Another Take On "Street Racing"

John Kelley · 03-05-2015, 10:23 PM

And thanks to the memory of Big Willie....
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Motoring News
March '15

Feature Article from Hemmings Motor News
March, 2015 - HMN Staff

DRAG RACING NEWS
Racers Lobby for Terminal Island revival
Terminal Island in the Port of Los Angeles didn't play by the typical dragstrip operations manual. Intermodal shipping containers surrounded the strip and served as the basis for some of its structures. It had no national drag racing organization affiliation, and everybody pretty much "run what they brung." It opened and closed nearly a dozen times over the course of three decades, and now, in the midst of an LAPD crackdown on street racing in the city, fans of the dragstrip are working to bring it back.

The rest of the article is in Hemmings Motor News........

GTX JOHN · 03-06-2015, 03:10 PM

Since the Mid 60s a race track of his own was Big Willie Robinson
passion. LA in that period was a melting pot of numerous ethnic
groups that constantly clashed violently with each other. He always
preached "A New Breed of Brotherhood " using racing to bring different groups
together through a common bond of Drag Racing. If you look at
the jackets we all wore you will see an American Flag with that inscribed
underneath on a patch on everybodies jacket.....A pledge you made when you
joined the club.

I sure miss him and think of him every day........They broke the mold after
the made him!

GTX John
LA Street Racers
Vice President (Retired)

03-05-2015, 10:23 PM	#1
John Kelley Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tightwad,TEXAS Posts: 911 Likes: 6 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Another Take On "Street Racing" And thanks to the memory of Big Willie.... .http://lastreetlegal.org/ Motoring News March '15 Feature Article from Hemmings Motor News March, 2015 - HMN Staff DRAG RACING NEWS Racers Lobby for Terminal Island revival Terminal Island in the Port of Los Angeles didn't play by the typical dragstrip operations manual. Intermodal shipping containers surrounded the strip and served as the basis for some of its structures. It had no national drag racing organization affiliation, and everybody pretty much "run what they brung." It opened and closed nearly a dozen times over the course of three decades, and now, in the midst of an LAPD crackdown on street racing in the city, fans of the dragstrip are working to bring it back. The rest of the article is in Hemmings Motor News........ Last edited by John Kelley; 03-05-2015 at 10:53 PM.

03-06-2015, 03:10 PM	#2
GTX JOHN VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Posts: 2,733 Likes: 2,799 Liked 2,485 Times in 697 Posts	Re: Another Take On "Street Racing" Since the Mid 60s a race track of his own was Big Willie Robinson passion. LA in that period was a melting pot of numerous ethnic groups that constantly clashed violently with each other. He always preached "A New Breed of Brotherhood " using racing to bring different groups together through a common bond of Drag Racing. If you look at the jackets we all wore you will see an American Flag with that inscribed underneath on a patch on everybodies jacket.....A pledge you made when you joined the club. I sure miss him and think of him every day........They broke the mold after the made him! GTX John LA Street Racers Vice President (Retired) __________________ John Irving 741 Stock 741 Super Stock Last edited by GTX JOHN; 03-07-2015 at 03:17 AM.