I wonder what happened to everybody's old hometown drag strip. The strip where I first raced in Valkaria, Florida is now the municipal airport. There is an old strip near where I live now, outside of
The dump road in Provo where we used to street race is in the middle of an industrial park. The road to Cedar Fort that the Utah Highway Patrol used to shut down for drag races is now the main thoro
Famoso near Bakersfield was my home track. Made many, many passes and set a couple of records there. It is the home of CHRR and still operating. My first win was at Inyokern in 1956...... now closed.
Tucson Dragway is long gone. It hosted some Winternationals in its day but it's now overgrown with weeds. The drag strip operator was caught landing his plane on the strip at night with a load of dru
The Kahuku airfield we used in Hawaii, was closed down after the Campbell industrial park raceway opened in the early 60's. and is now part shrimp farm and the rest abandoned, too short to be used a
99.9% of all 40's, 50's,etc. dragstrips have fallen to development. The reasons are obvious, money and population increasing 3X. That's the the way it's always been in America. To me, it's not bad o
What about you guys? Whatever happened to your old hometown strips? DickJ What a great thread idea , Dick !!! THANK YOU !!! Dover NY Drags out of BIz I think late 60s, now a gravel pit, plowed up str
My old AHRA Norwalk Dragway in Northern Ohio which had humble beginnings in 1963,as did most,was bought by Bill Bader Sr. in 1974. He ran a National IHRA event and never looked back. Then Bill Bader
Great job of describing Utah race scene. BTW, Millers track has released 2009 major race schedule. Heres a link from HRM Drag Safari 1954 at Airport #2. Have a safe trip at SEMA, 'ya lucky stiff!! h
I'm a bit younger [OK, a LOT younger :) ] than most of you, so my hometown track in Palmer, Alaska is still alive and kicking. However, it originally opened in '64 as Thunder Valley Raceway, so it wa
I found out four years ago my favorite drag strip, in Salem, Ohio, from the 1950-60s was still operating and much improved--electricity in the pits ! no longer using the old barn silo as the control
-- On Mon, 11/3/08, Tom Shannon saltfevr@q.com> wrote: .. .. I remember, running my moms '66 Fairlane in pure stock automatic! LOL That brought a big smile. Obviously I'm a little older, but I have f
This is a great idea . . . There once was a road race circuit (ok, old airport) at Cotati - not sure if they had drags there or not. In about 1966 a friend and I drove out to Sear Point (probably 9 m
I think the old Cotati airstrip is now housing or some such thing (now what were the problems that were solved by more population?). Did get a chance to "drive" it one late night. I never wished more
but I have fond memories of running my dad's Chrysler 300C is Super Stock Automatic! Drive to the strip, take off the air cleaners, pop the hub caps, unscrew the lakes pipes, and be a big time racer
Author: Doug Anderson <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 15:54:19 +0000
cheater -- cheater -- cheater ! c heers, ' Dirt Track Doug ' Had a pal drove his Dad's 64 four door Chevelle, also Powerglide and the on " Minimal bod work removed the chevron, junkyard supplied the