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Cool picture of Lions. I spent many an afternoon down ther ewith dad and still have a bunch of his timing tickets.. That was a cool old place.
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Ummm....I let Lynn take her! I love to have hook ups just a phone call away. Thanks to my KDKB DJ buddy...Lynn and Holly are going to this...in a suite no less! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif [/ QUOTE ] Holy cow Bruce! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif A bud called me late yesterday p.m. and said he had tickets for this concert. Had a blast. I am not a Styx fan, but those guys played a great concert, very talented, some awesome duelling guitar riffs that were over the top. Did the girls enjoy themselves? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif P.s. Our seats weren't that good! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/hmmm.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...BruceRocks.gif [/ QUOTE ] I have seen Styx several times in the 70's/80's , they were opening for Aerosmith on several tours. I have never seen Boston but would have loved to, how did they perform without their lead? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif [/ QUOTE ] They found their new lead singer from a tip of some guy singing their songs on myspace... He sounds eerily like Brad...and looks nothing like him. Lynn said that he sang really well...and dedicated a few songs to him..."A man I'll always be"...instead of "A man I'll never be". She said the best thing is that he doesn't try to act like Brad did... BTW, thanks to Chris (YenkoYS-199Stinger) for giving me the heads up that they were touring! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif [/ QUOTE ] Bruce, Glad I could be of service. It sounds like Lynn and Holly got the same great show as we did one week earlier. Too bad you had to stay behind.... Who would have ever thought that BOSTON would have gone down to Home Depot to get a new lead singer. I guess they are having to stock everything these days.....He had lost his job and was working at Home Depot making $10.00/hr to support his family when Tom Scholtz found him. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gifBOSTON---that's my band https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif |
Re: Abandoned drag srtip east of Phoenix
I took this picture just last month of the Beeline Timing Tower. I used to go there a lot in the late 70's early 80's. I am pretty sure it was still operating up until '80 or so as I recall going to the 78 or 79 Winternationals there. Saw all the big names run there... Garlits, Muldowney, McEwen... those were good times! http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/7...ico0150yb6.jpg
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Keep em coming! How about Santa Ana, Inyokern and the famous Irwindale?? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif [/ QUOTE ] Sam, funny you should mention Santa Ana, I am at the airport about to walk out to my jet and fly down to John Wayne and land on that very dragstrip, now known as runway 19R. Santa Ana used to be WAY out in the sticks... I think Inyokern's strip was an unused runway at the local airport? Jon: Cool pic of the old Beeline tower! Needs a few old racers parked in front of it. |
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This thread is THE Chttps://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gifhttps://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gifLEST!!!
I really can't believe the technology w/ the Google Earth thing...like we're living in the future!. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/burnout.gif ~ Pete |
Re: Abandoned drag srtip: Westhampton NY
I believe Santa Ana closed early! I have some pictures in some old Drag News and National Dragster of the old days. Best part about being in California is.........just being there!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif
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Re: Abandoned drag srtip: Westhampton NY
Here are a few on the then famous Minnesota Dragways as seen then and now. I believe I have the correct spot on Google Earth though it has been a very long time since I was there and a lot has changed since.
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...GWAYS_SIGN.jpg http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...ways_air_t.jpg http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...taDragways.jpg |
Re: Abandoned drag srtip: Westhampton NY
Rick, Is that now Brainerd? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif I am digging all this Bee Line stuff too. Isn't that where Zl-1 #1 made its Winternationals debut in 1969? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/burnout.gif
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Re: Abandoned drag srtip: Westhampton NY
Sam,
I could be wrong but I believe Grumpy won the 1970 Winternationals at Pomona, CA with the ZL-1. BIR (Brainerd International Raceway) was and still is in Brainerd, MN and you would NOT want to hold the Winternationals there. http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...427/tn_BIR.jpg |
Re: Abandoned drag srtip: Westhampton NY
Speaking of BIR, here is a video of a friends 1970 El Camino running down a Lotus Elise at BIR at 148 mph.
Keith Anderson's L78 For more videos, check out http://www.cardomain.com/ride/703372 . They are pretty awesome. |
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Here is the Melrose Missile in its 2% altered wheelbase form at the AHRA Winternationals at Beeline Dragway in January 1965. That was the only time the four cars built were used with only 2% AWB. After the Winternationals they were all changed more radically.
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Re: Abandoned drag srtip: Westhampton NY
Here's what's left of our local strips.
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m.../WhiteHall.jpg http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...ardstown-1.jpg And the saddest of the three; an Historic track where the Golden Greek first broke the 200 MPH barrier, Alton Dragway is now a mobil home park. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...by/Alton-1.jpg |
Re: Abandoned drag srtip east of Phoenix
I was looking through my junk (memorabilia) looking for my Senior High School (Chaparral, Scottsdale Arizona) Shop Class field trip pictures to the Winternationals at the Beeline. It was 1978 and I have some great pictures if I can find them I will be scanning and posting them.
