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Raced at
Virginia:

New London
Eastside
Elk Creek
Suffolk
Natural Bridge
Summerduck
Richmond
Dinwiddie
Old Dominion

Pennsylvania:
York

Maryland:
Budds Creek

West Virginia:
Princeton

Kentucky:
Clay City

Tennessee:
Bristol
411

North Carolina:

Piedmont
Roxboro
Rockingham

South Carolina:
Darlington

Georgia:
Dallas

Florida:
Gainesville

Been to:
Jackson SC
Clarksville, Tn (don't know which one)
Oak Hill (Music City)
Little River Tx
Houston (old track)
Austin Tx
Farmington NC
Indy

regards, Roland

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Mr. Randall Klein. Yello Belly does exist. I think it's a heads up outlaw track which is good, always better on track then street tho living in metro area I've raced at some famous street spots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYzylj9bQ8Q

I've been to 12 tracks, raced at 5 .

Has anyone raced at Williamson New York. Was Apple Valley when I visited.
3 dollars to watch or race. got there to late with my daily driver 71 GTO to race so watched in I think 1992.
2/10 mile side of an oval w a big dip in left lane in the 60 ft..
go between what appears 2 tight walls at the finish.
I hope to race Empire Dragway finally to race in front of and for my family. Took them to spectate 1990-2001 IHRA Empire Nats every year, even in the rain, lol. In 2001 stuck around after w 1 of my neices to walk the starting line. Met Mr. Bill Bader on starting line after the race and he took the hat off his head and gave it to her. It was very hot out and he escorted us to a table w food, fruit etc. and let us each eat a lil meal. That man was one class act. Neice still has the hat,and I have the pics, she's in college for engineering now.

James Perrone. hope to see you at Riverhead 100 ft. drags, we still need a track.

Chris.

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I can not even remember some of the names of some of the tracks I have raced at and been to since 1961.
first track (13 years old) Suffletown Dragway then:
Hudson
Shadyside
Concord
Union County
Holly Ridge
Easy Street
Broadslab
Fayetteville (Air Strip)
Fayetteville Cumberland County
Sanford
Piedmont 1
Piedmont 2
Dunn Benson
Mooresville
Farmington
Z-Max
Rockingham
Wadesboro
Red Springs
Northeast and these are the ones I can remember in North Carolina. Need to call an old friend in Indian Trail, NC and get him to refresh my memory on some of the tracks down near the South Carolina/North Carolina State Line.
Suffolk
Emporia
Richmond
Din Widdie
Elk Creek
Damascus (sp)
Capitol Raceway
York
Englishtown
Darlington
Greer
Gainsville
Amarilla
Bristol
Indy (want to do this one more time before I leave this world)
I am going to stop here know this would take too long.

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I sure wanted to race there at Ontario, but I was a Denver resident when the track closed, and I've sadly only lived remotely close to there (Phoenix), since '07...long after it's demise in favor of developers. :(

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Everybodys lists help stir the memory banks - raced at 31, visited 10 more, missed going to a bunch!!!

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LOL @ Chris. That's only HALF of your list and you KNOW it!

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My list is up to 27 tracks... I will mention some that I have not seen here yet or maybe I just missed them... In Florida: Lakeland, Central Florida Racing Complex, Powerhouse Raceway in Panama City... In Alabama: Cottonwood and Montgomery.. In North Carolina: East Bend, Wilkesboro and can't remember if this was AHRA or ??? But we raced down pit road at the Charlotte speedway... This had to be early 70's.. In SC: I don't remember seeing Darlington... Plus a lot that others have already mentioned....

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Charlotte was IHRA for both National Events and weekly stuff in the '70s, Mack. Prior to that, it held no sanction but still ran many races.

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Thanks Bret... I couldn't remember what sanction but I do remember being there... Mack

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Mack, you are correct. Do you know there are people who will argue till you can't stand it no more that they never raced at "Charlotte Motor Speedway", Lowes Motor Speedway. Some who have heard of Concord think you are are always confused when you say you raced on pit road of the Motor Speedway. There was a serious bad accident there one time, can't remember who it was but they didn't make the left turn at the end of pit road where we raced.

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That was Dave Anderson's death at the wheel of the "Pollution Packer" rocket dragster at the IHRA National Event in '74. He also took out two crewmen for a C/Dragster in the shutdown area.

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Penfield
Maitland
Santapod
Forget the name of the german one by Ramstein AFB
Luskville
Shannonville
Napierville
The track at St Pie..what the hells wrong with my memory this am? La grand nation molson...big track...national event size.....CRAP!
Miramichi
Oyster bed bridge
Greenfield

11 I guess, but like Kelly said...150miles to nearest then 350 after that....


AHA! Hochenheimring in Germany (love google) and SANAIR!! Holy crap how can I forget that, the stickers are still on the mustang after all these years!

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I haven't been to many tracks but I did race in Williamson,NY...it was called Spencer Speedway at the time...(late '80's)...and did pretty good...I runner-up'd in a bracket elim...running mid 7's...on the 1/10th mile straightaway(not very fast)...think it paid $50...I remember shutting down...into the turn...and then onto a dirt road...off the oval....no big deal....

