who can identify this drag strip?
 

Hint: it's in the midwest...
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...psc80ac4e8.jpg

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Without doing some research I am thinking Minnesota Draways and in its very early days???? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

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That horsehoe entrance looks familiar &amp; that could be Crawfordsville Rd...Indianapolis Raceway Park?

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Alton Dragway on Fosterburg Road. It was open from 1958-1972.

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And now a trailer park

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That was a big event, that day [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

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Yep, this is what people used to do on weekends before the Internet and before 450 channel satellite TV packages!

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Is that the GoKart track to the right of the pic?

Damn we used to have some good times down there. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Trivia question: Alton Dragway owner/manager/promoter John Storey used to pay a Chicago area racer $50 a week to tow his race car to Alton and compete against the 'Local Guys'. And at one time, John offered him $100 to bring TWO cars. That Chicago racer is still active, although with a different car.

It's someone we all know. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

Re: who can identify this drag strip?
 

<span style="font-size: 14pt">Did this fella buy one of them aluminum blocked Camaros brand new (and still has it : [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img] )</span>

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----And,,,Do I own his old Suburban???.......Bill S

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Again, ...... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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Ken ran a '39 Cadillac at the time. (Still has one in his barn; maybe the same one . [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/crazy.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] ) John offered him $50 to tow from Elgin and race at Alton, ................. on a number of occasions!
Ken eventually 'upgraded' to a '55 Chevy, but kept the Caddy (big surprise, eh?) and John continued his offer, ....... until he eventually offered Ken $100 to bring BOTH cars. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

Mind you, this was in the late 50s-early 60s so $50 wasn't anything to sneeze at. Gas was $.25 a gallon at the most and it was a chance to race and get paid for it!
We'll have to get the whole story from Ken again because I don't recall what his tow vehicle was then. This was long before he built the luxurious hauler below.

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More great stories on sYc, many thanks Dennis [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Mr. Barnhart [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]

Dan