Connecting Highway

[cammer427]

I don't know how many of you bother with Facebook, but there's also two social groups dedicated to the Connecting Highway and Cross Bay Blvd & South Conduit/150th Street:

Group: "We Raced on Cross Bay Blvd. and The South Conduit"
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=307813812940

Group: "Connecting Highway"
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54726643443

[Paul Ceasrine]

Yonkers Joe,
I remember the 69' L-88 Corvette that the body shop guy owned.
He had his girlfriend drive it, and on the back was lettered,
'If you can beat me, you can eat me'.
What was his minimum, $500 per race?
Raced 'heads-up only', no car-length handicaps.
Don't remember anyone coming up with that amount of cash back then
71'/72'.
Never saw it at E-Town or Dover, but it was supposed to be a
11.50 machine. Yes, it was a street driven. Hung out along
Central Avenue Scarsdale/Yonkers..
Close-ratio, w/4.56's.
P

[chris ok]

there was a vette like that at fountain in about 83 when I joined the scene(18 year old w a war torn stock 69 GTO). A lot of older killers spotting out and running us down. after wards late negotiations at TSS on Linden or Airport Diner on Conduit w the big guns running on 150th thru early 90's(now all blacktop w no racing, but the parallel service road.......).

Don't worry guys, NYC is alive and well, just more underground, except for posted videos, which you can find on youtube if you look.

Yes the fartpipe kids generation does not get it like we(the generation after you all,30- 40 somethings now). But we are "still alive and well".

Thanks for the look back on NYC street racing. True NYC history.

[Anthony Mogavero]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Yonkers Joe,
I remember the 69' L-88 Corvette that the body shop guy owned.
He had his girlfriend drive it, and on the back was lettered,
'If you can beat me, you can eat me'.
What was his minimum, $500 per race?
Raced 'heads-up only', no car-length handicaps.
Don't remember anyone coming up with that amount of cash back then
71'/72'.
Never saw it at E-Town or Dover, but it was supposed to be a
11.50 machine. Yes, it was a street driven. Hung out along
Central Avenue Scarsdale/Yonkers..
Close-ratio, w/4.56's.
P

Yonkers Joe, the vette you're referring to is "Longette's Vette" from Matawan , NJ. :-)

[FINESPLINE]

To artie leong, i just recently joined this site and could not believe people talking about the street racing scene in new york in the 60's and 70's. The reason i know you as i was the mechanic/ transporter of the crossbay dart. Remember island porting in broad channel ? Learned a lot there ! Tip my hat to ya as you did spank us one night at 150 street. I believe at the time it was in a 65 b body with a wedge in it. If you go to new york street racing in the 70's and scroll thru to all the pictures you will see us lined up on the conduit and some other pictures that will bring a flood of memories.----to everyone who lived the racing scene back then ,enjoy the memories, because unless you were there- people would not believe it !

[art leong]

Originally Posted by FINESPLINE

To artie leong, i just recently joined this site and could not believe people talking about the street racing scene in new york in the 60's and 70's. The reason i know you as i was the mechanic/ transporter of the crossbay dart. Remember island porting in broad channel ? Learned a lot there ! Tip my hat to ya as you did spank us one night at 150 street. I believe at the time it was in a 65 b body with a wedge in it. If you go to new york street racing in the 70's and scroll thru to all the pictures you will see us lined up on the conduit and some other pictures that will bring a flood of memories.----to everyone who lived the racing scene back then ,enjoy the memories, because unless you were there- people would not believe it !

Hi . Welcome to Class Racer. Those days were experiences. I remember hearing good things about Island Porting. Remember it being across the street from Weiss's I grew up in Ozone Park, so I know the area well.
Now I race a 4 cylinder SS/GS

[FINESPLINE]

.thanks art, spent my early teenage years in ozone park until i got drafted in 1971. Lived on 104 street btw 101 and 103 ave. Came back to street racing gone wild. Bought an ex john sandoval car (71 citrus green z/28 with a built big block and a vitar trans and 9 in conv.) a friday/saturday night car but spent most of my time at my main job and working my second at island and babysitting the dart. Lived in howard beach many years and if the wind was right could hear the burnouts and the runs going off. Up until 2006 at least , i would commute from howard beach to mineola by way of the belt pkwy at about 330 am and would catch a crowd lined up on the conduit. Cars and bikes-----so the beat goes on ! I now live in bayside and was contemplating building a stocker but it seems the nhra has some issues with their rating system that they really need to address. Congrats on the record---that little turbo is flying.

[FINESPLINE]

It seems there is a lot of interest over the locations in nyc that were used for street racing. I still live in the area and know about 95 % of all the locations. If you are ever in the area and would like a tour, drop me a line, i would be glad to take a ride, have a burger at white castle and shoot the breeze about the past. Today, due to the lack of track facilities on long island, it has become a land of car cruises and shows and there is no shortages of cars. Many cars that were put away as we raised our children are coming out again. 5 to 6 days a week when the weather is good there are places to go to relive the moments with others. ---you can reach me here or at -------------------------josin1014@yahoo.com

[Carl Juliano]

Originally Posted by FINESPLINE

To artie leong, i just recently joined this site and could not believe people talking about the street racing scene in new york in the 60's and 70's. The reason i know you as i was the mechanic/ transporter of the crossbay dart. Remember island porting in broad channel ? Learned a lot there ! Tip my hat to ya as you did spank us one night at 150 street. I believe at the time it was in a 65 b body with a wedge in it. If you go to new york street racing in the 70's and scroll thru to all the pictures you will see us lined up on the conduit and some other pictures that will bring a flood of memories.----to everyone who lived the racing scene back then ,enjoy the memories, because unless you were there- people would not believe it !

My father worked for "Pete" at Island Porting in Broad Channel, he ported heads.

[FINESPLINE]

Hi carl, small world we live in. What was your fathers name and when did he work there. I worked part time btw 73-75 helping out in the shop and doing maintenance to the dart ( we kept it there as we had an ongoing bill with pete ).