Product Description
During the 1970s and ’80s, drag racing was decimated by a combination of economic and political circumstances, and dozens of legendary drag strips were closed and abandoned. Tommy Lee Byrd traveled across the country and back in time to bring you picturesand stories from the rise and fall (and modern rebound) of American drag racing. In Lost Drag Strips: Ghosts of Quarter-Miles Past, you’ll learn the history of places like Lions Drag Strip, the Bee Line, Motor City Dragway, the Pocono Drag Lodge, and Dallas International Motor Speedway, and see what has become of these once-proud locations. It even includes a foreword from a man that made history in many of these places: “Big Daddy” Don Garlits. 299 images in color and black and white. 176 pages.
