US 30 BACK IN THE DAY

SSRSBOB · #1 08-13-2009, 03:44 AM

Strickler and Sox were the best four speed drivers of all time. Great footage.

Bob

**CC Rider** · #2 08-13-2009, 06:07 AM

Thanks for the links!

My buddy Wes was some sort of track official back in the day, wonder if I saw him in any of this footage.

PaulK · #3 08-21-2009, 08:44 PM

Are you Dave???

**Salvatore** · #4 08-22-2009, 06:16 AM

Killer is the track is STILL there and basically the country side STILL looks the same! An airport like it was 35 years ago.

**300deluxeL79** · #5 08-22-2009, 06:27 AM

what ever happened sam?

poor attendence? locals? red tape?
wanted to drive out there after the reunion last month but ran outta time. alot of history there!

SUSQ · #6 08-23-2009, 12:35 AM

York US 30 was one of the first places I drove to upon getting my driver's license. The track was and still is Thomasville Airport. Still surrounded by fields and quarries just as it was back in the day so I doubt noise would have been a problem. If my memory is correct, the tower is long gone. Not really sure of the reason for the track's demise. It was fun to go with a car load of teenagers. The guys at the gate must have had x-vision and somehow knew we usually had another guy or two in the trunk.

**Salvatore** · #7 08-23-2009, 03:37 AM

Doubt if it was noise and absolutely not poor attendance IMO. It was an airport and a drag strip. I guess the airport eventually won out. If NHRA was smart they would have bought YORK US 30 instead of some of the other tracks they bought. You could park a million cars there.

Maybe the airport owners would not sell and NHRA wanted to buy it but couldn't.

Many, many great events were held there. I went there since 1970. The first Summernats!

x Baldwin Motion · #8 08-23-2009, 04:33 AM

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Are you Dave???

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Dave's not here, man.

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