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Re: drag races
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: September 14, 2013 11:35AM
ronko1 Wrote:
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> Im about a year late on this topic Drag Racing Yes
> I remember drag racing down 43rd st with my 55
> chevy also what we called the woods 87th & western
> the stockyards on Racine, Ford city drive, West
> of cicero just noth of state rd, between the
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> kedzie. I also remember Hill BillY Bobs gas
> station off 79th & Damen The Greek when he worked
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> 69th st off Damen The Ryan gas station on 49th &
> Damen lot of racers hung out at I work there part
> time back in the late 50,s. Anybody remember The
> NOMAD Racing Team or Gerry Davis who was killed
> out at US30 in a dragster crash in Sept 1964.
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> Im about a year late on this topic Drag Racing Yes
> I remember drag racing down 43rd st with my 55
> chevy also what we called the woods 87th & western
> the stockyards on Racine, Ford city drive, West
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> kedzie. I also remember Hill BillY Bobs gas
> station off 79th & Damen The Greek when he worked
> out of his garage until he open up a speed shop on
> 69th st off Damen The Ryan gas station on 49th &
> Damen lot of racers hung out at I work there part
> time back in the late 50,s. Anybody remember The
> NOMAD Racing Team or Gerry Davis who was killed
> out at US30 in a dragster crash in Sept 1964.
Re: drag races
Posted by:
ronko1
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Date: September 28, 2013 11:27AM
I WAS WRONG IT WAS AT 49TH & DAMEN THE OWNER WAS DON MILLER
Re: drag races
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: September 28, 2013 12:19PM
[b]I knew the Millers two brothers I think lived about 50th & paulina??[/b]
Re: drag races
Posted by:
glassgypsy
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Date: August 17, 2014 04:08AM
Yep. I raced at the indoor drags in the Amphitheater. in December '62 and Jan '63. Had a '63 Pontiac :). Turnout was great. In addition to like racing on ice, the ventilation was poor. The carbon monoxide fumes were nasty. The upside was a chance to drag race :).
Re: drag races
Posted by:
Dunning1
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Date: August 19, 2014 05:56PM
Addison Street between Narragansett and Oak Park was always a big drag strip. Cars would sail along there at over one hundred miles an hour. Our house was right on Addison, and over the years, no less than seven cars smashed into the house, including one that severed the gas main before the shut off. I am really glad that things have quieted down now.
Re: drag races
Posted by:
justacruzr2
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Date: August 22, 2014 01:43PM
Richard Stachowski Wrote:
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> 93rd & wolf rd willow springs. Santa fea Park?
I think Santa Fe Speedway was at 91st & Wolf Road. Remember their commercial? "Santa Fe Speedway...the action track is clay." The place out in the SW suburbs was 107th St between McCarthy Road and RT 83 alongside Saganasky Slough. There wasn't an inch of pavement that didn't have burn out marks on it. This section of the road ran thru the Cook County Forest Preserves. They had guys at both ends with walkie-talkies as lookouts so the cops wouldn't catch them.
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> 93rd & wolf rd willow springs. Santa fea Park?
I think Santa Fe Speedway was at 91st & Wolf Road. Remember their commercial? "Santa Fe Speedway...the action track is clay." The place out in the SW suburbs was 107th St between McCarthy Road and RT 83 alongside Saganasky Slough. There wasn't an inch of pavement that didn't have burn out marks on it. This section of the road ran thru the Cook County Forest Preserves. They had guys at both ends with walkie-talkies as lookouts so the cops wouldn't catch them.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/22/2014 01:49PM by justacruzr2.
Re: drag races
Posted by:
ski50
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Date: February 24, 2015 12:53PM
Are you talking about the allison aircraft engine dragster that rolled & killed the driver at the end of the quarter?I was there & was at the site as the crash truck arrived .I do not remember why I was so far down that day,but I still can see that in my mind.
Re: drag races
Posted by:
Dunning1
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Date: February 24, 2015 01:56PM
How about the drag racing along Addison Street, along the cemeteries between Narragansett and Oak Park Avenues? I live along there, and since the 1960's we have had six cars crash into our house. I remember as a little kid hearing a big boom, and seeing the headlight of a 1955 Ford shining through the wall into the basement. Later on, one car hit the wall a little further up and broke the gas line before the shut off...almost blew the house up. Since that little adventure, a guard rail has been installed along the side of the house. Personally, I have driven along there in rush hour traffic, in excess of 60 mph, and been passed by other cars.
