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Originally Posted by joe huestis
Dover Drag Strip - Wingdale, NY . So I could run the likes of Lee Valentine and Allan Peters again. Lost to both in final rounds of Stock Eliminator in the mid -seventies before track closed for good. Remember "Wild Willie" Borsch and the "Winged Express" running there and laying down 2 solid black patches of rubber the length of the entire 1/4 mile !!
Connecticut Dragway - lots of fond memories there. Spun my '69 Camaro stocker in the traps, tripped the timers on 2 wheels going sideways.
NY National Speedway - to have the chance to see my good friend , Fred Rice defeat Richie Zul with his '71 Pinto stocker again while bracket racing there in the '70s. He was not happy and came over to us to let it be known.
West Hampton - had a ball there. Fun place to race. Stayed at my wife's uncle's house nearby when we drove the 3 plus hrs. from Dutchess County.
Joe Huestis
"Annie's Song" L/SA 9724
Wake Forest, N.C.
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My father took me to me first drag race at Connecticut Dragway on Fourth of July weekend (1968?) and I saw "Jungle Jim" Lieberman for the first time.
The first time I went to Dover Drag Strip (1969?) Roland Leong (The Hawaiian) lifted up the fence at the far end of the "Hot" pits and let me sneak in.
I saw Grumpy's first Vega, Sox & Martin, Fast Eddie Schartmann and Hubert Platt match race at New York National Speedway.
Those where the days!