Dragstrips Attended

[Quickshift409]

This is a list of Dragstrips that I have attended or raced at since 1960. I am sure many of you have been there or raced at some of these places. Osceola Dragway, Indiana - US 131 Dragway Michigan -US 30 Dragway, Indiana - Raceway Park, Indianapolis Ind. - Oswego Dragway, Illinois -Great Lakes Dragway, Wisconsin - US 41 Dragway, Indiana - Mountain Park Dragway, Kentucky - Beech Bend Raceway, Kentucky - Summit Raceway Park, Ohio - Thompson Raceway Park, Ohio - National Trail Raceway, Ohio - Muncie Dragway, Indiana - Byron Dragway, Illinois - Milan Dragway, Michigan. Needless to say you can count on one hand the number I have won at. But boy have I had fun. Most of the members here that I know I have met at one of these tracks or at Phil's Kansas City Reunion.

 

[bjburnout]

Where to start........
Deseronto On (Mohawk Drag strip) won B/SA ( Dad's 59 Olds)
St Thomas On (Sparta) won D/SP 68 Vette
(used to see the Ramchargers testing there)
Cayuga On - Georgetown On - Shannonville On - Grand Bend On -
Napierville QC - Luskville QC - Sanair QC
.......whew.........
Niagara NY - Lancaster - Leicester
Detroit MI (3 wide) - Milan - Martin - Stanton
Norwalk OH - Columbus - Thompson
Reading PA - York US 30
Indy (spectator at US Nats 25 years straight) raced there
in the 90's - Muncie
Pomona CA - Famoso - Lions
Gainesville FL - Moroso Park
Dallas TX and Chandler AZ
here's one I'm sure no one can dupe.........
Nassau in the Bahamas - happened upon it will biking and went in
to watch.

Raced at about 80% of them........what a time gone by


bj

 

[k9hotrodder409]

National Speedway,Westhampton Raceway,Islip Speedway,Englishtown & San-Aire ? CANADA ( 1972)

I would do it all over again If I could !!!

 

[Nuts]

Thompson Raceway Park, Thompson, OH - 2009 - 2011

Never won a race but, I finished every race the same day I started. That's pretty good, don't you think ???

Bill

 

[Austin Bubbletop]

Little River/Temple Academy
Texas Motorplex
Eastex
Houston Raceway Park (both new and old, or was the old one called Houston International or something???)
Eunice Dragstrip-Louisiana AHRA
Green Valley
Amarillo Dragway
Tulsa
State Capital-Baton Rouge
Lone Star-Sealy
Alamo Dragway
San Antonio Raceway

Mostly crewing for dad. Raced at Little River and made some runs at San Antonio Raceway in his car.

 

[de31168]

Osceola Dragway
U.S. 41 Dragway - No Limit Raceway
Route 66 Raceway
Indianapolis Raceway Park
Thompson Raceway
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Great Lakes Dragway
Gateway International Raceway
Milan Dragway

 

[Phil Reed]

Railroader's Drag strip Newton, KS (raced)
Heartland Park Topeka, KS
Green Valley Raceway Park Green Valley, TX
Texas Motorplex Ennis, TX
IRP Indianapolis, IN (raced)
Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, TN
Charlotte Motor Plex Charlotte, NC
????? Maple Grove, PA
????? Norwalk, OH
Hot Rod Reunion Bakersfield, CA
Winter Finals Pomona, CA
???? Riverside, CA (drove Tom Jacobson's 62 bubbletop just before he "pro-mod'd" it!!!)
???? Thompson, OH
Mike High Denver, CO
???? Medford, OR

and my all time favorite................Poor Farm Road Emporia, KS!!!! Just a nice stretch of 2-lane asphalt flanked on both sides by corn fields southwest of Emporia. That's where we did all of our local racing!!! 55 Buick Roadmaster, 58 348 Impala and 63 400HP 409 Impala. Ah.....the good old days!!!

I had never thought about this before. Thanks Shan!!! Guess I've been fortunate to get all over to these places.

