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Yup, OMS-Ontario Motor Speedway, it was neat place, ahead of it times, stock car racing, indy cars, road racing, and Drag Racing, the...
There's not going to be a "next one" next year. The speedway and drag strip is closing down at the end of this coming January. Sorry to say this....
RIP-I knew Gas Ronda directly when I went to old Lions Drag Strip, original Irwindale Raceway, Orange County Intl Raceway and his Gas House night...
Hello Quicksilver, I was directly involved with the Pomona program. The Pomona Street Legal Drags was one of NHRA most successful program to...
One was= Two Lane Blacktop Drag Strip, 1/8 mile outlaw track, Dee Branch Arkansas, closed. Link=...
Saw your post, had with them back in the 1970s and 1980, for street and drag racing, the motor you got is the Mecruiser 140, 181ci in boats and...
Yep= Lions, 1970 (?) Bad ass 55 chevy, well known locally.[ATTACH]
I second on the idea of putting some kind of ad (on The Hamb, Racing Junk, Craigslist, ects) on what you already have on the mopar and vega...
Snoopy Funny Car, by Compton Sevice Center (Atlantic&Alonda Bl), at Lions Drag Strip, 1967 (?). Now those were the days in the Los Angeles area.
:confused: This past Thanksgiving, bs with bunch of local racers (L.A. area), buisness people, real estate friends, that "Irwindale Center" will...
:) Some 1957 Chevys back in the days at Orange County Intl Raceway (Los Angeles area), Super Chevy Show, good old days with the Chevys at OCIR!
That 1955 "Green Seen", I remember it too at Lions, old Fontana, old Irwindale. It was fast, loud and on 60% NITRO. Nice guys from San Fernando...
:) WOW! Neat to hear this. Very, very rare to see this happen again anywhere, a drag strip reopening.....
Back in the 1980s, bought a 1953 olds with the hydramatic that was not running. Towed it home 18 mile. To be safe, I did disconnected the drive...
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