXG_-c

The painted tower can be seen in the recent birds eye view update.

I noticed the same thing at the Larissa Air Force Base last year:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/22278/

I brightened up the thumbnail in order to actually see the vehicle in Google's poor quality street view scenery.
Here's a link to a photo of the APC:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swordsman007/555203333/

Censored in Live Maps

For what it's worth, Google's map shows both islands in the US, while Live Maps puts them both in Canada.

More about the history of this display:
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1TPZ

This track had a 45 degree banking!

This wikipedia page has a few photos of board track racing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_track_racing

A video of a woman jumping off for a delivery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS0PZiN55jA

It's visible in birds eye view. I saw it last year, but I couldn't find anything about it online.

An event is in progress in one of Live Maps birds eye views.

Google didn't label it well on the map, but this is Bisbee, AZ. He mentions his "Bisbee Compound" in his act from time to time.

Repairs to the washed out section of land and roadway were completed in November 2008. The nearby dam was also improved to prevent a future breach. The lake is slowly taking in water and should be back to normal by spring 2009.

In a January 2009 visit to the area, I noticed the "HawkQuarters" name is gone from the building, replaced by "Blackhawks Store"
http://blackhawksstore.com

It's now painted blue and yellow - visible in Google Street View. The photo in the airliners.net link is from 1991.

After the Guinness Book of World Records was bought by a Canadian businessman in 2008, the steel reinforced stick in Duncan, BC, was declared the World's Largest in July 2008.

The stick in Eveleth remains the largest one piece wooden stick in the world.

Closed in 2008 and is scheduled to be demolished in March 2009.

It should be noted that the building seen in this map is a movie theater and shopping center which opened in 2001. The Montreal Forum hockey arena was gutted and converted into this complex after it closed in 1996. The Forum was most famous for hosting NHL hockey games from 1924-96 (Canadiens and Maroons).

It's visible in birds eye view.

There's a 'WDTC' reference in the grass. (I misread this as WOTC at first.) It's the Willard Drug Treatment Center.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Drug_Treatment_Center

This building was the Kenosha Public Museum from 1933-2001. It reopened as the Dinosaur Discovery Museum in 2006 after the new Public Museum opened near the lakefront.

It also features the Carthage Institute of Paleontology. Visitors can watch paleontologists at work through a glass wall.

I've seen old photos (drawings?) of the building being moved from it's old location in 1933.

The track reopened for one event in 2008 - the 35th annual Turkey Derby held in November. The owners agreed to lease the track to the former track manager for that one race. Will it open again in 2009?

It would be a '68. I never knew that era of Cutlasses to have horizontal tail lights, but they did for one year. My family had a '71 when I was a kid. I loved that car.

Cheech and Chong Go To India

Packard Phaeton? (late 20's/early 30's)

The three year restoration project has finally been completed.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/36358959.html

Thanks for the heads up, kjfitz. After cruising around the city, I've found that almost all of the single high resolution scenes are in intersections, perhaps a precursor to google filling in the points in between with new footage in the near future.

There are some stretches of road that are completely covered in high resolution... the 7th Street Bridge, for example.

The motocross track has a separate web site:
http://www.grattanracewaymx.com/

We're seeing some great old cars and trucks in Seattle! Nice find bubaonline.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ballard-avenue/321074728/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eddcox/1123469938/

The new track in Monroe:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/60650/

The festival is underway in google's satellite view.

1963(?) Ford Falcon
A closer view is available if you head up the hill.

1963 Buick Wildcat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_Wildcat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Type_2_(T3)

A few photos:
http://www.mightymac.org/06wisconsin09.htm

After looking at this in Street View, I don't think it's a mail box - just a cool way to display a model plane. There are two conventional mail boxes at the other driveway entrance to this ranch. Another model plane can be seen at the other driveway entrance in Street View.

In an east view, the 'TH' is gone, leaving the words 'INK BLUE'.

I'm guessing early spring 2007.

This was part of the original high resolution street view coverage that was replaced with crummy low resolution scenes in June.

Featuring two ice rinks, it was renamed "Anaheim Ice" after Disney sold it along with their NHL team to new owners in 2005. This is the training facility for the Anaheim Ducks.

It's an amphibious Duck - a former military vehicle converted into a tourist ride. The Ducks at the Wisconsin Dells do some fun off-roading when not on the water. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DUKW

New birds eye view scenery shows the pits full of sprint car teams.

Some people can be seen riding Segways on the sidewalk below the sign.

Some Harley Davidson dealerships have towers like this showing off their motorcycles.

Some pretty cool scenes of stock cars, Legends, modifieds, and trucks can be seen at the oval track in Live Maps' birds eye views.

