Re: Abandoned drag strip videos and pictures
[Re: mopacltd]
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02/09/19 04:42 AM
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My first drag race in AZ was at Beeline in 1979, the next one was at Firebird in around 1983 and I did finally race at Speed World around 1991 or so. it is to bad that the county government doesn't want to lease the track out again at Speed World I drove by it in 2012 on my way to Tucson, AZ to pick up my current S/P car, it didn't look as bad as it does in the Video
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Re: Abandoned drag strip videos and pictures
[Re: bigdad]
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02/09/19 11:22 AM
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Assumption , Illinois Assumption was the first drag strip i've ever been to. A few years ago there was serious talk about some sort of reunion being held there, but the property owner eventually backed out because of insurance/liability. I've never been to the Sangamon County Drag, which was located near Springfield, but I do have this neat old trophy. The plaque reads "First - Winner - 1960" No name has been engraved on the plate. (bill there for scale)
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Re: Abandoned drag strip videos and pictures
[Re: J. Hammer]
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02/09/19 11:24 AM
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Lakeland Dragstrip.Memphis TN. A favorite local track for me in the 70's as a kid. Lakeland (for those that don't know or forgot) is where the strip scene from 2 Lane Blacktop was filmed. Yellow River Dragstrip where Huston Platt crashed into the crowd-
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Re: Abandoned drag strip videos and pictures
[Re: I_bleed_MOPAR]
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02/09/19 11:25 AM
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Atlanta Speed Shop Dragway Covington, GA-
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Re: Abandoned drag strip videos and pictures
[Re: I_bleed_MOPAR]
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02/09/19 11:32 AM
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Southeastern Dallas, Ga where Richard Petty had his accident. Last I heard, it was still empty and undeveloped.
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Re: Abandoned drag strip videos and pictures
[Re: I_bleed_MOPAR]
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02/09/19 11:38 AM
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I know there were more around Atlanta but these are the ones I've been to that are now closed (except Yellow River- it closed in '69 when I was 14 but I have driven down the old strip). Not sure if the same gentleman owns it now but back around 1990 the owners son bought my '67 R/T (Paradise Drag Strip in Calhoun, GA.- still open).
Tim
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Re: Abandoned drag strip videos and pictures
[Re: I_bleed_MOPAR]
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02/10/19 10:38 AM
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Southeastern Dallas, Ga where Richard Petty had his accident. Last I heard, it was still empty and undeveloped. in 2010 when i was working near dallas ga. i went and found the strip, it was there with a shell of a tower and part of another building alongside pit roads, the picks i have on a thumb drive saved
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