I also have some pictures from the WInternational Drag Boat races at Firebird Lake in 1979. Those are pretty cool also. I know this is a Dragstrip posting but what about Ascot racetrack in Torrance, another of my favorites. Hope this post finds everyone well. Happy Summer. Dave (TA GUY) Ochser |
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OK, So I did find some old OCIR Pit Passes and Participant Sticker as well as an Old Lions Pit Permit Drag Strip ticket that I ferretted away years ago.
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Real nostalgic stuff David! You got this stuff personally! I love it. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif
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Ok 427TJ man...how about Fontana Dragway?? Any info? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif
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Here are a few pics I found of the '78? Winternationals at Beeline. I apologize for the pictures, at 17 I had no photography skills.
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/5...le00023ri5.jpg http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/718/file00022ug7.jpg http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/9051/file0007wh1.jpg |
Re: Abandoned drag srtip east of Phoenix
Neat pics Jon...
Hey TAGuy Dave O.....cool pit passes. How about time slips? Here's one of about 10 that I have! It's from my Nova that I ran there... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/timeslip.jpg |
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I know this is a Dragstrip posting but what about Ascot racetrack in Torrance, another of my favorites. Hope this post finds everyone well. Happy Summer. Dave (TA GUY) Ochser [/ QUOTE ] Hey Dave....Ascot was in Gardena...if I remember right. We were there at least once a month! Stocks, super stocks, figure eights, midgets, sprint cars and world of outlaws...WAY COOL! Okay, so here is a picture (that was made into a puzzle by my older sister) of yours truly (with his future wife standing behind him) and my sister (with her soon to be ex boyfriend standing in front of her). Notice the shirt I am wearing! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif No cute remarks...LOL! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/tn_ascot.jpg |
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Were you the guys that sang that 409 song??
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Were you the guys that sang that 409 song?? [/ QUOTE ] Nice Glenn...real nice! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smirk.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif |
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You are probably correct with Gardena! I have a lapel pin with the Ascot logo on it. What a cute couple! Way cool.
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This link is has some great pics of Michigan dragstrips, yesterday and today along with some aerial photos: Michigan Dragstrips
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Thanks Bill. Now that I look back at all of the time slips...one thing definitely pops out...I didn't know what the heck I was doing!
Mid 15's at 100mph...mid 14's at 105... LOL https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif I showed the picture above to someone at work...and they asked me if that was my brother https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/mad.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif |
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I don't think he looks like your brother, but he does look like he's wearing a wig! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif
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I don't think he looks like your brother, but he does look like he's wearing a wig! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif [/ QUOTE ] Yeppers...that's when I definitely had more hair https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif |
Re: Abandoned drag srtip: Vaca Valley
Sittin' here with a cold Heineken and a bag of tortilla chips and not ready to go out and mow the lawn--so here's a couple more abandoned strips in NorCal!
Vaca Valley Raceway located along I-80 just east of Vacaville (translates as "cow town" in Spanish) between the Bay Area and Sacramento. Opened late 50s and closed early 70s. One website said that they tried to revive racing at Vaca Valley in the 90s but locals complained. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Vaca3.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Vaca4.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Vaca2.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Vaca1.jpg |
Re: Abandoned drag srtip: Cotati
If you have the DVD of "Bullitt" you have probably watched the back story on the making of the movie and seen the part where McQueen and the Charger driver (can't remember his name at the moment) are up at Cotati Raceway "practicing" for the chase scenes filmed in San Francisco. Cotati is about 25 miles north of SF along highway 101 and was originally built as a WWII Navy OLF (outlying field) for training pilots. Cotati is just north of Petaluma where George Lucas filmed some of American Graffitti, but I digress. Cotati had a road course and a drag strip and Carroll Shelby won the first road race held there in 1957. Being in California, Cotati Raceway was consumed by suburban development and nothing of the former OLF/track ramains today except a street named "Airport Way."
