Sunset Dragway, Panama City, FL (��61-��64)
Presque Isle T.A. Drag Strip, Erie, PA (��60-��66)
Virginia Beach Dragway, Norfolk, VA (��63-��87)
Dixie-Southland Dragway, Montgomery, AL
Nauvoo Drag Strip, Nauvoo, AL 1/8
Biloxi Drag Strip, Biloxi, MS
Columbus Drag Strip, Columbus, MS
Preston Raceway, Preston, MS (supposedly still active)
Springfield Int'l Dragway, Springfield, MO (��65-��70)
Grand Island Drag Strip, Grand Island, NE
Kaw Valley Dragway, Topeka, KS
Topeka Dragway, Topeka, KS
Westborough, MA (��57)
New Waterford, OH (��61-��63, Dirt)
Dahio Drag Strip,Dayton,OH(��56-��61 not Kil-Kare)
Norway Dragstrip, Columbus, OH (��57-��58)
Douglas, WY (��57-��60)
Tulare, CA (��55-��57) (very rough track)
Boise, ID (��56-��57) (is not Firebird)
Bozeman Dragway, Bozeman, MT (��63-��65)
Sportsland Drag Strip, Phoenix, AZ
T-Bird Drag Strip, Eugene, OR
West-Pacific Dragway, Eugene, OR (��77-?)

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anybody know where any of these places were?

Tom

Sorry,

I know some people in Boise, ID. I will check with them for you.

Virginia Beach Motorsports Park was located in an area of Virginia Beach, Va. called Creeds and was in operation from the early 60's to 1986. It originally was a 1/4 mile track, changed to a 1/5 and finally to 1/8 as cars kept getting faster. Shut down area was limited. When first opened it was called Creeds Dragway, changed management and was called Freedom Seven Dragway and ended up as Virginia Beach Motorsports Park. Over the years, it changed hands a number of times. I raced there quite often in my youth and can remember racing four cars at a time with a flagman. I actually tried to reopen it back in the 1980's with some of the previous management but the city of Virginia Beach wanted to much. Concrete is still there but grown over.

Thanks for the inquiry. Your question brought back many memories.

I forgot to ask, are you compiling data for a listing of tracks or perhaps a book of some type? Just curious as there are many, many small time tracks throughout the US.

They even have some video of races there. I will send you more information, soon.

Don

I wonder if maybe that was a former name for the Winston County Dragstrip. It is about 4-5 miles from Nauvoo and is still in operation. It's located about 75 miles NW of Birmingham. Prob is the oldest operating track in the state. Grew up going there. I consider it one of the birthplaces of Pro Mod. Several guys from there went on to start Pro Mod in the IHRA. Hugh Scott prob the biggest name. But others also. They were running Mountain Motors and nitrous way back in the late 70's here.

The track is 1/8 mile, but is now raced on 600 ft vs 660. It's a little short and some of the Pro Mods can run high 3's, so they need room to stop.

I know live about 2hrs away, but still go back every now and then.

Later,

There also was a drag strip in Pocatello, Idaho, that was abandon a few years ago. Would you like information on it?

I have raced Pro-Mod at Winston County about five years ago against ol Hugh, hell of a racer. There is also a track just across the miss st line from tuscaloosa that races on sunday afternoon and a lot of pro-mod racers go there including hugh.

Hope everything is going ok for you with the car. Mine is about ready to paint.

I had found Creeds, was unsure of the name change. I've found with some tracks the name changes every couple years.

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JC
hmmm Grand Island isn't THAT big a place... here's an overhead shot of the whole eastern side
http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.asp?S=13&T=1&X=348&Y=2833&Z=14&W=2

I don't see much. But then again a lot can happen in 40 years.