[DRAKE VISCOME]

Hey Guys...apart from the "how & why" of Island's closing...which really is irrevelent at this point...point being it's closed...truly sad time for my recollection of the "Cabbage Patch"...over all the years Ed & Kay Kowalik were awfully good to me/family...Hank Dinger longtime announcer as well..booked in there many times in the early funny car days...some great memories...believe it or not...even later years...Tony DeMarky & Kathy were a-ok to us...the track...facility...was/is...what it is...'eh...then...and now..."key" is...for tri-state drag racers...yet one more...a "memory"...we lived there for 58 plus years...it sure wasn't gettin' any easier to participate 5 years ago...(travel/expense wise)...in Carolina (Mooresville) we have 5-6 tracks within 5-45 minutes...they all race at least couple times a week (9-10months a year)...no curfew (s)...no tolls...U...get the idea...our heart will always be in tri-state for sure...and sadly do believe in forseeable "future"...yet another NJ track...going away for all previously mentioned "reasons"...Drake p.s. some truly "bad joses" (racers)...who went on to big success...raced there regularly in the "day"...old friend (super crew chief/many time NHRA World Champion) Tim Richards...then of Dunmore PA...who remembers his Hemi/Superbird Super Stock???!!!***....just one of many "top dawgs"....who made many "laps" there