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Although a quarter mile (1320 feet, 402 m) is the best known measure for a drag track, many tracks are eighth mile (201 m) tracks, and the premiere classes will run 1,000 foot (304.8 m) races. The race is begun from a standing start which allows three factors to affect the outcome of the race: reaction time, power/weight ratio, and traction.
Atlanta Dragway was built in 1975 by Gene Bennett and originally had been graded out for an airport. The original airport tower served as the original timing tower, and the track direction was the same as the airport without asphalt, just Georgia red clay. In 1980, the track was sold to Norman Pearah and became an NHRA-sanctioned track.
CHiPs used the drag strip as a setting in the 1981 episode "Forty Tons of Trouble". Willie made connections to famous figures in Hollywood in order to spread his influence. Prominent people like Arthur Newman, Paul Newman's brother , and Barry Meguiar , the host of Car Crazy could be seen wearing Brotherhood jackets or vests.
Jesup is a city in Wayne County, Georgia, United States. The population was 9,809 at the 2020 census. The population was 9,809 at the 2020 census. The city is the county seat of Wayne County .
As originally laid out, the new county – the 28th Georgia county – was a long narrow strip of land approximately 100 miles (160 km) in length but with varying measures of width along the way. It was six miles (9.7 km) as it stood just south of the Altamaha River , eight miles (13 km) wide near the Satilla and five miles (8.0 km) wide at a ...
The track had a 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m 2) garage area (50' x 300') with two restrooms and showers. There were seven main grandstands located along the pit lane. The control tower was located between the fourth and fifth grandstand. USRRC twin 156 races - March 1, 1964
Savannah Dragway was an eighth-mile (200 m) dragstrip used by the NHRA located near in Savannah, Georgia. The track opened as a quarter-mile (400 m) facility in 1968, but safety concerns and rising insurance costs caused it to convert to the smaller distance in the mid-1980s. They were forced to close down at the end of 2005, this was because a ...