 

[BSL409]

First year out.
Spencer Speedway, NY
Empire Drag way, NY
Thompson, OH
Beaver springs drag way, Pa
Pittsburgh raceway park, Pa
Lebanon Valley raceway, NY
New England Dragway, NH

 

[58 Apache]

I am with Phil and the good ole days. Route 87 Franklin, Ct. New Breed Car club every Friday night ran a drag race. I stood by with a John Deer 4010 to pull cars back up the access road.

 

[Georgia Nut]

All Georgia tracks Reynolds - "Silver Dollar Dragway", "Warner Robins Dragway" (gone but not forgotten), "Macon National Dragway", Commerce "Atlanta Dragway", and Albany "US 19 Dragway"

 

[427SS65]

Alton Dragway, Alton IL "Be there"
MAR (Mid America Raceway), Wentzville, MO "MAR - where the big ones are"
Kahoka Dragway, Kahoka, MO
IRP, Indianapolis, IN
Nashville Dragway, Nashville, IL (1/8 mile)
Jackson Dragway, Jackson, SC
Atlanta Dragway, Atlanta, GA

 

[CDNpontiac409guy]

1980 & 81, Salmon Arm, BC, 1/8 mile heads up amateur Stock class drag racing.
Ran a 63 Parisienne HT, 300HP 327 with a glide, then converted to 4 speed ( never went back ).
two second place finishes.

1983 & 84 Prince George, BC, North Central Raceway 1/4 mile ( just brackets )
Ran a 64 Parisienne Custom Sport, 300HP 327 4 speed

1985, Edmonton, Alberta... on what was left of Edmonton International Raceway ( had been closed for a number of years )
Met some guys there, for a little fun. Ran a 61 black 61 Biscayne 2dr with a small port 409 4 speed, on stock tires.

1987-1989, Calgary, Alberta, Race City 1/4 mile, bracket racing. Ran the same black 61 Biscayne, built a little better, with slicks, using my rear end mods for the first time. 1989 Also ran my 48 Ford businesman coupe, highly modified 248 inch 59A flathead, with a wide ratio T10 4 speed, 3.55 posi rear. 6 rounds, tied for first place ( got rained out final round ).
1996 Ran my BelAir in brackets, re-ringed 425HP 409 4 speed.

1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Viking International ( Gimli ) 1/4 mile, ran my 62 BelAir.

1999 Edmonton, Alberta, Castrol Raceway ( new track ) 1/4 mile. Brackets. Ran my 62 BelAir again, same re-ringed 409, using 4.88 gears... at altitude, on stock wheels and tires, 13.20 @ 113 MPH . 6 rounds to the 1/4 finals.
2000, ran my black 64 Parisienne Custom Sport convertible, stock tires, 13.88 @ 103 MPH. Ran my 63 Parienne Safari wagon there a couple times too,

2005, Medicine Hat, Alberta, first time out with my 62 BelAir a prepared NHRA Stock Eliminator race car. First run qualified under the D Stock index.
2005, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S.I.R. 1/4 mile, with my Stocker... test n tune

2009, Mission, BC, Mission Raceway 1/4 mile. With my 62 BelAir, qualified 6 10ths under the NHRA C Stock index. Fastest run ever made ( 11.06 @ 122.74 MPH ) in a 409 Chevy Stock Eliminator car.

2009, Hanna, Alberta, Airport 1/8 mile brackets, with my 62 BelAir... just fooling around

2010, Medicina Hat, NHRA Stock / Super Stock combo with my 62 BelAir.

