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Women’s Track

Interview: Joe Brennan on Women’s Track Racing
By Minda Aguhob

How did you get involved in track racing?

I started racing track in the 1970s at Kissena. Trexlertown didn't even exist at the time. Back then everything was run by Al Toefield who would park his orange van on the infield. Racing was friendly, but hard -- just like it is today.

I started promoting track events about 15 years ago and even had a brief stint as the race director at the San Diego Velodrome. Promoting races and clinics can be a lot of fun. You get to use a lot of creativity, and you get to try the ideas that you always said other promoters should do. Often, you find out why other promoters don't do those things.....read more