Richest Junior Drag Race in history?? (1 Viewer)

[Powell8]

Our NHRA sanctioned 1/8 mile track here on Long Island has exploded with donations for our end of season Junior race event on November 3. Donations are pouring in from fans, our racers, businesses, pros like Mike Ashley, Johnny Pluchino, John Montecalvo. As of today the purse is over $16,000! and we have a week to go. We encourage any and all to come and race. Visit RaceTrackNotStreet.com for further information.

 

[ironpony]

This is pretty cool news. I grew up on LI, worked and retired from Grumman. I now reside in Ohio and live one mile from National Trail Raceway. I can hear the cars making passes most weekends.
While living on LI I raced at Hampton Raceway in the late 70's and 80's also street racing on 231, 109, The Conduit..............before I moved to Ohio in 1990. Maybe someday this will develop into a full race site, it has the perfect track and more shutdown than anywhere else. IIRC the other runway was 10k feet.
Hopefully locals will realize a few noisy days would be worth it to the racers and youngsters to keep them safe. I have said I want to get back there to make a pass on the runway that launched the finest Navy aircraft ever built. I feel it would bring me full circle in life, I bleed MOPAR and Grumman blue.
Maybe next year i will make this a goal.

 

[Powell8]

This is pretty cool news. I grew up on LI, worked and retired from Grumman. I now reside in Ohio and live one mile from National Trail Raceway. I can hear the cars making passes most weekends.
While living on LI I raced at Hampton Raceway in the late 70's and 80's also street racing on 231, 109, The Conduit..............before I moved to Ohio in 1990. Maybe someday this will develop into a full race site, it has the perfect track and more shutdown than anywhere else. IIRC the other runway was 10k feet.
Hopefully locals will realize a few noisy days would be worth it to the racers and youngsters to keep them safe. I have said I want to get back there to make a pass on the runway that launched the finest Navy aircraft ever built. I feel it would bring me full circle in life, I bleed MOPAR and Grumman blue.
Maybe next year i will make this a goal.

Thanks for responding. Hopefully the town will renew us for our fifth year, achieve your goal and come on out!

 

[Powell8]

Updates: more contributions from our local racers, fans, businesses, Kenny Delco, Vinny Nobile. $17,250!!!!! Looks like 32 car field, split into two classes.

 

[Powell8]

Update:
$21,000.00 and growing. Full field, 32 kids. Contingency prizes, gift certificates, etc. This is epic.

 

[yoda]

Where is the track located?

 

[Powell8]

Where is the track located?

On one of the two Grumman runways used for F-16 testing, Calverton, Long Island. About 3/4 of the way out. Took 17 years of trying after the last track here closed to get racing back. Our 4th year and we are NHRA sanctioned. $22,000 in money now. Plus a small bracket race (I am entered) for full size cars, and test and tune for all others.

 

[Rat]

On one of the two Grumman runways used for F-16 testing, Calverton, Long Island. About 3/4 of the way out. Took 17 years of trying after the last track here closed to get racing back. Our 4th year and we are NHRA sanctioned. $22,000 in money now. Plus a small bracket race (I am entered) for full size cars, and test and tune for all others.

I hope he can put together more classes. It was the best run season yet, and my only suggestion is that there needs to be bracket racing.

 

[Powell8]

I hope he can put together more classes. It was the best run season yet, and my only suggestion is that there needs to be bracket racing.

Agreed, business wise the shootouts bring in fans and $. The brackets don't. The other issues are the time limits the town puts on each day of racing; and it costs them a lot to pay the ambulance and fire department to show up. But, we have a track right here at home. I'll take it and support it .