New York Drag Strips

[Casey Miles]

Paul, good work on the research. When I was around 12, I went to Roosevelt horse track off Old Country rd. in Westbury N.Y.. They set up an 1/8 mile dragstrip in the parking lot, I can remember the Pacers racing there. One day there was a 1962 Ram Charger that showed up with an automatic in it. It put all the 421 Pontiac, 4 speed's to shame.
I think that the year was 1962 that they had the race track set up.

Casey Miles
248H "F" NHRA Stock!

[Paul Ceasrine]

Casey,,,,,,,,,Thanks

Pacer's Automotive started out in Valley Stream,

And were frequent visitors to Montgomery Airport-Dragstrip.

Roosevelt Racetrack (Horses), had a nice open parking area.

Pacers Auto Club also ran some 'races' at the Deer Park Airstrip in Bay Shore, Long Island -
just across the the border of Nassua County and into Western Suffolk County.

That Airstrip laid a 2200' Foot Paved Runway in 1958, and was a 'nice run'.

Later (1962) had their shop at;
3391 Lawson Boulevard, Oceanside (Nassau County) in 1962.

They were a pretty sharp crew.

Did all those Performance Tests for 'CARS Magazine.

[Jimbo17]

Paul the very first speed shop I ever went to was in Mount Kisco, New York.

It was a Strauss Auto Store that also sold speed parts.

I needed motor mounts to install a 282 in a 1951 Chevy I was building at the time. I think I was about 15 years old at the time.

It would have been around 1963 or 1964 when that store was there.

Jimbo

[Paul Ceasrine]

Jimbo,

I was born at Northern Westchester Hospital........

Strauss Auto Store, Mt. Kisco.

The first area 'Speed Shop', as they had all the 'newly issued' items.

Holley Carburetors, Cyclone Headers, Hurst Shifters, Sun Tachometers, Mickey Thompson Wheels,
and Cal Custom accessories.

They had some stock.........

[Lee Valentine]

Paul any info on the races that were held in the parking lot at Freedomland in the Bronx,went there with my Dad and Dennis from B&L.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Lee,

I rode 'The Wild Mouse' in 1963.........

That first right turn at the top of the incline......

Freedomland, Baychester

Northeast Section of The Bronx..

I guess the parking lot was used for 'Line Launching' in 1965 after Freedomland went 'bankrupt'
at the end 1964.

Wasn't that area 'reserved' for the Baychester Section of the Bronx, as well as Pelham, New Rochelle
and Mount Vernon - Racers.

I do here from some Lower Westchester (Yonkers) and Northwest Bronx (Kingsbridge and Fordham)
'Street- Racers' who hit the Bronx River Parkway on Saturday Nights during the early 1960's

[Paul Ceasrine]

Utica-Rome Dragway

Route 5,
Vernon, New York

Central New York (Oneida County)

* 1962 thru 1977

* Saturday Nights

* 1/8 Mile Track

Attracted Racers from;
* Syracuse...........{50 Miles West}
* Schenectady.....{70 Miles East}
* Albany................{90 Miles East}
* Watertown.........{100 Miles North}
* Binghamton.......{90 Miles South}