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Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: 7074cuda] #156896
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good posts, lets see some before and after photos of thses tracks. IM going to get a photo soon of one.


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Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: moprod] #156897
12/12/08 09:26 PM
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I live only a few miles from the old River Cities track. I did not live here when it ran but I will try to get some photos of how it is now.

Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: 7074cuda] #156898
12/20/09 02:08 PM
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Track I used to race at in NE IN. in the 80's was Avilla Dragway.Nice little track that also had a roundy-round track.Place filled a void for the NE IN racers and NW OH racers.Was sold around 89-90.Has a gas station there now.




I raced a street 70 Duster 340 I had back then around 1988-92. Vitamin C orange with factory black painted top. Dad has it now and has restored it.

You might find this link interesting.

Remembering Avilla Dragway

Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: DragDart360] #156899
12/20/09 02:22 PM
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Anybody remember Hyde Park Raceway in Heath Ohio? After going to Pacemakers Dragstrip and Hyde Park Raceway for many years, Dad let me drive his prized Chrysler powered Willys at Hyde Park in the spring of 1968, at the ripe old age of 15. Even though Hyde Park closed in 1968, I still own the Willys as I raced it in 1968.

Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: cyphre666] #156900
12/20/09 02:39 PM
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R.I.P 75-80 Dragway
Monrovia, Md.
10-30-2005
It was a slow death,
Bill Wilcom tried, but had to give up in the end.
I spent many nights there bracket racing.
My first trip there was in 1970.
Track was pretty good, but if you raced there
you knew the return road was pretty crappy.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WluessYthW8

Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: moprod] #156901
12/20/09 03:17 PM
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There was a track in Sanford, NC I would go to back in the late 70's early 80's. If I remember correctly in was in the woods. Dont think it could be seen from any road. Went there a bunch as a spectator. Never had a big car count (when I was there)which was too bad. I remember a guy had a brite red 70 road runner that was fast & usually went rounds. Seems like a Duster or two also ran there. That was about all the Mopars I remember as regulars. I think the track closed in the mid 80's. I think the manager/owners name was Vaden Richardson. Some of you old timers probably know him. I heard he also owned another track. Thinking Fayetteville maybe. I had fun there & wish it was still open. I was asking a fellow racer about the place this summer and was told the track was overgrown with trees now. Dont think I took any pic's.


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Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: rockerbob] #156902
12/20/09 03:20 PM
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Also in Ga where Richard Petty accidently killed a child Southern International Dragway, Dallas Ga, now sitting dormant. John


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Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: goldmember] #156903
12/20/09 03:31 PM
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Try lakelandraceway.com Lot's of good photos and stories from the days of Lakeland raceway/ Memphis TN. Reading one of the stories from Clay Millican and his experiences are the same as mine,I just never got closer to living that dream than sitting in Garlits rail. LOL

Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: goldmember] #156904
12/20/09 04:25 PM
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Beeline - Phoenix.. the car "Incognito", owed by Don Toia - "Don's Hot Rod Shop" Tucson - is powered by a blown early hemi -

The timing tower can still be seen from the Beeline Highway N of Phoenix.

Pictures from moparts member EH100 -


68 RR 528" INDY MAXX 07 2500 CTD Southwest International Raceway - IHRA - Tucson, AZ
Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: MRMOPAR] #156905
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Beeline - Phoenix.. the car "Incognito", owed by Don Toia - "Don's Hot Rod Shop" Tucson - is powered by a blown early hemi -

Check out the flathead rail in the near lane with 4 duces....

Pictures from moparts member EH100 -


68 RR 528" INDY MAXX 07 2500 CTD Southwest International Raceway - IHRA - Tucson, AZ
Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: MRMOPAR] #156906
12/20/09 04:37 PM
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Tucson Dragway - closed after promoter was arrested for using the dragstrip to fly "stuff" into the US from Mexico.

My 68 RR on starting line - 1983 ...

(we now have a 1st class track here - SIR - at the county fairgrounds.)


