I called a friend whom I hadn't talked to for a few years while walking around Woodward's Cruise this year. During our conversation I was informed of a long closed dragstrip that was going to reopen. Located near Jackson, MI, the track closed about 25 years ago. In the dragracing hobby, it is almost unheard for tracks to REopen. All too often the story is of dragstrips closing, and the reason often being that urban sprawl creeped into the once desolate areas where these races took places.
Onondaga will continue to be an 1/8 mile track, and looking at the progress, seems that it will be ready for the 2011 season. I will try my best to make it to the track next season, and if not ready to race yet, then to at least take some pictures and take in a rare piece of history.
Dragzine: The New Onondaga Dragway Begins Construction
Current Progress at the Track
Water Winter Wonderland Coverage
1 comment:
You mentioned Onondaga Drag will "continue" to be an 1/8 mile track. It was always a full 1/4 mile track when I raced there in the 70's. By then the top classes had gotten too quick for the stopping distance at the long end but it remained a 1/4 mile track until it closed. Glad to see it is reopening, even if only an 1/8 miler.
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