[Dog427435]

In the sixties there were 3 drag strips on Long Island, the oldest, West Hampton opened in 1953
and closed in 2003. Islip an 1/8 mile track was around from 1961 - 1972. Both were great tracks,
Hampton was always my favorite, but the track with the most hype and hoopla was
New York National Speedway. It hosted the National Events, drew all the biggest names,
heck they used to run cars 4 wide in the lower classes!
National Speedway is long gone, racing from March of '66 until October of 1980.
An Active Adult Community now resides where the strip once was.
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The circled area was the staging and starting lanes. The track ran south to north.
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This is how the staging / starting lanes look today.
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This is the strip!!
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This is how it used to look - Every weekend!!
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Like I said, all the biggest names!
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The pictures of the deserted staging lanes / Harrell's funny car and Nikki Phillips are from Bee-On Video's
Drag Racing on Long Island DVD, a GREAT 90 minute trip back in time!!
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