1965 aerial image: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...os/Cotati6.jpg Today: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...os/Cotati8.jpg Circa-1945 as a Navy OLF: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...os/Cotati5.jpg Found a neat website with Cotati pics from the late 50s: http://wediditforlove.com/Birky.html http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...os/Cotati1.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...os/Cotati2.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...os/Cotati3.jpg LOVE THAT '55!!! http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...os/Cotati4.jpg |
Re: Abandoned drag srtip: Fontana Drag City
Just off of Foothill Bl. (Route 66) in SoCal, just north of the current California Speedway. Track ran towards the northeast from Foothill, which ran east-west.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...s/Fontana4.jpg Track was to the left of my yellow push-pin locator: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...s/Fontana3.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...s/Fontana8.jpg Foothill Bl. in the background in this southerly view: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...s/Fontana1.jpg Following photos from the H.A.M.B. thread on old drag cars in action, a GREAT thread. Photos taken by "Mazooma1." Go surf this thread, it's a LONG one, but you will crap at all the killer old photos and Mazooma's are among the very best. Start here if the link works. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...9&page=193 http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...s/Fontana6.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...s/Fontana7.jpg |
Re: Abandoned drag srtip: San Gabriel
San Gabriel was in Irwindale west of Pomona. My pin-locator is a little too far to the left--the track was along the right/east side of the drainage canal and ran towards the southwest/lower left of the image.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Gabe6.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Gabe2.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Gabe3.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Gabe4.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Gabe1.jpg You had to have big brass ones to drive a FED in those days: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Gabe5.jpg |
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Following photos from the H.A.M.B. thread on old drag cars in action, a GREAT thread. Photos taken by "Mazooma1." Go surf this thread, it's a LONG one, but you will crap at all the killer old photos and Mazooma's are among the very best. [/ QUOTE ] {edit} Here is the real first page of the thread. {edit} http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...509&page=1 I've been following the H.A.M.B. thread since it started. It's awesome!!!! Please resist the temptation to hit the "view all" button as it overloads their server, and it will overload your connection too. Don't mind the red "X"'s where some of the pictures should be, since some of the pictures have been lost since the thread started. 233 pages and still counting. Enjoy! |
Re: Abandoned drag srtip: Fontana Drag City
I have been lurking awhile, but this thread really caught my eye.
There is one in NE Ohio, was called Meander Dragway. You can point Google maps to 41.059874, -80.831180 and see its present state. You can zoom in and still see rubber on the track. My cousin raced here when I was a kid. One cool thing is it was an airport as well. Occasionally they would stop the racing to let a plane land. We also came close to losing Quaker City in Salem OH, but they are still running. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif |
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man that is a real nice 68 Chevelle you got! Lets see/here more about it. Sam https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif
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Fabulous aerials Bill and those vintage shots are GREAT!!
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Re: Extinct drag srtip: Paradise Mesa
Paradise Mesa is east of San Diego and was one of dozens of drag strips that popped-up on disused WWII military airfields in the years after the war. The strip operated from 1951-59 on the abandoned runway of the former Sweetwater Dam Naval Outlying Field (OLF) which was built during WWII as an auxiliary airfield for nearby NAS North Island. Here's an excerpt from the history of the famous "Bean Bandits" drag racing team:
"Paradise Mesa Airfield, outside of San Diego was one place where the Bean Bandits built their memories. It became their home track. Paradise Mesa was a strip where illegal racing was restricted following what, in 1951, Hot Rod called "hazards of frequent uncontrolled drag meets." Bean Bandits' president, Mike Nagem, helped form the San Diego Timing Association (SDTA) and convinced property owner Henry Adams to create a legal venue for racers to show off their abilities. He agreed and the SDTA, with the help of local law enforcement officers, organized the country's first legal drag strips. SDTA brought needed order to a world of chaos. They instituted track rules, charged entrance fees and used Otto Crocker's reliable timers. The track officially opened in 1951 and before closing 8 years later, young Arnett and his friends cleaned up with the trophies. Arnett recalls hopping into his car and racing the fastest vehicles there, motorcycles." San Diego at left and Paradise Mesa out to the east/right: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Para5.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Para6.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Para7.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Para8.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Para9.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...tos/Para10.jpg The Bean Bandits car, lower, faced off with Dode Martin's "A" dragster at the 1953 Pacific Southwest Championship Drags at Paradise Mesa. Martin won but the Bandits set low ET of the meet. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Para1.jpg Receiving their Low ET trophy: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Para2.jpg An Austin Bantam and an A (on Deuce rails) face off: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Para4.jpg Neat '35 Ford with hole-punched fenders: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...otos/Para3.jpg More information here: http://members.tripod.com/airfields_...SanDiego_S.htm And here: http://members.aol.com/beanracers/history.html |
Re: Extinct drag srtip: San Fernando
San Fernando Airport began operations in 1939 and the drag strip, located adjacent to the airport runway, opened in 1955 and was known as "The Pond." The airport closed in 1985 and was paved-over and is now an industrial site. I am pretty sure the cars ran from the south to the north--anyone remember?
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../Fernando9.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../Fernando8.jpg 1988 USGS topo map image after the airport had closed: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../Fernando7.jpg Pilot's VFR chart showing layout of runway and drag strip to the west of the runway along the large drainage canal: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../Fernando6.jpg Some great Tommy Ivo photos, found at this site: http://www.standard1320.com/Ivo/Buic...ngleBuick.html Ivo's first dragster, with an injected Nailhead, seen at San Fernando with builder Kent Fuller standing and Ivo in the seat: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../Fernando2.jpg And in color! http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../Fernando3.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../Fernando4.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../Fernando5.jpg And a postwar Olds woody to finish off! http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../Fernando1.jpg |
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Re: Extinct drag srtip: San Fernando
I made that exact same mistake Bill. Check this out just an Impala
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