Top 10 "can't find" drag strips

[Larry Hill]

We drove by the track in Crossville Tn. on I 40 and all I can say is Wow.

[bigshow2966]

Originally Posted by brian schuetta

Brown County Dragstrip in downtown Bean Blossom IN.

And also Graham's New Hope/Speed's which is literally a cow pasture. Fun place.

[Pinballer]

Originally Posted by bigshow2966

And also Graham's New Hope/Speed's which is literally a cow pasture. Fun place.

Is this the same track I remember hearing about years ago that people called Freedom? Seems there was some gates along the track they had to open occasionally and let returning cars through?

[Tom Goldman]

Lebanon Valley Dragway at 2 AM on a foggy night !
Track is right next to the highway and all that marks it late at night is about a 40 watt light bulb ! Driven right past it occasionally.

[Ellis V Buth]

Originally Posted by Pinballer

Is this the same track I remember hearing about years ago that people called Freedom? Seems there was some gates along the track they had to open occasionally and let returning cars through?

Yep, it is in Freedom, IN. I believe it is closed down now, but I went and raced there a couple times and it was NOT easy to find...had to go way back into the woods, over a 1 lane bridge, and then coming in the gate wait for the car in the burnout box to finish the burnout so you don't hit the rear quarter of the car on the way in. Grass strip all the way down the middle, and not a ton of shutdown. I've heard stories of cows from the nearby pasture getting out and in the shutdown area. It was a fun track, definitely a throwback type of track! As far as the gates, when I raced there it didn't have that anymore I don't think...but I only raced there in the last 5 years so I don't know what it was like before that.

[Chris1529]

Originally Posted by jwsamuel

I've always thought Skyview was easy to find.

yes...you just go up the hill until you can't go any higher and there it is.

[lvd2340]

Originally Posted by Skydog

First time I went to Island Dragway on a non race day, it sure was hard to find little Island Rd tucked away next to the bar.

First time i went there was for a National Open and was arriving there at night. Thinking maybe they'd have lights on to help find the place easier. Drove by the street twice before noticing a stacker trailer turning down a street and didn't possibly think there would be a track at the end of lol.

[Rich Biebel]

Sanair....lost in dairy cow country....stopped to ask for directions....nobody speaks
English.....we don't speak French...

One Guy who looks like Alfred E. Newman keeps saying exeeet,exeeet.....sen de sen... ?add Heavy French accent.... HUH?

Get back on highway.....see race car transporter on overpass....jam on brakes and exit....chase him....He stops...he's lost too......!

Look up on pole where we stopped....sign says Sanair....with an arrow.....found it....Yea !

That was 1970..

Maple Grove after dark coming in from the opposite direction off Bowmansville Rd a couple years ago.....that was not fun either....
A farmer was riding a tractor and his headlights lit the road sign that I recognized.....Whew......

Island Dragway entry road is almost unrecognizable by people not familiar with it....They used to put a temporary sign out on Rt 46 on racedays....

[Kenny Wigington]

I'll add Sumerduck Dragway in Va. Hooked great, pretty decent pit area, but a one lane road thru what most would think a national forest, and bang , it pops out. Shutdown area there will work your brakes out !! I enjoyed racing there all 3 times, regardless.

[Bill Mitchell]

Late 70's or early 80's somewhere in the Peoria, IL area. AHRA points race was scheduled for Boondocks Dragway. When we got there AHRA tech director Vance Brady was standing by a muddy road that went through a field. The previous night's rain had made it impassable, so the race was canceled. Never got to see the track, not visible from the highway.