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(QUOTE) Talk about crazy indoor drags International Ampitheater Chicago You couldn't get out of first gear. Corvairs and Dodges were the ones to beat. Don't remember the length of the track but you would shut down after going through overhead door and in the parking lot. Yes those WE'ER the days.


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where did you find those pictures?
Charlie

I never knew these indoor drags existed !!! Can you imagine this happening today with insurance premiums and all. Never would happen.


And Brian, if you don't go to the reunion you would be crazy. You will have a blast.


Don

I was surfing here a while ago and found a site about 50s/60s drags. The cars had no roll cages and few safety devices. I know a guy who lost 3 toes on his right foot when he blew his clutch. I was standing on the side of the rtrack at Oswago IL when a blowen somthing went by and exploded blower parts were raining down all over. Insurance would be a big deal today along with all the people who don't like the noise. I used to race at a oval dirt track outside Chi. Santa Fe Speedway It was surounded by corn fields. Then people started building houses NO more race track Same thing happened to US 30 in Indiana. I feel sorry for todays gearheads They will never know the excitement of racing somthing that on one else has tried. Not saying its all been done just we've seen a lot in our time.

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YES
where did you find those pictures?
Charlie

I pirated them from someone on the net. :-) Was it you?