Visited Long Island (or Hampton Raceway) around 1989...on a Sunday...and went there just after it was closed for good...(dirtpiles at the entrance). I walked the entire facility on that last trip...noting the upgrades that had been made...also the go-cart? track to the right of the shutdown area...It was a shame to see it go....Last active strip on the Island...and possibly the FIRST one that was built out there...The first visit...on a warm, muggy day,I recall the place had sort of an "outlaw" feeling...at least compared to the other tracks in PA and NJ...but the action was hot and safe....I noticed the "war-surplus" tower...which wasn't there later I think.....

Wish I had the chance to see some of the other tracks back in the day...like NY National, Islip, Vargo, or Dover...but didn't travel too far back then....

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Chris, some on here will argue that black is white ... Some just like to agrue.... But , I do remember the accident..... Thanks for the reminder... Mack

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This was a topic on DRR last year and I came up with 104 or 107, forget which, that I've raced at.
Can't find the list at the moment.

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i've to a bunch, to many to list but i know its up there in numbers

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River City as In Ashland, KY??? YEP

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Bill,
The ? was not who is the olders racer !!!!!!!!!

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Me personally have only raced at 10... but Rusty Hall and I (on a long roadtrip for work) calculated that he has raced at more than 88 that he could remember off the top of his head by name. I will try to get him to post them all.And hell he aint THAT old! :)

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You must give him a lot of time off from work Lol.

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Bret,
I have an old 8mm movie from the Gatornationals from I believe 1974. If I remember correctly, The Pollution Packer crashed there too. I was thinking that was the crash that took Anderson's life. Do you remember who was driving the car at the Gators? I think I remmeber Capt. Jack McClure was there with his rocket kart also but I'm getting old and some of the memories are a little blurry these days.

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Did anyone race at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh? I understand they put in a drag strip for a special event. Trying to remember all the tracks I have been too over the years. One summer I was going to school and lived in N.C. Every weekend we would go to a different track. A lot of 1/5 mile tracks as I recall.

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Hyde Park Heath,Ohio
Pacemakers Mt Vernon, Ohio
National Trails
Kil Kare
Edgewater
Tri State
Raven Rock Portsmouth,Ohio
Riverside
Milan
Miami Hollywood Speedway Park
Gainsville
West Palm Beach
Lexington, Ky
Clay City, Ky
Indy
Bunker Hill
Muncie
Bristol
Marion County
Atlanta

20

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Raced at:

Mason-Dixon Dragway, Hagerstown MD
Quaker City, Salem OH
Pittsburgh (Keystone) Raceway, New Alexandria PA
Dragway 42, West Salem OH
Thompson Raceway, Thompson OH
Norwalk Raceway, Norwalk OH
Tri-State Dragway, Hamilton OH
Friendship (Steel Valley) Raceway, Steubenville OH
Indianapolis Raceway, Clermont IN
Milan Dragway, Milan MI
Ohio Valley Dragway, Louisville KY
Beaver Springs, Beaver Springs PA
Numidia Dragway, Numidia PA
Maple Grove, Reading PA
Atco Raceway, Atco NJ
US 13 Dragway, Delmar DE
Marylan Int'l, Budds Creek MD
Orlando Speedworld, Orlando FL
Montgomery Motorsports Park, Montgomery AL *
Gateway Int'l, St Louis *
Kanawha Valley, Kanawha WV

-21 tracks raced at. * = teched in, but never technically got to race

Been to (during my pro-spectator era and/or S/SS races)
Quarter Aces, Boiling Springs PA
75-80 Dragway, Monrovia MD
Fairmont (Eldora) Dragway, Fairmont WV
Pacemakers, Mt Vernon OH
Nat'l Trail, Columbus OH
Byron Dragway, Byron IL (USCN)
Virginia Motorsports, Dinwiddie VA
Raceway Park, Englishtown NJ
Lebanon Valley, Lebanon NY
Cecil County, Rising Sun MD

-10 others spectated at.

10 tracks overall have hosted a S/SS race of mine.

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Tim,

It was July 2-3, 1971. I was not even thought about yet, but here is a link to some photos from that day. Thanks to Bill Truby!

From what I understand, 1500 sheets of diamond plate were placed on the ball field. There was about 300' of track and 300' to stop. The sand traps were the warning track in the outfield. If both cars lost brakes, the left lane got the hole in the outfield wall and the right lane got some hay bales. There were no incidents, but after the dew set in, a couple of cars went out the door sideways. A few broken rear ends proved traction on the metal decking was not lacking when dry.

Some other goodies from the weekend were the national wheelstanding championships, a 50 woman "hot pants" eliminator and what could have been the first Tri-State Stock-Super Stock Series Race won by Pittsburgh's own 4 Speed, Big Block, Chevy Master John Kunsak.

It looks like there were as many spectators in the stands than our current Bucco games. Probably why it was not done again.

Carl Jr.

http://www.pittsburghinternationaldr...vers/index.htm

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Ron, that was the crash of the "Free Spirit" rocket dragster in which Russell Mendez was killed.

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Thanks. I knew it was a rocket dragster and that the driver was killed, I just didn't remember which car/driver. Both deaths were tragic. I think today it would be much safer. Between both Anderson and Mendez it spelled the doom of rocket cars at NHRA tracks.

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Anyone have an aerial shot of the 1st (original) Hallsville, Tx dragstrip? I grew up racing at the 2nd strip that is now levelled. I have never seen any evidence of where the original strip was other than it being about a 1 mile from the latest strip.