[Joe Hertline]

My dad got his start racing at Utica-Rome dragway back in the 70's. Used to be a lot of super stockers in central new york. I never got to see any racing there as they changed it to a dirt oval in the late 70's/early 80's, but I've heard plenty of stories about the awesome bite on the concrete starting line and the saturday night air. The place is still around and they pack in quite a few to watch the dirt modifieds. You can still see the starting line in the infield and the cleared tree line where the track used to be. Too bad they shut it down, it would be sweet to still have a track 15 minutes from home.