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Natural Bridge Speedway was like that, they had a dirt track and a 1/8 mile drag strip. I never even went there, but a lot of people from around here did. Once I started driving a truck I'd be gone all week every week- for the most part anyway. If you got in on Friday you were leaving Sunday. If you left on Thursday you didn't get home until late Friday or or Saturday, so you just didn't have much time to do anything.

Suffolk was another one in VA. that's closed, that's where they had the national events, NHRA sanctioned races. The others, even Richmond, were pretty much the locals, "run what you brung" type of tracks. I went to Suffolk a couple of times and saw some great racing. Saw a couple of Chevy II's there running in the 11's with 6 cylinder engines. Not a big deal now I guess, but this was in the 70's. And a solid black Corvette with the "big 6" GMC truck motor in it. When it left the front wheels came up about 6 inches, same thing when he hit second, third, and fourth gear. And ran arrow straight, and turned consistent 10.00's. Might run a 9.99 or a 10.01, but it was a very impressive car, to me anyway.

YES! Same thing at Richmond Dragway! Like "SUNDAY, SUNDAY,SUNDAY at Richmond Dragway! Match race madness, come see Larry in Battlestar Galactic vs. Gary in the Wisecarver Brothers Chevy II- It's Ford against Chevy, Sunday at Richmond Dragway -BE THERE!

I have no idea, but I do know a lot of local drag strips have closed. Gary Wisecarver told me years ago that insurance was one reason, it was getting more and more expensiver all the time. The drag strip I used to go to a lot when I was a teenager, Richmond Dragway, just closed in the last few years. New London Dragway, just out of Lynchburg, also closed. I think Waynesboro and Natural Bridge are closed too, but I'm not sure.

One of my favorites was Did you hear about the Big R driver that left his wife?..yeah, he came home and found her sitting on a trash can eating a corn flake with a pie in each hand. I'll see myself out...

You probably know the story on the red one, it's sitting down at P.L. Duncan's in Columbia, VA. The first time I looked at it was in 2009, looked pretty much roadworthy then. The last time I saw it was just a year or two ago and it had really gone downhill- a lot! Just from sitting, which is about the worst thing for a vehicle.

They were pretty big at one time. I kept these pictures that I saved at some point just because. The names that are no longer around bring back a lot of memories. Some of the names were impressive to me, just the name itself. I don't know why but I always liked Garrett Freight Lines, Western Gillette, East Texas Motor Freight, and others.

Cives Steel in Winchester, VA. used to have one. I had several International Scouts over the years. I remember when there was one "parked out back" up at Powell's Truck and Equipment in Lynchburg, the International truck dealership. Somebody bought it for the transmission or transfer case or something, didn't give much for it, seems to me it was a couple hundred bucks. Got whatever he needed then sold the 345 engine for more than he paid for the Scout to start with. A company in Lynchburg called Mrs. Giles bought the engine. They made coleslaw, potato salad, that type of stuff, and they had a fleet of Loadstars with 345's in them and one of them needed an engine.

A Conco maybe? Here's a Garrett model.

This is almost as bad as when I watch "Blackhawk Down". Every time I would watch that movie I would wish I was king, so I could blow somalia right off the map. This only makes me want to put elon omar and the rest of the idiotic and corrupt somali politicians on a bus and send it towards somalia.

Oh, so your parents took you most of the time? 🤣

It's 12:02 here, go for it!