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12-11-2012, 12:40 PM
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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 Last edited by Ken Kopecky; 12-11-2012 at 02:05 PM. |
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12-11-2012, 01:28 PM
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Re: Island Dragway is done
Very sad, a neat place to race. A small piece of racing history.
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12-11-2012, 01:30 PM
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Re: Island Dragway is done
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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12-11-2012, 01:42 PM
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Re: Island Dragway is done
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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12-11-2012, 01:43 PM
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Re: Island Dragway is done
Very sad news.
Lots of good memories from there! |
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12-11-2012, 02:01 PM
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Re: Island Dragway is done
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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12-11-2012, 02:15 PM
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Re: Island Dragway is done
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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12-11-2012, 02:55 PM
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Re: Island Dragway is done
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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12-11-2012, 03:01 PM
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Re: Island Dragway is done
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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Re: Island Dragway is done
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