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Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: MRMOPAR] #156907
12/20/09 04:43 PM
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Tucson Dragway - Jan 2002 - looking towards starting line - my truck in approx same place as my RR in 1983.. you can still see the concrete starting line - and some signs of ummm night racing in the desert... not really sure I'd want to make a full pass considering the deterioration of the track.

Back in the day the track was outside of town, now the developers have built right up to the track entry on Poorman Road..

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Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: THE GLASS MAN] #156908
12/20/09 07:06 PM
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Anybody remember Hyde Park Raceway in Heath Ohio? After going to Pacemakers Dragstrip and Hyde Park Raceway for many years, Dad let me drive his prized Chrysler powered Willys at Hyde Park in the spring of 1968, at the ripe old age of 15. Even though Hyde Park closed in 1968, I still own the Willys as I raced it in 1968.



I remember Hyde Park. I don't believe it closed in '68..I ran there after that,,probably in '69 sometime or later. Hyde Park was my first organized racing event in EARLY '68. I had just bought a '68 Roadrunner in Dec. '67,,Hyde opened early, snow still on ground in areas, I WON! Ran and WON both 'pure stock' and 'stock'! Needless to say, I was HOOKED on drag racin'! Ran there several times after,,,with not so much success.


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Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: CHAPPER] #156909
12/20/09 07:49 PM
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Also another 'ghost' in my neighborhood. Belpre Dragstrip. I drive by the property where it was until '63-'64 everyday. I have a flyer framed hanging in my shop from there. I can't say exactly when it closed, but I can remember the newest car I saw run there was '63 Chev a friend of mine had and it was near new at the time. I used to go with my uncle, as I wasn't driving until '65 and my Dad thought cars and spending money on them was a total waste and anybody who did was a total idiot. Needless to say, my uncle and I got along real well. I bought a house(30 yrs ago) about 1/2 mile from the old track. I wish I would have bought one on the same road as the old track. They renamed that road "DRAGSTRIP ROAD" several years ago. HOW NEAT would it be to be racer with an address of "DRAGSTRIP ROAD"!


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Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: CHAPPER] #156910
12/20/09 09:45 PM
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Here's an old one from Louisiana. When I raced at Houma we used an airfield runway. I left LA in '63 and didn't even know this one existed until recently. Looks like it was a real nice facility. http://www.hotrodder.com/cgi-bin/dragstrips/YaBB.pl?num=1199391570

Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: Blucuda413] #156911
12/20/09 10:47 PM
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Hudson Drag Strip, Hudson NC. The first place I ever raced back in the '80s, about 86 or so. I had a chance to go by there in about 2002 and the place is all grown over. I took a pic. I'll see if I can find it.

Another long gone strip is Shuffletown near Charlotte NC. Not sure what happened to it. Someone told me it was now a housing development. Anyone have any pics of it now or then?


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Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: fasteddie] #156912
12/21/09 01:41 AM
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Oswego Drag Raceway, Oswego Il,

closed in the early 80s...

http://www.oswegodragway.com/Events.htm

Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: sthemi] #156913
12/21/09 01:48 AM
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Lake Geneva Raceway, Lake Geneva Wis.

Closed around 1976....

My buddy won braket class champion (one Sunday) there with a 70 Charger 383 4bl...

I remember well because three of us drove from a friends summer home with open exuaust thru the town of Lake Geneva to get to the track and back to the house....Those were the days....

http://www.na-motorsports.com/Tracks/WI/LakeGeneva.html

Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: sthemi] #156914
12/21/09 02:08 AM
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Strato Rods Dragway - Wrightstown, NJ
1/4-mile paved drag strip (1968 to 1982)
Located on runways at McGuire Air force base

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Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going [Re: kruger] #156915
12/21/09 08:24 AM
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Thought of another, Winfield, W.Va. All I ever heard it called was 'Winfield'. I ran there in early '70s. It was located not too far from where Kanawha Raceway is now, only closer to Winfield and on opposite side of Rt. 35 if I remember right.


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