 

[W Head]

Oakhill Drag Strip-Austin, Tx
Austin Raceway-Austin, Tx
Greenvalley-Ft. Worth, Tx
Whitehouse Drag Strip- Tyler, Tx
Yellow Belley-Dallas, Tx
Bee Line Dragway-Arizona
Corpus Christi Raceway-Corpus Christi, Tx
Houston Raceway-Houston, Tx
San Antonio Raceway-San Antonio, Tx
Gulf Freeway Drag Strip-Dickerson, Tx
Hobbs Drag Strip-Hobbs, New Mexico
Little River Drag Strip-Temple/Acadmey, Tx
Amarillo Dragway, Amarillo, Tx

There is 2 or 3 more in Okla. & Louisiana, just can't remember the names (CRS)

W Head

59 El Camino 348-3,2s
59 Impala 409-2,4s

 

[1961BelAir427]

All Georgia tracks Reynolds - "Silver Dollar Dragway", "Warner Robins Dragway" (gone but not forgotten), "Macon National Dragway", Commerce "Atlanta Dragway", and Albany "US 19 Dragway"

All the above, plus Putnam County Dragstrip in Eatonton, GA and South GA Motorsports Park in Cecil (just north of Valdosta).

 

[Greg Reimer]

Lewssee, if memory holds out,
Irwindale Raceway,(the original), 1976-77,
Orange County International Raceway, 1977-1983,
Pomona, several Winternationals and World Finals between 1983 and now,
Riverside international Raceway,1984-88,
Palmdale,1984-2005,
Bakersfield,1988-2008,
Las Vegas( the original track next to the bowl),
Firebird Raceway in Phoenix, once in 1984,
Speedworld Motorplex, 1994-2003,
Fontana, the first incarnation south of the Nascar track, and the present one(now dormant),2003-2008,
the new Irwindale,2001-present,the 1/8th mile,
and Brotherhood Raceway Park on Terminal Island,1994 or so.
I think that about does it.

 

[Phil Reed]

Holy Moly Greg....................did you ever go to work?????? Or did your job get in the way of your racing????!!!!!!
I'll bet you didn't realize what the old tracks mean now when you were racing in the 60's and 70's. Growing up in Southern California must have been a blast!!!!

 

[Donny Hammond]

All Georgia tracks Reynolds - "Silver Dollar Dragway", "Warner Robins Dragway" (gone but not forgotten), "Macon National Dragway", Commerce "Atlanta Dragway", and Albany "US 19 Dragway"

You missed a few good ones in Georgia,,Atlanta Speedshop ,Yellow River, and Dallas....Yellow River is where Mr. Platt got into the crowd, and Dallas is where the KING, Richard Petty did the same....Sorry to say I was there to witness both of those tragedy's...Donny

 

[1961BelAir427]

You missed a few good ones in Georgia,,Atlanta Speedshop ,Yellow River, and Dallas....Yellow River is where Mr. Platt got into the crowd, and Dallas is where the KING, Richard Petty did the same....Sorry to say I was there to witness both of those tragedy's...Donny

I haven't been fortunate enough to make it to any of those. There is also a nice track over towards Savannah that I don't think has been mentioned, but I haven't been there either.
You aren't that far from me up in Monroe. The gentleman who bought the 61 Impala from my parents (it was part of the family 6 years ahead of me and the reason for my sickness. ) lives in Social Circle. I have mentioned the site to him a few times, but haven't gotten him to join yet. Sure wish he would. He also has a super nice 60.

 

[Greg Reimer]

Holy Moly Greg....................did you ever go to work?????? Or did your job get in the way of your racing????!!!!!!
I'll bet you didn't realize what the old tracks mean now when you were racing in the 60's and 70's. Growing up in Southern California must have been a blast!!!!

Wasn't quite that easy,Phil! When I got started,I was 5 years out of high school, and the track closure boom had started.It seemed that every few years we lost a track. No, I did work, racing fit in aound all that, and you have to remember that in the 1980- 1989 era, I wrote the newsletter for the 409 Chevy Club of America. I had so much going on that I suffered a bad case of burn out in early '88, so I downsized my life's activities. Never quit racing,however.

 

[Phil Reed]

No, I did work, racing fit in aound all that, and you have to remember that in the 1980- 1989 era, I wrote the newsletter for the 409 Chevy Club of America. I had so much going on that I suffered a bad case of burn out in early '88, so I downsized my life's activities.

Greg.......I was a member of your club and I STILL have all the issues you sent me!!!!! Your tech articles always amazed me!!!!