1962 Chicago Indoor Drags

[djones3158]

Travis: they also tried indoors at Charleston W.V. civic center around l967.Didn't work out too well... aluminum front end mopar called Porters Pride hit the hay bails. Lot of fun though in the wintertime. a 66 or 67 GTO won using BX-10 traction compound and front shocks loose..really messed the floor up,the Civic Center didn't go for that again.....................Dave Jones

[Geddes]

I remember Mike Mckinney's dad telling me about those indoor drags. They ran snow tires with REAL low air pressure. Hudson Hornets, maybe............

BTW, is Mike still racing?

[Ross Family Racing]

There were also Drags held at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh back in the day. If I remember the article correctly they raced on a steel plate surface. I couldn't imagine that!
Jeff Ross

[davebw31]

Yep, I was there.

I had a 55 chevy 6 cyl. with Corvette manifold and dual one Bbl carbs and split exhaust. manifolds in to dual exhaust header pipe.

Going thru that door opening was scary to say the least. The exhaust fumes were the worst. Reason why Health Dept. shut it down. Sure was nice to race during the winter though.

BTW: the sound was cool, but the noise was deafening! LOL

[Dick Butler]

I think Mike Mckinney s dad ROY has movies from the race in Chicago indoors.

[bigshow2966]

I used to have a couple pictures from the Ampitheater, but lost them in a computer crash. One was a Max Wedge car, the other was a '57 Chevy. There's a guy that hangs out on Moparts who did race there.