Lost Drag Strips

ss wannabee · 10-27-2012, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve1118

Pics from Altoona late sixties......

Steve1118...not sure how to get to your pictures. Have you seen the 2 home movies
on YouTube of Peterson? Not very good quality...but the PA2 version...which has the
Jungle Jim Nova and Schartman FC's...that movie looks an awful lot like PID.

Maybe you could take a peek? I never had the chance to go to Altoona or PID back
in the day...but stopped by once at PID after it closed...

ss wannabee · 10-27-2012, 08:23 PM

Anyone remember Green Pine?, a small 1/8th mile track somewhere in central or
western PA?

Mike Carr · 10-27-2012, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ss wannabee

Anyone remember Green Pine?, a small 1/8th mile track somewhere in central or
western PA?

Any better idea where it might have been? I live near New Castle PA, just on the Ohio line, roughly halfway between Erie and the WV line. Never heard of a Green Pine (but, then again, I'm only 32). I remember, hearing of, at least, Skyline (New Castle), Sunset (Mercer) in far west PA, plus PID, Keystone (now Pittsburgh Raceway Park) and New Bethlahem and Peterson Memorial.

Glenn Hayes · 10-27-2012, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ss wannabee

Anyone remember Green Pine?, a small 1/8th mile track somewhere in central or
western PA?

I found through searching that Green Pine Dragway sits on the side of the mountain South of Williamsport, PA. - up in the woods, in the Allenwood area. A 'short' Circle Track was at the end of Reach Road, and it sounds like the drag strip was near it. They claim that the 1/8 track is still there.

Z28#107 · 10-27-2012, 11:52 PM

putting these coordinates into google-maps

41.169792 -76.983635

http://http://yankeeracer.com/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Tracks_by_State

Steve A · 10-28-2012, 10:22 AM

Oswego Drag Strip, Illinois. Photo taken yesterday.

Glenn Hayes · 10-28-2012, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve A

Oswego Drag Strip, Illinois. Photo taken yesterday.

Steve,
Were you able to drive up to it?
Did you drive or walk the track?
Are there any buildings or stands left?

Steve A · 10-29-2012, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Glenn Hayes

Steve,
Were you able to drive up to it?
Did you drive or walk the track?
Are there any buildings or stands left?

Glenn, I did drive on the track, but I have a 4X4 Suburban. A regular car might not make it over a small berm that you have to drive over from Rt. 34. The property was operated as a landscape nursery for many years and there are building remnants from that business. No stands or buildings are left that I could see, although the trees might be hiding a foundation or pile of debris.

Charlie A · 10-28-2012, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve A

Oswego Drag Strip, Illinois. Photo taken yesterday.

ss wannabee · 10-30-2012, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve A

Oswego Drag Strip, Illinois. Photo taken yesterday.

"The Greek" used to run there back in the day.....

10-27-2012, 08:23 PM	#2
ss wannabee Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 663 Likes: 0 Liked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Lost Drag Strips Anyone remember Green Pine?, a small 1/8th mile track somewhere in central or western PA?

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Z28#107 Junior Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lost Drag Strips putting these coordinates into google-maps 41.169792 -76.983635 http://http://yankeeracer.com/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Tracks_by_State Last edited by Z28#107; 10-28-2012 at 12:18 AM.

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