|
01-31-2018, 05:07 PM | #41 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Staten Island N.Y.
Posts: 73
Likes: 96
Liked 13 Times in 6 Posts
|
Re: Final thoughts about Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
past few years my job got in the way of racing . This year I'm retiring in march was looking to make up for lost time .They close the track !
Last edited by hilton; 01-31-2018 at 05:42 PM. |
02-01-2018, 11:57 AM | #42 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Monrovia, California
Posts: 12
Likes: 0
Liked 11 Times in 4 Posts
|
Re: Final thoughts about Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
It's always sad when a drag strip closes. We in the Southern California area feel your pain, but we have been through it over and over again. All the drag strips below were within 1-hour of Los Angeles...
SOCAL DRAGSTRIP LIST NAME - OPEN - CLOSE - COMMENTS SANTA ANA - 1950 - 1959 - Now John Wayne Airport TUSTIN - 1950 - 1951- Blimp Base SAUGUS - 1950- 1957- Six-S-Ranch POMONA - 1951 - Active - LA Cnty. Fairground (Fairplex) FAMOSA - 1952 - Active - McFarland (aka Bakersfield) FONTANA - 1952 - 1969 - aka Drag City PARADISE MESA - 1953 - 1959 - National City INYOKERN - 1954 - 2005 - Inyokern Airport, Ridgecrest SAN FERNANDO - 1955 - 1967 - aka The Pond LIONS - 1955 - 1972 - aka The Beach SAN GABRIEL - 1956 - 1963 COLTON - 1956 - 1960 - Morrow Field IRWINDALE - 1957 - 1973- Miller Brewery site RIVERSIDE - 1959 - 1970 - 1/2 Mile Track ROMONA - 1963 - 2004 - Ramona Airport CARLSBAD - 1963 - 2004 - Near San Diego L. A. COUNTY - 1964 - 2007 - aka Palmdale ORANGE CNTY. - 1967 - 1983 - OCIR BROTHERHOOD -1974 - 1995 - Terminal Island, Port of Los Angeles FONTANA - 2001 - Active - Auto Club Speedway IRWINDALE - 2001 - Active? - Toyota Speedway, 1/8th Mile BARONA - 2003 - Active - 1/8th Mile Track Last edited by geoklass; 02-01-2018 at 12:18 PM. |
02-01-2018, 12:00 PM | #43 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 907
Likes: 306
Liked 146 Times in 66 Posts
|
Re: Final thoughts about Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
doesent Pomona fairplex have some permit deal coming up? thought I read that somewhere just this week...
|
02-01-2018, 12:20 PM | #44 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Monrovia, California
Posts: 12
Likes: 0
Liked 11 Times in 4 Posts
|
Re: Final thoughts about Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
I hadn't heard that but it would not surprise me. They hold only two events a year, the NHRA Winternationals and the World Finals...
|
02-01-2018, 12:49 PM | #45 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Monrovia, California
Posts: 12
Likes: 0
Liked 11 Times in 4 Posts
|
Re: Final thoughts about Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
https://www.dailybulletin.com/2017/1...entertainment/
Some interesting reading. Of course, the folks living in the area of the Fairplex have been fighting the use of the Fairplex as a drag strip for as long as I can remember. About the only thing I can see as a win for the home owners from that is the limitation of the track to only two events per year. Although the Winternats started at that track (1961 if I recall), the World Finals didn't, and was held at several different tracks over the years. Only time will tell. The Mayor and most of the members of the Pomona City Council are on NHRA's side in all of this. None of the politicians in Pomona are that concerned about the political "push back" from the local residents, since the residents mostly live in the neighboring community of La Verne, and not Pomona. The zoning laws on the other hand can get kind of sticky but there is a feeling that the NHRA may wind up being "grandfathered in" since they are such an important part of the city's tax base... Last edited by geoklass; 02-01-2018 at 12:58 PM. |
02-01-2018, 01:54 PM | #46 |
Veteran Member
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Miles From Nowhere
Posts: 7,391
Likes: 2,563
Liked 4,411 Times in 1,682 Posts
|
Re: Final thoughts about Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
George, Did we miss OMS?
__________________
We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for..... Will Rogers |
02-01-2018, 02:33 PM | #47 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Monrovia, California
Posts: 12
Likes: 0
Liked 11 Times in 4 Posts
|
Re: Final thoughts about Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
I didn't forget it, I just didn't include it, because they only held one drag event a year at Ontario Motor Speedway, and I think the event was called the NHRA Supernationals. I think that the dates were 1970 to 1980, after which the whole facility closed down.
|
02-01-2018, 06:17 PM | #48 | |
Veteran Member
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Miles From Nowhere
Posts: 7,391
Likes: 2,563
Liked 4,411 Times in 1,682 Posts
|
Re: Final thoughts about Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
Quote:
Drove by it many times, but never had the pleasure.
__________________
We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for..... Will Rogers |
|
02-03-2018, 03:30 PM | #49 | |
Sponsor
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Queens, NY
Posts: 77
Likes: 0
Liked 10 Times in 1 Post
|
Re: Final thoughts about Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
Quote:
Some of our many meetings at Raceway Park. Hope all is well.. Sal
__________________
Sal Biondo 1162 COMP, STOCK, SS Biondo Racing Products |
|
02-06-2018, 02:13 AM | #50 | |
Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maryland USA
Posts: 496
Likes: 98
Liked 189 Times in 64 Posts
|
Re: Final thoughts about Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
Quote:
ps. Your album looks exactly the way mine did! Last edited by Mike Schwartz; 02-06-2018 at 02:21 AM. Reason: Added ps. |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|