Airport Runway Drag Racing Comeback???

I read recently in Hot Rod magazine that Airport Runway Drag Racing was making a comeback. Is this true? Is there or will there be any in the northeast? Are all the attorneys being BOUND and GAGED? I hope this is true because it would be great to see "flagman" starts again!
**Lets see some of your pictures of the "Good Ol' Days"**

 

Winterport Dragway in Winterport. Maine uses an old airport runway for !/8 mile racing. They have 2 or 3 flagman start nostagila type events every year. A long ride but a really cool place.

 

Yep, and mid- New York staters can even drag race at Kobelt Airport. Locals need to push Stormville airport as well.

 

Local group in this area, (Picton-Belleville Ontario) ran a flag event at Picton Airport this summer. They were amazed at turnout & response. I am sure that they just negotiated use of facility for 2011, with 4 planned events.
There is a thread somewhere on the board with video from 2010 event.

 

It's certainly happening here in central California.

 

We tried that here, but it got shut down before it started. Any airport that receives government backing has the FAA shutting that idea down, or that was the excuse given. It would have to be a private air strip with the owner into the idea. Fat Chance, It would be awesome though.

 

Wicked is correct but there are owners of private runways that dig cars and we are lucky enough to have found one Rocky

 

A little airport up here in the small town of Gladwin, Michigan had a race this summer. I didn't hear about it until afterwards.

Word on the street was is was cool and that they will be doing again next year.

Here's hopin'

 

Yep, they call them Flashlight drags, in PA they hold them at small county airports a few times a year. I know Zelienople and Waynsburg airports. Check it out here http://www.flashlightdrags.com/whats-flashlight-drags.htm. I just wish they would have had this going on when I was younger. My home town isn't far from Waynesburg and this would have been cool to go to.

 

I went to three airport races this year. They are a blast. Atwood, Kansas, Norton, Kansas, and Salina Kansas at the KKOA show. They were all in Conjuction with car shows. Seem to be very popular by crowd turnout.

 

I read about California. Is this making a comeback? Are there others?

 

bttt

 

Around here the TSA would require pat downs and vehicle searches before every run.

 

Yea and race fuel would be considered a "banned" item!

 

Guess low lead 100 would be the flavor of the day then

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8jE3_RfWuA


Try this flagman and all!!

 

Nice ! Yep that is at winterport dragway I posted about previously.

 

We have 9/11, and the FAA's response, as the biggest obstacles to runway drag racing. Unless it's an FAA condemned runway (like Bremerton Raceway), they don't want to allow it. Some of the smaller airports have managed to get around this, and there are a few still doing it, Forks Airport here in Washington State, as well as another down on the Columbia River around "the Dalles". Nothing is like it used to be. Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

We raced each other at Atwood. I had the '87 Grand National.

 

Chic Cannon a member of the Hot Rod Safari tour group tried real hard to start a 1/8 mile track in Paso Robles, Ca or Atascadero, Ca. The first try was at the airport in Paso, it was a perfect place for drag racing. Well, all his efforts came to no end. Neighbors of the airport didn't want the added traffic, the noise, undesirable types in the area.
These were the same type of people that got the West Coast Kustoms show sent on it's way.
We all thank Chic for trying so hard to bring the fun to our area, shame it didn't workout. Too many yuppies types running things in our area.

CRUISER

 

And let me guess, they drive Toyota Prius'es and hug the freakin' trees too!

 

Saw my first organized drag race at Forty-Fort Airport in north eastern PA. Airport still in operation,no drags since early 60's. Video at BeeOnVideo.

 

Stormville needs some work its spends most of the time as a flea market,....Greetings from Vails Gate NY.

 

I think instead of $15-20.00 a table as a flea market, they'd make more money at $15-20.00 per car and another $5.00 per spectator.

 

2nd for winterport maine. I've been going to winterport dragway for Along time now and I love it! lots of fun. they have A web site, winterportdragway.com

 

I'm hearing that the Orange Mass Airport show will have drag racing this year.

 

I don't think hell froze over yet. but I wish it would. John had A great show their this year and it would be awesome if he could get racing back their again.

 

a small single runway in newport, n.h. has a run what ya brung race every sepyember. no et's just your speed at the end. its a pretty fun way to spend the day. they get faa approval to close the airport for one day and that it would be really hard to get approval for more events

 

Corona Airport here was flooded bad during the last hard rains....talk its going to be closing......

My suggestion for a New Name " West County Dragstrip".

 

For one this thread is great, I've been trying to see if there was some way that my club could establish an meet up at Otis Air Force Bases on cape cod once a year for a east coast nostalgia show. The base is curentally disarmed and has a runway with more than enough room to run and would be the perfect venue to have a Massachusetts meet so any of you up here in mass or the north east you can show interest in this type of event please make you self herd.