Ryan: No hard feelings if you want to delete this. Just thought someone on here might find it interesting. Yes, I'm riding Tommy Lee Byrd's coat tails to glory. When Tommy was too busy to do a follow-up to his award-winning Lost Drag Strips, I got the assignment and ran with it. This is the shot I've been waiting for - a chance to pay back the sport I love for five decades of grins. I hope some of my passion and joy come through on these pages. Lost Drag Strips II is now available everywhere money is accepted. Please support your local book store. If they don't stock this part number, amazon.com has a discounted copy with your name on it. Thanks to all of my heroes (now my friends) who contributed to this labor of love. It's been a sweet thrill ride! Scotty Gosson (AKA Jangleguy)
Congrats, Scotty. In case you don't know him, he is one motorhead whos lives, breathes, and writes about it. Good luck with this one. Rob Frazier
Well, that`s a relief.... I got confused and was trying to find a lost Jangleguy, last seen a a Drag Strip somewhere.....HAH! Hope you are making a bit of headway, Scotty.....We miss you up here. CC and I were talking about you at the Portland Roadster Show......Drop us a line would ya?
Did I mention that I'm no good at promotion? The following tracks are featured in Lost Drag Strips II: Avenue G Drag Strip - White City, Oregon Fort Wainwright/Racing Lions Drag Strip - Fairbanks, Alaska Fremont/Baylands Raceway - Fremont, California Fontana Drag City - Fontana, California San Fernando Drag Strip - San Fernando, California Inyokern Drag Strip - Ridgecrest, California Kahuku Air Strip - Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii Las Vegas Speedrome - Las Vegas, Nevada Continental Divide Raceways - Castle Rock, Colorado SRCA Drag Strip - Great Bend, Kansas Southwest Raceway - Tulsa, Oklahoma Willow Run Raceway - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Minnesota Dragways - Minneapolis, Minnesota KCTA Drag Strip - Kansas City, Missouri Detroit Dragway - Detroit, Michigan Niagara Airport Drag Strip - Niagara Falls, New York New York National Speedway - Center Moriches, Long Island, New York York U.S. 30 Drag-O-Way - York, Pennsylvania South Mountain Raceway - Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania La Place Dragway - La Place, Louisiana Yellow River Drag Strip - Covington, Georgia Thunderbolt Dragway - Green Cove Springs, Florida Happily, not all of these tracks are "lost". It was nice to include some survivors!
I knew your first book was good when I saw Freddy Fryers photo in the front. I will try to pick up one in the next few days. It will go good with the new book about Linda Vaughn. If you are going to do a number 3 PM me and I can get several more track in my area..
Thanks K9! But that first edition was written by Tommy Lee Byrd - not me. As for a THIRD edition - I don't know if I have it in me...
Thanks, Tommy! This book will likely be my swan song, as I developed some health problems when I started on it, and was just barely able to finish it! In hindsight, you were wise to pass on this asskicker! I just hope it lives up to the standard you set with the original...
Very cool.... I need to buy the first book as well. Here in Virginia we lost the oldest dragstrip on east coast about 4 years ago, Old Dominion Dragstrip. I applaud your efforts in keeping these places remembered.
If you continue with book III, I have direct connection to the former owners of Old Dominion and could setup an Introduction. Thanks for the compliment... It's a little Chassis Research Dragster we haul around.
Preserving the history of these great old drag strips for others to remember is a wonderful thing. Many of us who remember these drag strips will never forget them and all the fun we had. I always thought it was a shame how many great old drag strips, speed shops, circle tracks all kind of just faded away and all that was left are weeds growing up in a place that was once so full of excitement and thrilling racing. Jimbo
Dallas drag strip Dallas GA, Dallas is the drag strip that Richard Petty crashed and killed a young boy. Fairburn drag strip in Fairburn GA, I believe fairburn was the first drag strip in GA.
Hey Rob! Yeah, I have enough info for another one, but getting usable photos is the trick. Kicking ideas around with the publisher (CarTech Inc) this week... How 'bout a Rob Frazer biography?
as far of Georgia drag racing . The first was held at Lakewood dirt track in Atlanta Ga, They raced on the front straight a way from turn 1 toward turn 4.