Looks like I posted this just in time. Today's new release of birds eye view scenery covers this area, and it shows the hillside after the landslide has been cleaned up.

In the various birds eye view scenes released today, the pole can be seen in various stages of assembly (or disassembly).

I agree, it's an Excalibur. I knew a guy who assembled them back in the 80's. I remember him saying many of their cars sold to guys from the Chicago area, where this one is driving.

Several photos:
http://www.stevehardin.com/terrehaute.htm

Several photos:
http://www.stevehardin.com/htm/eldora.htm

Several photos:
http://www.stevehardin.com/htm/knoxville.htm

Several photos:
http://www.stevehardin.com/htm/hales.htm

Dozens of photographs of the property:
http://www.stevehardin.com/fremont.htm

The track's web site features several "birds-eye-view" type photos of the property.

'Fire damages Brentwood home of Predators' Arnott'
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081003/SPORTS02/81003002/1028

Yep, I posted that football maze last year:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/33679/
I put this truck maze up seperately because that map already has an old Yahoo! thumbnail of a Bush vs. Kerry maze. I live in this area, and the Bears/Packers fan base is just about evenly split.

The more info link is no longer good. The farm stopped doing activities such as the maze after 2006. A better more info link (for now) is:
http://www.fairwynfarms.com/index2.html

I wonder how many crashes happen along that road.

The Google and Yahoo imagery has since been updated showing the completed project.

The track held it's final race on August 2, 2008. An industrial park will be built on the land.

One of six YouTube videos of the 2008 event:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh-1p5lZrmg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3h2HIBg448&feature=related
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-oldestbowlingalle,0,7835876.story

It looks like the Street View car slid off the road. Looking behind the car, you can see the car's tracks in the middle of the road and an abrupt path to the shoulder. Go back a few scenes, and it appears that the driver may have briefly crossed the center line. Go back several frames, and you can see the Street View car was driving much faster than the SUV he/she was following.

I've played on this one during a family outing. A very simple flat course without many challenges. I've been kicked out of their go-kart track for aggressive driving.
http://kastlepark.com

The Americans captured three of the six BMX medals in Beijing. Mike Day won the silver and Donny Robinson claimed the bronze in the men's race. Jill Kintner won the bronze in the women's race.

Taylor is the founder and former chairman of Strix - "the world's leading manufacturer of controls and cordless interfaces for kettles, jugs and a wide range of water boiling appliances."

http://www.julianbicknell.co.uk/projects.php
(scroll down to "Arragon Mooar")

It's an eliptical plan house being built for Dr. John Taylor.

Also of note, the more recent LL aerial view shows the building as it's being repaired.

Two years after it closed, and nothing has been done with the land. The track's concession and scoring buildings are still standing, as are the farm buildings on the southern part of the property. The view in Google Street View (from 2007) is no different than what I saw yesterday.

It's one they still play in concert today. Kevin scatting with the guitar is pretty cool.

Very cool. The first soap box track on VGT, if I'm not mistaken.

The Gary Jet Center broke ground on a $4.1 million hangar in 2007. While under construction, it was damaged by a storm on August 23, 2007.

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/severe.weather.chicago.2.339300.html

"The most dramatic scene in Indiana Thursday night is at the Gary-Chicago International Airport, reports CBS 2 Northwest Indiana Bureau Chief Pamela Jones...

Clouds or cloud shadows in satellite photos can lead to irregular stitching patterns.

An American football field is in the infield of the track.

After submitting this map, I found three more BEV scenes with bands in this parade. Follow this road (Penn St.) east to 11th. Certain north and south views show bands on 11th.

Yep, it's an RC track. It's used by the Remote World Model Car Club.
http://www.remoteworld.co.uk/index.htm

There are decal kits on the market to turn any Beetle into a 'Herbie'. Note - the one in the Streetview scene is missing the red and blue stripes on the roof and the rear.

The track held it's first race in 2002.

Also visible in Google Streetview

Still under construction in Google's Streetviews. The exterior walls and glass panels are almost completed. It is scheduled to open on August 30, 2008, three years after the project broke ground.

Looks like the mistake was fixed. A scene featuring a large seashell shows up in birds eye view.

This is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/198

After further web searches, I've found this multi-track facility goes by the name Iinatin Moottoriurheilukeskus.

In the current google view, his 36' tall sculptures of the Beatles can be seen.

It might be the Cape May Courthouse Fairgrounds, where a 1/2 mile dirt track existed from at least 1922-40.
http://www.autoracingrecords.com/arr/tracks.php?lid=35840

Both the pro volleyball event on the beach and the Lollapalooza concert event at Grant Park were held on the weekend of August 3-5, 2007.