![]() ![]() Cars are different (and better) This car runs the quarter mile in 11.5. I’m sure you can find a few, but I’ve never really gotten respect from that vintage crowd. Only now those imports aren’t lagging behind, and after they run 9s, they can pick up the food shopping. Even at Atco 20 years later, it’s the same announcers with the same story – “Watch this non-street legal muscle car run 8s!” I think this ran in the mid 8s, just a second faster than an M3 with leather and air conditioning.Īnd now? The Bee Bop crowd is diminishing. I’d go in 2003 and be annoyed at the commentators who always dismissed a growing import scene with “ Here’s a built Camaro that will smoke this Civic…” No shit – the Camaro cost $100,000 built back then. If I was writing this in 1965, we’d be having a very different conversation, but by now I don’t need to tell you how different the world is. By the 60s, the NHRA was around, and the sport became popular with the younger crowd. ![]() It began in the 1940s, where returning World War Two vets used old air fields no longer in use. The culture of drag racing started around muscle cars – basically things that could not turn very well, if at all. It’s old, and so are many people that like it Many tracks are in a state of disrepair. In fact, I bet anyone in the tri-state area remembers the commercials ( RACEWAY PARK!!).īut Raceway Park is long gone (most of it) – so what’s the issue? Us. I’m not indifferent about Atco or drag racing in general – I grew up a mile from Englishtown’s Raceway Park and raced there when I was young. Perhaps I simply pointed out the obvious – Atco was old and outdated. Jeff, and many others, messaged me in regards to Atco. How come drag racing is dying? Do you think it’s another reason car culture is in decline? Mike, you managed to close down Atco! But this isn’t the first time I’m hearing of a race track closing. Of course I did not close down Atco dragway, but the timing is interesting, so let’s find out what happened to drag racing. ![]()
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