Re: Orlando Speed World Dragway
 

I also have a great memory of Orlando. In 1999 at the national open I was the number 1 qualifier, set the I/SA record and won the race. First time I ever met Chuck Bohannon . He won super stock and I won stock. At the end of the day we were the only ones left on the property.

Re: Orlando Speed World Dragway
 

I guess this will be a collector's item. Won it at the open in the early 2000s with Lloyd MacKay's Buick.

Jeff Jewell

Re: Orlando Speed World Dragway
 

Carl, he loved you guys too! One of the last times I was down there before he passed he REALLY just wanted to go to Speed World and race but he was too sick to drive. He decided that we were going and that I was going to drive. Would'nt take no for an answer. We drove over but it was a rain out and he still wouldn't give up, so we drove to Lakeworth, Lakeland? or something like that and I got runner-up that night. He filmed every pass and it was just one of the best nights for all of us. He would always talk about Maxy,Tripplet,Cohen,Taylor,Love and all the Div II guys. You guys are a good bunch down there.

Re: Orlando Speed World Dragway
 

Myron, You were in question on who owned the silver 69 Camaro that won S/P at the Division Finals, that was Bruce Dagor.

Re: Orlando Speed World Dragway
 

i have a couple great memories of Orlando. Carl do you remember this?
my Friend and i went from oc. Maryland to Florida for a surf/jet ski. vacation. we had a high top Chevy conversion van. we found your track and off we went. we got there, gate person said we don't race those here (referring to the stand up jet skis on the trailer) i entered the no electronic money class. we tied the jet ski trailer to a tree and off we went. my friend stayed in the passenger seat and filmed our runs. think it ran like 19.90 something or slower. first round we won, the lady at the ticket booth handed us some candy and said i could have more if i kept winning. kept going rounds, my friend would film out the back window now and yell when to hit the brakes. it was hilarious. i won the entire race, got lots of candy. they could not belive a slow high top van filled with surfboards luggage and beer had just beat their best racers. afterwords you invited us up in the tower and we had cake and swapped stories. said you knew our home track, us 13 and Charlie cathell. that was a blast!
a few years later me and another friend flew down on vacation, and we stopped by and i raced again, this time in a rental car, a 2003 sebring convertible. won $300. paid for the weeks rental and then some. had to break down the trophy in three pieces to get it into the luggage for the flight home!
man i am going to hate to see it go, i hope something works out.

Re: Orlando Speed World Dragway
 

Another video from Youtube from OSW from 1972.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXOkW...&feature=share




Hey Dan Moore, you're #1. :D

RIP Mark Graham & WB Hutto