Abandoned drag srtip east of Phoenix

[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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[427TJ]

Bad-ass Austin!

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Love the cut wheel arches on that Belvedere!



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[427TJ]

Located along what is now I-10 just west of the town of Colton in western San Bernardino County California, Morrow Field was a small airport used as the Colton Dragstrip. Morrow Field was built in 1942 and by the mid-1950s the runway was being used on weekends for drag racing. When an airplane wanted to land or take-off during the races the drag action would be halted to allow the aircraft to use the runway. By 1980 the USGS topo map showed Morrow Field as abandoned and the land was sold-off for development. For more info on Morrow Field, click here: http://members.tripod.com/airfields_...rnardino_W.htm

Note Fontana Drag City to the west of Colton:





Looking closely, the diagonal orientation of the old Morrow Field runway/dragstrip can still be seen:



1954 USGS map showing the highway as 2-lanes each way:



1980 USGS showing Morrow Field as "abandoned." The golf course was built by the orignal airport developer, a Mr. Morrow, for which Morrow Field was named:



Found this photo on the HAMB. View looks east:

[Salvatore]

Man-O-Man you guys, I am lovin it! The whole state of California and New York was a drag strip!! Glad I have a lot of old papers and magazines with this stuff in it.

[ORIGLS6]

Ain't this cool!