325 Dragstrips in the US in 1968 ? - Page 2

**SmallHurst** · #11 12-04-2011, 09:18 PM

National Dragster was/is the voice of the NHRA.

No tracks listed in MO (MoKan, KCIR, MAR). Only 1 track listed for Kansas (Great Bend, converted air strip, site of the first US nationals, still in existence).

COPO_Anders · #12 12-18-2011, 05:51 PM

Found this in a Start & Strip from 1969. They were selling these almanacs which contain a "complete dragstrip listing". Since I don´t have one of these almanacs, I don´t know what made a track get on the list or not.

**mockingbird812** · #13 12-18-2011, 06:46 PM

Just noticed they included W. Germany above in the "Sanctioned Drag Strips" that Ramstein AB (USAF) was included. Never knew they had a drag strip there. Very Cool!

COPO_Anders · #14 12-19-2011, 09:02 PM

Some pics from Ramstein in this blog. It´s in Swedish so it won´t be easy to read, but there are some musclecars in there.
I bet dragracinghistory.de would show some nice pics but the website is not up for the moment.

http://k-retro.blogspot.com/2011/03/...vaterland.html
Just scroll down !

**Dicky** · #15 12-19-2011, 10:34 PM

OOHH Anders, Your Scandinavian vowels and consonants are so discombobulated, [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] what are they saying??? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]

LOL [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] DH [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]

**Tommy** · #16 04-16-2013, 12:50 AM

Bump. Curious if anyone has anymore old papers on NHRA sanctioned strips in the 60's - 70's. I just picked up a NHRA decal for New Hope Drag Strip in New Hope, ALA. From what I understand it was NHRA sanctioned for 3 years. That's probably why it is listed in the paper Anders posted. The New Hope track closed many years ago but being a local area track it was cool to find a decal.

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**Salvatore** · #17 04-17-2013, 01:42 PM

get the book "Lost Drag Strips." pretty good reading.

Chevy454 · #18 04-22-2013, 01:41 PM

Alabama:

parkbrau · #19 05-07-2013, 10:30 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mockingbird812</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Just noticed they included W. Germany above in the "Sanctioned Drag Strips" that Ramstein AB (USAF) was included. Never knew they had a drag strip there. Very Cool! </div></div>

It was an old portion of autobahn A-6, that used to run through the Base. That piece of A-6 is still there and leads out to the 435 CTS site leaving the West Gate. When I was stationed at Zweibrucken AB back in 80-82 we would do rapid runway repair on that portion of the old A-6, EOD would blow a hole/crater and we would go out and practice patching a simulated piece of the runway. Fun stuff (NOT).

Sembach AB runway was also used for weekend races, they had road races on it and thru the taxiways and had a drag strip layed out, the runway was inactive for quite a while then got repaired and opened back up.

Bitburg AB runs drags on the summer weekends now.

http://www.1on1-motorsports.de/mambo45/

**mockingbird812** · #20 05-07-2013, 11:07 AM

Great history John. Can't keep those American airmen from doing what they love!