Tom ..... I haven't even checked this site out yet, but I am surprised the title of World's OLDEST Drag Strip for Inyokern ........ I had always thought Goleta, California was the place where organiz
Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 10:12:08 -0800
Sorry, I forgot to include the web site addresses...http://www.wediditforlove.com/CJHart.html & http://www.americanautomags.com/Don%20Tuttle's%20page.htm Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/CC
Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 10:09:42 -0800
No snow here on the valley floor either, we woke up this morning to our first heavy frost of the season. Fortunately, it has now warmed up to 43 degrees and the sun is shining, so all is well. I did
Bruce; Those other guys might be able to help you out with drag strip opening and closing dates, 'cause they are really old. I on the other hand am much to young to remember any of that. I do remembe
Quoting "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>: I think I meant to say that Inyokern is the oldest Continuously used strip in the USA, And yes Tom, Santa Ana & Goleta preceeded I believe. Thanks
Thanks Dale, I kind of liked the pic too!!! Car and I held the gas roadster 1320 Record for a while. 136.98....not bad for '59.....first tilt body too. Skip
My dad took me to Santa Anna in June or July of '49 for my birthday. Spectators, must have been several hundred, could go anywhere. The cars were pushed by hand to the starting line for a rolling st
Thanks for that interesting link. Check out the last photo-- the flagman is leaping in the air, starting a bike. Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ Man this place is definately a "Time Machine" Where's the fl
Started going to the drags with my cousin in 1958 at the old Kahuku airstrip in Hawaii, back before they opened the Campbell race course. he ran a 32 coupe with a Hilborn injected flathead. body & ro
Before the arrangements to run on Airport #2 in the south end of the Salt Lake valley, there were some Sunday drag races run on the road between Lehi and Cedar Fort (that road sloped downhill) and on
I remember goin to the drags and to the road races there when I was a teenager. I particularly remember several of the local oval racers comin out to the drags to see if they could do better than the