Thread: How many remember this place

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This is pretty cool. The old US30 Dragstrip. I was there every chance I got

http://www.hotrodhotline.com/feature...Horse04162010/

Thank you .....a lot of good memorys came back.

I think I remember that place,

That was a hot spot in the late 60's. All of the guys would run their daily drivers. My friend had a 66 Chevelle, I had a 65 GTO, and one guy had a 56 Chevy. I bought a 57 Chevy from my brother that was raced at US 30. I turned it into a cruiser then sold it to a friend that turned it into an all out racecar. Those were the days.

Richard

I was never there in 1964 as I was in the Army however 61-63 and 65 til it closed I was there a lot---Funny, but it took the same amount of time to get to all 3 Chi area tracks from where I live (1:35) so I guess we bought the right house(still here) Last time I was at 30, running Pro Stock ran thru a mess of lightening bugs(fireflies) about 1000 feet---thought I was having a hell of an explosion/fire!! Miss it, think about it every time I am around 80/90 and 65

I lived about 100 miles south, in Danville. Only got there a couple times, but probably saw most of those cars at Indy from '62 to '75.

Did you see the famous "Shake Rattle & Run" '57 Chevy? ...or the starter who would stand on the seat of his 4 cylinder Honda, and do a 1/4 mile wheelie, while shifting gears all the way through the lights??? I remember seeing The L. a. Dart there and a few others. Good times!

I bought a 55 Chevy called Quick Silver was going to run with a guy who had the engine and I had the car but it never panned out. I sold a 57 Chevy that later became the Strip Duster.

Richard

Very cool though I have never been there.
I grew up in Las Vegas around Craig road where the stock cars raced.
And the drag strip came years later, the Las Vegas Speedrome.
My buddiy Terry West's family owned a gas station right on the strip
that they sold back when they started building the Nascar track.
I am not sure what they got for it, But I am sure they made out.
Kurt

Shake Rattle & Run is still out there. I saw them make a couple passes at Rt. 66 last weekend @ Pinks. Updated with a new chassis & a nitrous mountain motor (Steve Schmidt I've been told?). they have it runnin' low, low 7's now.

I'm glad to hear it is still being run. Not really nationally known, but for a local car it was quite famous.

I wish I could remember more of the cars that I saw there, but too many years have gone by. I wasn't much of a camera bug then. I shot some at Indy, but the Browie Instamatic I used sucked eggs, compared to today's cameras! Now I always take the camera with me. :-)

I need to ask one of my buddies if he still has the 8MM film he shot back then. :-)~