COLUMBUS COUNTY DRAGSTRIP in NC

joe lewis · 01-24-2009, 12:01 PM

Does anyone have any pics from the now gone columbus county dragstrip in chabourn/whiteville, north carolina?

wupracing · 01-24-2009, 10:46 PM

Joe,
I can not get these to come out good taking them with my Camara.My scanner is not working.
But I do have a few and my Mom & Dad I am sure have a few more.

As my Dad (Jr. McLamb) he ran this track for over 15 years..They started back when they had to flag the cars off..You might not know this But they where one of the first tracks in this area to get a Christmas tree back in the 60s.
It use to be a 1/4 mile track untill Hwy.74 came through.Then it was cut back to an 1/8 mile track.

wupracing · 01-24-2009, 10:52 PM

The Orange camaro on the far side is Robert Bullard.And yes it was a 4-Speed that is all he use to run was a Clutch..He also use to drive Daddy Car when he had the 4-speed in it in SS/K it was the Duster picture below.

joe lewis · 01-27-2009, 09:24 PM

i remember charlie blaylock wrecking a red convertible corvette i think he just bought from bobby warren,wiping out the lights on the top end.white lightning mustang discarding trans case right off the starting line.jimmy jacksons six cylider g\gas anglia.when nathan howell brought the cheetah to the track with a narrowed rearend and ladder bar suspension, the first in the area at that time.my last tim at the track was 1975,a sunday fall day. daddy was running a 78 roadrunner ss/ca hemi,that broke the crankshaft on top end and scattered the tranny.that ended his drag racing until i started racing 4 years ago.

chris3racing · 01-28-2009, 07:46 PM

I'm glad to know Bobby & J.W. and those guys are still around. Stay tuned I'm going to try to put a couple of old Sanford photos on this site.

Curt Smith Jr. · 07-06-2011, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by wupracing

Joe,
I can not get these to come out good taking them with my Camara.My scanner is not working.
But I do have a few and my Mom & Dad I am sure have a few more.

As my Dad (Jr. McLamb) he ran this track for over 15 years..They started back when they had to flag the cars off..You might not know this But they where one of the first tracks in this area to get a Christmas tree back in the 60s.
It use to be a 1/4 mile track untill Hwy.74 came through.Then it was cut back to an 1/8 mile track.

Wow, looking back on some old posts before I got an account on here and saw dad's race car (the "Hot Stuff" Camaro) on here. We still have and race that same car in Stock Eliminator! I know this thread is almost two years old but if there is anyway you can email me the two pictures that is of dad, I would really appreciate it. I love looking at all these old photos of back in the day. The two pictures, are the third picture down on the second column and the fourth picture down on the second column. Let me know, and I can give you my email address.

Clay Bullard · 07-07-2011, 06:56 AM

I was wondering how I missed this thread when it originated a couple of years ago and then I realized that it was started just after my dad (Robert Bullard) had passed away. I am sure I have many photos that I could have contributed. That was our "home" track and where I first drove a car and learned how to race. We raced there every Sunday afternoon and Friday nights when they would run on Friday nights. Great racing.... when racing was racing!!

Clay

chris3racing · 07-07-2011, 09:04 AM

I'm glad this thread came back. I had forgotten about it and have since gotten alot of old photos out from tracks around the state. There were so many dragstrips in North Carolina, when you go through boxes of old photographs it is hard to determine which track is which after so many years. If your are an old racer like me, get the photos out and show them to your children and grandchildren. Tell them some of the stories associated with the photos, the cars and the racers that raced them. If you don't pass down the stories, when you and I are gone there will be no history of the fun we had at these tracks and racing in those days.

wupracing · 02-08-2013, 09:49 PM

I was in Whiteville today and went by the Old Drag Strip (columbus county dragstrip ) I stop and took a couple of pictures there was not much there but it took me back to the good old days.The first picture is when it was running back in the day.Then the old starting line and what is left of the tower.

joe lewis · 01-25-2009, 02:24 AM

thanks kevin,i'd like to get copies of those pics.i'm trying to get a scrap book together for daddy .he was not much on pictures, so he doesn't have any.he talks alot of those days with your daddy,buster, robert and him. of coarse all us younguns runnin around,having a good time.

