ISLAND DRAG-WAY..Hackettstown NJ-Good news.

[1320racer]

Originally Posted by Rich Biebel

We are at the tail end of the glory days of drag racing

THIS is the bigger issue, not whether island survives or not.

[sg1586]

Ed I don't think anyone is going to miss you if you never show up at ID ever again...

[1320racer]

19 days ago you posted the same thing and nobody cares anymore now what you have to say then they did on 6/15.

Originally Posted by sg1586

Ed I don't think anyone will miss you if you never come to ID again

Another that spends more time banging away on his keyboard then he does racing!

[sg1586]

LOL!!!!!!!! Your the one with 542 posts...

[1320racer]

and I've been racing every weekend for the past 22 years, 20 of which was at Island, what's your excuse?

[BKSG1198]

How about we take a break from the Island bashing and wait to see how this weekend goes. I've personally have never been there but, one of my best buds grew up at the track and was pretty heartbroken when the track was closed last year. For him it was a quick drive from PA over to NJ and he did a lot of testing & racing there. Rather the place is great or the place is a dump it's still "someones home". We should all be glad another track is open in NJ. It gives racers another place to race and get kids off the street. I would feel the same way if someone said stuff about Atco which is where I was brought up and spent my summers as a kid. If Island falls on it's face then for some of us on here we can say "I told you so" or if it's a success and they do great then some of us can say "woo hoo." Let's not start the Bus up before they even get up and running at least let them get a weekend of racing in and give them a chance.

For the people who have been to Numidia, we know the place is great, Bob and his Family are great and so are the people who come out and support the track. The food is some of the best ever at a racetrack. I love it and it's one of my Top 3 tracks. I wish the track wasn't 4.5 hours away for me and I'd be up there every week but, I make it up there twice a year to support it because I know how much heart and soul Bob has put into the track to make it where it is today. Just wish we could get a divisional back there again but, we have the next best thing with the 90 Nationals and Stk/SS Shootout in September.

On Monday we can all go back to our keyboards and discuss how great or horrible the weekend was at the track.

[Paul Precht]

Originally Posted by BKSG1198

How about we take a break from the Island bashing and wait to see how this weekend goes. I've personally have never been there but, one of my best buds grew up at the track and was pretty heartbroken when the track was closed last year. For him it was a quick drive from PA over to NJ and he did a lot of testing & racing there. Rather the place is great or the place is a dump it's still "someones home". We should all be glad another track is open in NJ. It gives racers another place to race and get kids off the street. I would feel the same way if someone said stuff about Atco which is where I was brought up and spent my summers as a kid. If Island falls on it's face then for some of us on here we can say "I told you so" or if it's a success and they do great then some of us can say "woo hoo." Let's not start the Bus up before they even get up and running at least let them get a weekend of racing in and give them a chance.

For the people who have been to Numidia, we know the place is great, Bob and his Family are great and so are the people who come out and support the track. The food is some of the best ever at a racetrack. I love it and it's one of my Top 3 tracks. I wish the track wasn't 4.5 hours away for me and I'd be up there every week but, I make it up there twice a year to support it because I know how much heart and soul Bob has put into the track to make it where it is today. Just wish we could get a divisional back there again but, we have the next best thing with the 90 Nationals and Stk/SS Shootout in September.

On Monday we can all go back to our keyboards and discuss how great or horrible the weekend was at the track.

West Hampton was always a dump but when they closed a lot of Long Island racers quit. Having Island Dragway open is a good thing IMO, if you don't like it, don't go there. For me it opens up the ability to test in the late fall without going all the way to Atco which would be more trouble than it was worth.

[1320racer]

Racers didn't quit, test/tuners quit. The racers left and went to ETown long before they closed.

[Paul Precht]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

Racers didn't quit, test/tuners quit. The racers left and went to ETown long before they closed.

West Hampton was almost all bracket racers not T/T, I raced there from 71 till 88 when I moved to NH, how many years did you race there. Do you know what it cost and the time it takes to go from Suffolk County to E Town for a Sunday bracket race, the many Hampton bracket racers that I know who quit do, TOO MUCH.

[RJDUDEK]

Originally Posted by Rich Biebel

I would be very happy if they succeed.

Never really had any big problems dealing with anyone there and for the most part was always treated well....."
"............Ed Kowalick was supposed to race Cousin Bruce Morrow one Sunday......Ed was trying to find a car for Bruce to drive......they asked me if I would let him drive my '58 Pontiac that I was racing for fun.....I said NO.....figured he would break it....

Like I said I have a lot of memories from there....and could fill a book with them....and so could a lot of other guys that raced there every week for many years.....
I hope they can survive....

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I was there that Sunday WABC-AM day. Bruce ended up getting into a 69 Plymouth Super-bee, and they made sure it was not a stick.

It was pretty funny and was talked about much on the AM radio that week.