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My wife has done extensive research through ancestry.com and there are no links to that part of the country. Originated in England, came over to...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Big Ed's Speed Shop 1966 parts catalog. Big Ed's in Alexandria Va. was legendary in the D.C. area back in the day. This catalog...
Hey guys, this is David. Willian caught up with me via facebook and it was my pleasure to speek with him last night. He told me he had posted this...
Dad & his Olds.
At old Coney Island outside Cincinnati '78 or '79.
I hear there is a Somerset Drag Strip Reunion planned for this Saturday (6/23) as part of the June Somernites Cruise downtown. Anyone have any...
Thanks for the info and photos, I know that area well.
Wow! I remember that car. Who was the owner/driver? I can't remember.
Very cool and very rare picture, thanks for posting it. I have lived my whole life in Middletown and have heard about the track. Do you know...
This is Fred Hurst's old car.
I found my red Superior 500 (the one in my avatar pic) at the Indy Super Chevy swap area a few years ago for $1. Someone had spray painted it...
Great photos from Thorn Hill. I have been there a few times. They didn't have grandstands, they had picnic tables along the fence that you could...
These are great! Thanks for posting them. I've raced at Edgewater for years and remember several of those cars. Who owned/drove that white...
Now you all are going to think I'm crazy but here are a couple of my prized posessions. A piece of asphalt from the original drag strip after it...
The "HOT CARS" would usually turn around and drive back up the track after a run. One night an Anglia came back up the track a bit to fast and...
Yeh, no sign of the dirt track left the last time I went up there. It was a junk yard for many years after the track closed but it has since been...
Yep, he was the local top dog at Somerset for a while. Dose anyone remember an olive green Falcon gasser that ran there alot, I rember it as...
One of the guys in that shot is wearing his Pulaski County High School jacket. There were two high schools in Somerset then (Pulaski County and...
Race Track road north of town is where the old dirt oval track was. If you turn onto Race Track Road, go over the railroad track the road goes up...
Someone has an old Junior Stock '57 sedan delivery for sale in the classifieds on classracer.com. Ad says it has been parked since '72. I can't...
Not a real car but here's a picture of a model I built a couple of years ago. Tried to make it lookk like what I remembered racing at the old...
Looking good, keep us updated on your progress. Who makes the best fenderwell headers for a big block? I am running hooker super comp chassis...
Anybody know where the Peanut Moore Willys is today. A few of my closest friends are into Willys in a big way, one of them owns Fred Hursts old car.
Share some of those great Somerset stories with us John.
Wow, thanks for sharing the photos. Yes, that's Peanut Moore he always ran Pontiacs. I don't know whose 55 that is though. I have a few more pics...
olddrags, I just now saw your reply ( I know i'm a little behind to say the least). If you ever want to sell that trophy i'll buy it. I've been...
'67 Camaro factory torque arms were on the right. For '68 they staggered the shocks and were able to eliminate the arm.
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