Soup's This Week's Greatest Racing Photo Ever Taken: Summer of '79
Late 1970s Dirt Track Girls
by The Umarell
Saturday, May 24, 2025
This photo, a battered old Kodachrome slide, was taken by Dennis Kanegae at the San Jose Mile, late 1970s. What was the dirt track scene like in that era? It was feathered and frosted. It was drinking beer out of a Camel cup. It was flatbed trailers and maybe no underwear. This combo was a go-to for fashionable women in the late ’70s and early ’80s — a look that said California cool, roller disco, and AM radio all at once.
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