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Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going
[Re: Mtn Thunder]
#156976
03/03/10 05:06 PM
03/03/10 05:06 PM
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Joined: Nov 2004
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Near Reading PA USA
pinkduster
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Near Reading PA USA
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Pocono Drag Lodge,near Long Pond Pa. I was 15 and my Dad took us out to see the new Pocono International Raceway. Couldn't get in to see it so I talked him into taking us to PDL which was close by. That trip is what got me started in Racing.
I made a few trips out there before joining the Air Force. Little did I know that it would no longer exist when I returned home.
I got stationed at Edwards in '73 and found Kings Raceway in Palmdale(Later to become LACR) and made it my home track for almost 30 years.
And now like many others,it too is gone.
I never heard of Pocono Drag Lodge until this past weekend. The place was closed in 1972. I was only born in 69, so I guess that explains why I never heard of it.  Anyway... They started a reunion show in 2009 and they are doing it again in 2010 and I'm planning to go because it looks cool! Lots of old drag cars. Google it, or search You Tube. Lots of neat stuff! 
I stole this picture from Google.  
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Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going
[Re: pinkduster]
#156977
03/03/10 05:26 PM
03/03/10 05:26 PM
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vidor texas
4nhemi
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This track was closing about the time I was born but maybe some of you may have raced or spectated as a youngster there. Golden triangle dragstrip in between Nederland and Beaumont Texas.That's were Don Garlits caught on fire the second time. all I can find is an old video on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1tqj-IV5do&feature=relatedI learned to drive an old standard pickup in the late 70s and there were still some signs up but I would imagine it's all gone now,nothing but a cow pasture today.
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Re: Ghost Tracks, remember when, keep it going
[Re: 4nhemi]
#156978
03/03/10 07:26 PM
03/03/10 07:26 PM
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Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 449
Hampton,Va
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Hampton,Va
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This track was closing about the time I was born but maybe some of you may have raced or spectated as a youngster there.
Golden triangle dragstrip in between Nederland and Beaumont Texas.That's were Don Garlits caught on fire the second time. all I can find is an old video on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1tqj-IV5do&feature=related
I learned to drive an old standard pickup in the late 70s and there were still some signs up but I would imagine it's all gone now,nothing but a cow pasture today.
Whats the name of the drag strip that is just outside of Beaumont, Its part air strip. I was there a few years ago when I was driving over the road. It was an outlaw track. man I seen some crazy stuff there.
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