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01-29-2012, 12:16 PM | #1 |
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Fairmont (Eldora) Dragway in Fairmont WV
Some of you may have been there. It closed in 2000. From 1995 to 1999, it hosted a Tri-State S/SS Association race every year. It was a down-home 1/8 mile track. Though I have heard that, years ago, it was a 1/4 mile track. Dad went there once in 1973, and it was 1/8 by then. Does anyone have any knowledge if it indeed was a 1/4 mile track at one point? The shutdown area had to be AWFULLY short if it was ever a 1/4. Thanks.
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Re: Fairmont (Eldora) Dragway in Fairmont WV
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Maybe "dragstrip guru" Brent Kepner has additional info? |
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01-29-2012, 11:42 PM | #3 |
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Re: Fairmont (Eldora) Dragway in Fairmont WV
Mike,
A guy named Nick Masciarelli use to race there and he told me that it was 1000ft.track back in the 70's. As a side note Nick will be inducted into the P.I.D. Hall of Fame this weekend.Will you be there??? Jeff Ross |
01-30-2012, 01:05 AM | #4 |
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Re: Fairmont (Eldora) Dragway in Fairmont WV
Hi Jeff. Yep, I plan on going. My first time there in about nine years. Always had work and/or bad weather on the date they had it. Unless something comes up, I'll be there.
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01-30-2012, 08:41 AM | #5 |
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Re: Fairmont (Eldora) Dragway in Fairmont WV
When did this drag strip close or is it still in operation?
One of the guys from the Pittsburgh area had an old decal that he wanted reproduced from Eldora Thanks Jimbo |
01-30-2012, 11:59 AM | #6 |
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Re: Fairmont (Eldora) Dragway in Fairmont WV
I think it closed in 2000 sometime. We did a S/SS race each year there from 1995 to 1999. 2000 we didn't have one. In December 2001, we stopped by on the way home from a race in Orlando FL. Took a few pics of the place. Weeds grown up several feet high, rubber almost totally peeled off the track surface, etc.
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Re: Fairmont (Eldora) Dragway in Fairmont WV
I raced there a lot in the 1970s. They did have it listed as 1/4 mile before then, but the track was something like 15' short and they had to change it to 1000 ft. John Book ran it and still has scrapbooks on the cars that ran there.
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