US 30 BACK IN THE DAY
 

Hope this is not a repost,

turn up the speakers!!!!!!!

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

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





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Hope this is not a repost,

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[b]Doesn't matter if it is - great post!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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The roar of the dinosaurs!!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif

Thanks! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Damn, the guy driving the 63 Chevy at the beginning could sure shift! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif

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

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

Bob

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Thanks for the links! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/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.

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Are you Dave???

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

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what ever happened sam? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/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! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif

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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.

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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. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif Maybe the airport owners would not sell and NHRA wanted to buy it but couldn't. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif Many, many great events were held there. I went there since 1970. The first Summernats! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif

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Dave's not here, man. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif