Beeline Dragway

[Cymon Sez]

Ariel Shot of Beeline Dragway

 

[Toejam]

Ariel Shot of Beeline Dragway

Thanks Steve! As you can see the outline for both the track and Return road are still visible!

 

[Rajunz]

Alot better view here, click on aerial view.

Bing Maps

 

[Johnny Mopar]

Alot better view here, click on aerial view.

Bing Maps

Thanks Lance.

What a clear shot...kind of haunting to see the remnants of the track. It's surprising that it's all standing. It's looks like they just walked away from it all...

 

[Percboy]

Alot better view here, click on aerial view.

Bing Maps

Looks like fences are in place on the "track" to stop anyone from "test and tuning".

125, 000 invested in `63
I like the statement "refrigerated timing tower" .

 

[DrRocket]

Alot better view here, click on aerial view.

Bing Maps

Looked like the exact same view google maps had........

 

[Iron Mike]

I think Beeline may have closed about 1982. I raced my alky funny in tucson in 1982, but never at Beeline. Rick Lynch would cut the purse all the time. He had armed guards at his office where he counted his money and handed it out. i liked the track, you could get sideways, drive it into the dirt and get back on the track and never lift!!!
I saw Art Nolte's turbo'd dragster do that and still run over 200 in the late 1970's.
Mike

 

[Johnny Mopar]

Looks like fences are in place on the "track" to stop anyone from "test and tuning".

125, 000 invested in `63
I like the statement "refrigerated timing tower" .

Thanks for the cool link to the old press release. Did you notice the writing style from back then? I haven't read anything written like that in quite some time. Here's my favorite part of the release...

"A three foot wall in front of the spectators eliminates the possibility of spectator damage or spectators wandering".

 

[nwspeedshots]

That writing style is called “illiterate”.

 

[Percboy]

Thanks for the cool link to the old press release. Did you notice the writing style from back then? I haven't read anything written like that in quite some time. Here's my favorite part of the release...

"A three foot wall in front of the spectators eliminates the possibility of spectator damage or spectators wandering".

Good looking young college girls working everywhere.
Try getting away with that in 2010 without be called a sexist.

 

[Johnny Mopar]

Good looking young college girls working everywhere.
Try getting away with that in 2010 without be called a sexist.

I saw that and thought the same thing. It is a sexist remark and would draw objections and protests these days. It's amazing how times have changed.