Island Dragway is done
 

I just saw this on another site. From what I heard, some EPA issues and 1970s era buried oil drums started to leak into the stream. Can someone confirm this to be 100% true? That's the place that I did my first 1/4 mile trip back in the late 60s.

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...3&Main=7493185

Ken Kopecky
1454 E/SA

Re: Island Dragway is done
 

Very sad, a neat place to race. A small piece of racing history.

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Happy to say that I went there to a Div1 open, good time, hate to see any track close. Hope it gets reopened

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Unpaid Taxes......Septic issues......is what I have been told....and also that there are some people trying to find a solution ......BUT that might be just wishfull thinking.....

Never heard anything about buried anything......but that is certianly always a possible issue......

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Very sad news.
Lots of good memories from there!

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Real sorry to hear about Island closing. The only time I won Stock Eliminator was at Island, in June of 72. I was going to go by there back in October but ended up cancelling the whole trip.

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It has been removed from the Member track directory, but nothing on the D1 website itself:

http://nhradiv1.com/state.asp?TrackStateID=28&Div=1

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Made my very first pass down the 1/4 mile at the Patch in 1973. Very sad news...................and I thought California was the only state that had racetrack issues.

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My one & only visit there was in 1982. The Shelby American club convention was held at the Great Gorge resort - former Playboy Club we were told. They held an open t&t there for club members. Everyone thought it was cool that we drag raced a real Shelby GT500...great memories of that trip.

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Jimmy Hoffa?