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Woodburn was the first drag strip on the West Coast to use electronic scoreboards. In 1999, Livingston added track bleachers that had previously been used in Seattle Kingdome. [1] In 2004, the track manager estimated that Woodburn Dragstrip hosts more than 200,000 fans and participants annually, contributing more than $20 million to the local ...
The race itself is a "grueling 50-mile cross country" event that starts at the local drag strip, winds its way through the mountains on two-lane roads and ends at the same drag strip. Throughout the race, Arny and Jim Lawrence (Brett Halsey) battle for the lead, with Jim repeatedly trying to force Arny off the road. However, Arny is a better ...
In 1952, a car club known as the "Choppers of Pomona" aided by a young police officer, Sergeant Bud Coons, advocated that a safe place should be provided for local area drag racers. Coons, along with fellow hot rod enthusiast, Pomona Police Chief Ralph Parker, and the city government of Pomona asked to lease the parking lot of the LA County ...
Built by Earl C. Nolan for $30,000, [5] the strip operated under the name of the "Gulf Coast Drag Strip" from 1957-1964. [6] On May 8, 1960 an incident took place with a dragster crashing in to the fence toward Hwy 67 caused the ownership to change hands, with events being canceled in 1962.
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.
1960 – A group of local racers from the Eastern Custom Car Association – including George Weiler, Carl Ruth, Bob Eveland and Lee Crupi – approaches Stauffer about converting track into full dragstrip that can be used by cars. [2] [3] 1962 – Maple Grove Drag-O-Way opens in August as a nationally recognized racetrack.
Bandimere Speedway, also known by the NHRA as Thunder Mountain, was a quarter-mile dragstrip located just outside Morrison, Colorado and Lakewood, Colorado.It opened in 1958 and was the host to many racing events, including many NHRA Nationals events.
The dragstrip is proud to extinguish the "nowhere else to go" excuse used by illegal street racers, and local police often hand out flyers to offenders for free entry into drag races at the dragstrip to promote safe racing and has re-opened. The drag strip closed on December 21, 2024. [12]