Abandoned drag srtip east of Phoenix

[YenkoYS-199Stinger]

Cool picture of Lions. I spent many an afternoon down ther ewith dad and still have a bunch of his timing tickets.. That was a cool old place.

It looks like you drag race between the rows of containers now.

[YenkoYS-199Stinger]

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Ummm....I let Lynn take her!

I love to have hook ups just a phone call away. Thanks to my KDKB DJ buddy...Lynn and Holly are going to this...in a suite no less!




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Holy cow Bruce! A bud called me late yesterday p.m. and said he had tickets for this concert. Had a blast. I am not a Styx fan, but those guys played a great concert, very talented, some awesome duelling guitar riffs that were over the top.

Did the girls enjoy themselves?




P.s. Our seats weren't that good!

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I have seen Styx several times in the 70's/80's , they were opening for Aerosmith on several tours.
I have never seen Boston but would have loved to, how did they perform without their lead?

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They found their new lead singer from a tip of some guy singing their songs on myspace...

He sounds eerily like Brad...and looks nothing like him. Lynn said that he sang really well...and dedicated a few songs to him..."A man I'll always be"...instead of "A man I'll never be".

She said the best thing is that he doesn't try to act like Brad did...

BTW, thanks to Chris (YenkoYS-199Stinger) for giving me the heads up that they were touring!

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Bruce,

Glad I could be of service. It sounds like Lynn and Holly got the same great show as we did one week earlier. Too bad you had to stay behind....

Who would have ever thought that BOSTON would have gone down to Home Depot to get a new lead singer. I guess they are having to stock everything these days.....He had lost his job and was working at Home Depot making $10.00/hr to support his family when Tom Scholtz found him.

BOSTON---that's my band

[SS454Elky]

I took this picture just last month of the Beeline Timing Tower. I used to go there a lot in the late 70's early 80's. I am pretty sure it was still operating up until '80 or so as I recall going to the 78 or 79 Winternationals there. Saw all the big names run there... Garlits, Muldowney, McEwen... those were good times!

[427TJ]

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Keep em coming! How about Santa Ana, Inyokern and the famous Irwindale??

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Sam, funny you should mention Santa Ana, I am at the airport about to walk out to my jet and fly down to John Wayne and land on that very dragstrip, now known as runway 19R. Santa Ana used to be WAY out in the sticks... I think Inyokern's strip was an unused runway at the local airport?

Jon: Cool pic of the old Beeline tower! Needs a few old racers parked in front of it.

[PeteLeathersac]

This thread is THE CLEST!!!

I really can't believe the technology w/ the Google Earth thing...like we're living in the future!.


~ Pete

[Salvatore]

I believe Santa Ana closed early! I have some pictures in some old Drag News and National Dragster of the old days. Best part about being in California is.........just being there!!

[SS427]

Here are a few on the then famous Minnesota Dragways as seen then and now. I believe I have the correct spot on Google Earth though it has been a very long time since I was there and a lot has changed since.

[Salvatore]

Rick, Is that now Brainerd? I am digging all this Bee Line stuff too. Isn't that where Zl-1 #1 made its Winternationals debut in 1969?

[SS427]

Sam,
I could be wrong but I believe Grumpy won the 1970 Winternationals at Pomona, CA with the ZL-1. BIR (Brainerd International Raceway) was and still is in Brainerd, MN and you would NOT want to hold the Winternationals there.

[SS427]

Speaking of BIR, here is a video of a friends 1970 El Camino running down a Lotus Elise at BIR at 148 mph.

Keith Anderson's L78

For more videos, check out http://www.cardomain.com/ride/703372 . They are pretty awesome.