Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

remember when Island opened on the last Sunday in February and E-town opened on the first Sunday in March? Remember when Island used to have a "Winter Meet"?
Oh well, so much for global warming.........

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

I often made a push to make opening day whether it was Island or Etown.

Knowing the air would be really fast and ET and MPH would likely be real good.

One year I had to chip ice and shovel snow to get my trailer free. It was totally blocked in.
It was so cold the night before I drained the water from my old dragster and put it in plastic jugs.

In the morning at Etown it was slush in the jugs when I put it back in.

Went the best ET and MPH that car ever ran...…No traction issue whatsoever and it was a good day, the place was loaded with cars as it usually was back then.....15-20 years ago....

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

You guys can probably ID this track.

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

I remember the burnout water freezing at Atco.

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

Great picture and memory. Thanks for posting

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

They have mostly stopped using the term " global warming " and now call it " climate change ". So now it covers their theory which ever way the weather is. Hot, cold, dry, wet, snow, no snow...

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

Mason dixon opens this weekend

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

One March opening day at Island in the late 80s/early 90s, it was in the mid 30s and we were snowed out before first round. The Mickey Thompson dog bone tread street/strip tires actually weren't too bad in the snow...

In 2002, my wife set the T/SA record in Lloyd MacKay's Buick at the Delmar open in late March. It was flurrying while I was putting the head back on...

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

Convertor swap, anyone?
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/bad-...eyll-anything/

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

Suffolk/Hampton Raceway used to close the weekend before Christmas and open the weekend after New Years. This pic was me changing engines a few days after New Years 1973 getting ready for the following weekend.

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

Cecil was scheduled to open tomorrow.

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I have a picture of my "stocker" at ID in the mid '70's with piles of white stuff in the background. I think they call it snow.

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

I remember it started to snow in the middle of the race , first day of points at englishtown one year . It was no fun towing home in the snow. Never happened ever again .

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

How's about the great "pollen storm" at Atco divisional. Don't remember the year but it was so bad everything was green.

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

Ed that was bad if you had a black car really not good lol.

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

That has happened several times. Sometimes have to run 1/8 mile, other times had to cancel.

I remember driving down the road and it looked like the forest was on fire, it was just the pollen being blown out of the trees and onto the track! Everything was green, EVERYTHING!

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

How many of you guys are going to the Rancid concert / craft beer festival at Englishtown in June?

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

I'm thinkin' that I'm probably not.....

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

Gee, That sure sounds and looks like a fun time, NOT!! Guess the junkyard business ain't payin' that well.John Kissel K242

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

Will they still hold a swap meet there?
MJ

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

Mike the swap meet is in April got my spots.

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

Mike,Yes its on there schedule but from what i was told about last year it's a lot smaller

Re: Hey New Jersey Racers,
 

They said from the day they announced the drag strip was closing that they would be having concerts and festivals there.

I hope the neighbors like it.