Lost Drag Strips

[Jim Cimarolli]

Here in East Texas:

Hallsville
Interstate 20/Tyler
Cherokee County
Whitehouse
Gilmer
Winnsboro
Midway Dragstrip/Como
Caddo Mills
Green Valley
Forrest Hill

Some of these have been closed for decades.
Adger, do you remember all of these?

[KRatcliff]

[Ed Wright]

I won the only race I ever ran at Tyler. Ran Hallsville a few times. Ran NHRA Div 4 points race at Green Valley. Never did get to run at Caddo Mills. Shame they are gone now.

[Dave Ley]

Strato Rods Dragway at McGuire AFB, NJ
Open from 1966 to 1983

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by Dave Ley

Strato Rods Dragway at McGuire AFB, NJ
Open from 1966 to 1983

Dave,

Just for your info in 64/65 some Airmen went to the base Commander and got permission to race at night on a rarely used road out toward the base recreation area. We would block off the road off the road and race all night long, no trophies, no money, just for fun.

The only real caveat the Commander put on us was that there would be NO drinking! One night a bunch of guys (spectators) refused to stop drinking and the organizers told us what was going on and we all packed up and went home.....over 75 cars and we all quit so as not to break the pact that those Airmen had with the Commander.....can you imagine?

Never see that happen today with all the selfish people in society.

It was a fun time.

JimR

[treessavoy]

Green Valley Tx dragway
San Antonio Tx dragway
Cedar Hill
Austin Raceway Tx
Southeast Ga raceway
Green Valley AL
Sylacauga AL
Lassiter Mountain AL
All closed but each had it's own personality.

Favorite place to race: Little River/Temple Academy Dragway.

Wish I could have raced there: Caddo Mills Raceway, it was the second oldest drag strip in the US when it closed.

Texas guys: wasn't there a strip South of of Dallas called "Hallendale" or something like that?

And for all you people in Germany: Hanau Drag Strip.

JimR

[CycloneFE]

Alton, IL.

http://stldragracing.com/2011/12/chr...sines-204-mph/

[Redman Div 3]

redman in the house,adger was stationed at ft hood when i visited san antonio and austin.i also went to the great temple academy dragway.have old pics of temple and austin.for my ky why friends,how about the old bluegrass raceway between lexington and nicholasville and old somerset drad strip.

[monahan]

new england dragway south
norwood ma bob don thats your neck of the woods lol monahan

[Paul Ceasrine]

New England Dragway South ( Norwood Arena)

Boch Dodge (Wayne Buxton) were regulars there.

Don't forget Orange Dragstrip, Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
(North-Central Massachusetts)