Lost and found under Lake Lanier
Lanier water levels have dipped so much that the shell of the Gainesville Speedway, covered when the federal government built Buford Dam and filled the lake in the 1950s, can be seen along the shore at Laurel Park in Gainesville. The dirt track where stock cars once ran is pictured. David Coughlin made this and the following black and white prints from negatives owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. David Coughlin / Special
