US 30 BACK IN THE DAY

[COPO 70 RS/Z28]

Hope this is not a repost,

turn up the speakers!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydvcA_O-TNg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcV62lQfBOk





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[Dog427435]

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Hope this is not a repost,

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[b]Doesn't matter if it is - great post!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[mockingbird812]

The roar of the dinosaurs!!!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headbang.gif

Thanks! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[StriperSS]

Damn, the guy driving the 63 Chevy at the beginning could sure shift! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

[Kim_Howie]

The one & only Dave Strickler. Bill Jenkin no beginner at a 4-speed claimed he was the best there ever was!!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[SSRSBOB]

Strickler and Sox were the best four speed drivers of all time. Great footage.

Bob

[CC Rider]

Thanks for the links! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

My buddy Wes was some sort of track official back in the day, wonder if I saw him in any of this footage.

[PaulK]

Are you Dave???

[Salvatore]

Killer is the track is STILL there and basically the country side STILL looks the same! An airport like it was 35 years ago. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headbang.gif

[300deluxeL79]

what ever happened sam? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
poor attendence? locals? red tape?
wanted to drive out there after the reunion last month but ran outta time. alot of history there! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

[SUSQ]

York US 30 was one of the first places I drove to upon getting my driver's license. The track was and still is Thomasville Airport. Still surrounded by fields and quarries just as it was back in the day so I doubt noise would have been a problem. If my memory is correct, the tower is long gone. Not really sure of the reason for the track's demise. It was fun to go with a car load of teenagers. The guys at the gate must have had x-vision and somehow knew we usually had another guy or two in the trunk.

[Salvatore]

Doubt if it was noise and absolutely not poor attendance IMO. It was an airport and a drag strip. I guess the airport eventually won out. If NHRA was smart they would have bought YORK US 30 instead of some of the other tracks they bought. You could park a million cars there. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif Maybe the airport owners would not sell and NHRA wanted to buy it but couldn't. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif Many, many great events were held there. I went there since 1970. The first Summernats! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

[x Baldwin Motion]

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Are you Dave???

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Dave's not here, man. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif