Cornhusker Raceway Park - Page 2

ss wannabee · 01-29-2012, 12:10 PM

Nice cars...nice times! Looks like the place might have closed...late '70's?...based on the equipment on the cars....Why did it close...noise?

340Cuda · 01-29-2012, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

This car sounds familiar, let me do some digging...I'm not sure which track this is though.

Yep that is it, taken at Tulsa.

Thanks,
Bill

340Cuda · 01-29-2012, 02:48 PM

[QUOTE=jeffsracing;302975]No pictures of the 1963 Plymouth. Cornhusker opened in fall 1969. Some Cornhusker Drag Record Holders. Still trying to figure out the green Cuda.

Thanks, I guess there was track before this one that had NHRA Division 5 races.
Bill

Randall Klein · 01-30-2012, 11:28 AM

Cornhusker Raceway Park closed due to racer boycott asking for better payouts

cad · 01-30-2012, 05:42 PM

Here is a video of the Corvette my dad drove.
He also has about 20 or 30 mins of racing on super 8 with a couple of the Griffiths when they were young and skinny.

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Might even have a few minutes from the weekend everyone loaded up to protest.

Part of the tower and starter's box are restored and in a car collection.

cad · 01-30-2012, 05:50 PM

Here are a few faces that raced at Cornhusker:

JeffD · 01-31-2012, 07:00 PM

Hagens Cuda was bought by a guy named Lenny Lowe out of Chippewa Falls Wisc from what I understand.

Hemi Moose · 01-31-2012, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffD

Hagens Cuda was bought by a guy named Lenny Lowe out of Chippewa Falls Wisc from what I understand.

I think he's since sold the car and his kid was thinking of building a clone someday...here's an old shot of it in the pits somewhere.

jeffsracing · 02-01-2012, 01:14 AM

Couple more pics tonight including Wes Jerde's Challenger.

Hemi Moose · 02-01-2012, 02:16 PM

Here's another old shot from Cornhusker...who's Chevy wagon was this or the '67 RO Plymouth in the background.

01-29-2012, 12:10 PM	#11
ss wannabee Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 663 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Cornhusker Raceway Park Nice cars...nice times! Looks like the place might have closed...late '70's?...based on the equipment on the cars....Why did it close...noise?

01-29-2012, 02:48 PM	#13
340Cuda VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Posts: 1,620 Likes: 3,551 Liked 717 Times in 309 Posts	Re: Cornhusker Raceway Park [QUOTE=jeffsracing;302975]No pictures of the 1963 Plymouth. Cornhusker opened in fall 1969. Some Cornhusker Drag Record Holders. Still trying to figure out the green Cuda. Thanks, I guess there was track before this one that had NHRA Division 5 races. Bill

01-30-2012, 11:28 AM	#14
Randall Klein Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 785 Likes: 45 Liked 318 Times in 67 Posts	Re: Cornhusker Raceway Park Cornhusker Raceway Park closed due to racer boycott asking for better payouts

01-30-2012, 05:42 PM	#15
cad Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 685 Likes: 161 Liked 80 Times in 45 Posts	Re: Cornhusker Raceway Park Here is a video of the Corvette my dad drove. He also has about 20 or 30 mins of racing on super 8 with a couple of the Griffiths when they were young and skinny. . Might even have a few minutes from the weekend everyone loaded up to protest. Part of the tower and starter's box are restored and in a car collection. Last edited by cad; 01-30-2012 at 05:52 PM.

01-30-2012, 05:50 PM	#16
cad Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 685 Likes: 161 Liked 80 Times in 45 Posts	Re: Cornhusker Raceway Park Here are a few faces that raced at Cornhusker:

01-31-2012, 07:00 PM	#17
JeffD Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 17 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Cornhusker Raceway Park Hagens Cuda was bought by a guy named Lenny Lowe out of Chippewa Falls Wisc from what I understand.

02-01-2012, 01:14 AM	#19
jeffsracing Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Cornhusker State Posts: 37 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Cornhusker Raceway Park Couple more pics tonight including Wes Jerde's Challenger. Last edited by jeffsracing; 02-01-2012 at 01:17 AM.

02-01-2012, 02:16 PM	#20
Hemi Moose VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,824 Likes: 0 Liked 11 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Cornhusker Raceway Park Here's another old shot from Cornhusker...who's Chevy wagon was this or the '67 RO Plymouth in the background.