Arfonse did it first at montgomery with the allison powered dragster, the noise was never a problem , the treasurer from the american leigion that ran the races there was pocketing money he got caught and a whole big thing went down eventually causin g the drag races to be shut down at the air port. everyone was so pissed off about it that the local police staged races on rt 17 k in montgomery for the rest of the season, at least it was organized. i spoke with a woman from the historical society in montgomery who at thew time was 81 years young, and her quote to me was "i am sure the residents of montgomery would love to have our race track back" 30 years later i might add , but she explained that everyone in that small town would come to the drags and everyone loved it. i go by that air port at least once a month , freddy that owns the "crank shop" is right next door and it kills me everytime i drive by it . i can see grand stands, race car trailers, the nhra traveling circus road show there for a national event . on the east sid eof the air port there is a 277 acre farm that the farmer will not sell , montgomery is 565 acres the main air strip is 5400' x 100' wide 3' thick concrete,zero pitch and is a whopping 265 feet above sea level. there is also another 3400' air strip there as well,can you say records!!!!!!!! other than the town of montgomery which is about 1 mile east most land around the air port is farms and mostly zoned for industrial use . prime area for a racing facility
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Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine
July 1959.........."Fuel and Gas Invitational"
Approximately 150 Dragsters participated in the 3-Day Event.
Final Day Attendance......10,000
The Danbury Modifiers,,, had one of the fastest 'Rails' classed in A/D
* Art Afrons 'Green Monster #5'.......
* Engine........Allison V-12...'1710 Cubic Inches'....Liquid-Cooled and Supercharged = 2000 Horsepower
* Pump Gas
Timed at........9.40 @ 169.61 MPH
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