01-24-2009, 12:01 PM	#1
joe lewis Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 13 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	COLUMBUS COUNTY DRAGSTRIP in NC Does anyone have any pics from the now gone columbus county dragstrip in chabourn/whiteville, north carolina?

01-24-2009, 10:46 PM	#2
wupracing Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maxton N.C. Posts: 155 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: COLUMBUS COUNTY DRAGSTRIP in NC Joe, I can not get these to come out good taking them with my Camara.My scanner is not working. But I do have a few and my Mom & Dad I am sure have a few more. As my Dad (Jr. McLamb) he ran this track for over 15 years..They started back when they had to flag the cars off..You might not know this But they where one of the first tracks in this area to get a Christmas tree back in the 60s. It use to be a 1/4 mile track untill Hwy.74 came through.Then it was cut back to an 1/8 mile track. __________________ Kevin Mclamb IHRA H/R & Top/Sportsman #9416 Last edited by wupracing; 01-25-2009 at 02:24 PM.

01-24-2009, 10:52 PM	#3
wupracing Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maxton N.C. Posts: 155 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: COLUMBUS COUNTY DRAGSTRIP in NC The Orange camaro on the far side is Robert Bullard.And yes it was a 4-Speed that is all he use to run was a Clutch..He also use to drive Daddy Car when he had the 4-speed in it in SS/K it was the Duster picture below. __________________ Kevin Mclamb IHRA H/R & Top/Sportsman #9416

01-27-2009, 09:24 PM	#4
joe lewis Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 13 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: COLUMBUS COUNTY DRAGSTRIP in NC i remember charlie blaylock wrecking a red convertible corvette i think he just bought from bobby warren,wiping out the lights on the top end.white lightning mustang discarding trans case right off the starting line.jimmy jacksons six cylider g\gas anglia.when nathan howell brought the cheetah to the track with a narrowed rearend and ladder bar suspension, the first in the area at that time.my last tim at the track was 1975,a sunday fall day. daddy was running a 78 roadrunner ss/ca hemi,that broke the crankshaft on top end and scattered the tranny.that ended his drag racing until i started racing 4 years ago.

01-28-2009, 07:46 PM	#5
chris3racing Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 528 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: COLUMBUS COUNTY DRAGSTRIP in NC I'm glad to know Bobby & J.W. and those guys are still around. Stay tuned I'm going to try to put a couple of old Sanford photos on this site.

07-07-2011, 06:56 AM	#7
Clay Bullard Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Greer SC Posts: 36 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: COLUMBUS COUNTY DRAGSTRIP in NC I was wondering how I missed this thread when it originated a couple of years ago and then I realized that it was started just after my dad (Robert Bullard) had passed away. I am sure I have many photos that I could have contributed. That was our "home" track and where I first drove a car and learned how to race. We raced there every Sunday afternoon and Friday nights when they would run on Friday nights. Great racing.... when racing was racing!! Clay __________________ Clay Bullard

07-07-2011, 09:04 AM	#8
chris3racing Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 528 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: COLUMBUS COUNTY DRAGSTRIP in NC I'm glad this thread came back. I had forgotten about it and have since gotten alot of old photos out from tracks around the state. There were so many dragstrips in North Carolina, when you go through boxes of old photographs it is hard to determine which track is which after so many years. If your are an old racer like me, get the photos out and show them to your children and grandchildren. Tell them some of the stories associated with the photos, the cars and the racers that raced them. If you don't pass down the stories, when you and I are gone there will be no history of the fun we had at these tracks and racing in those days.

02-08-2013, 09:49 PM	#9
wupracing Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maxton N.C. Posts: 155 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: COLUMBUS COUNTY DRAGSTRIP in NC I was in Whiteville today and went by the Old Drag Strip (columbus county dragstrip ) I stop and took a couple of pictures there was not much there but it took me back to the good old days.The first picture is when it was running back in the day.Then the old starting line and what is left of the tower. __________________ Kevin Mclamb IHRA H/R & Top/Sportsman #9416

01-25-2009, 02:24 AM	#10
joe lewis Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 13 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: COLUMBUS COUNTY DRAGSTRIP in NC thanks kevin,i'd like to get copies of those pics.i'm trying to get a scrap book together for daddy .he was not much on pictures, so he doesn't have any.he talks alot of those days with your daddy,buster, robert and him. of coarse all us younguns runnin around,having a good time.