But a generation ago Southern California was a drag racing capital, with nearly a dozen quarter-mile drag strips from Saugus to Long Beach at various times between the early 1950s and early 1980s ...

The sport started to take off during the 1940s on airfields, which were fairly abundant during the second World War, before the first commercial drag strip was opened in 1950, in Santa Ana ...

In answer to an Aug. 2 letter regarding the funding for the original drag strip back in the 1950s: After numerous meetings by myself — the founder of the Valley Isle Timing Association — along ...

In the late 1950s drag racing was picking up momentum in the Southeastern United States. And by 1960, drag strips were popping up all over the country. Otto Timms, resident of Calhoun, Georgia ...

drag strip was Robert Lee Cress, a Stockton police officer and auto-racing aficionado. In the early 1950s, Cress helped make Kingdon a spot where people could race their cars legally.

Lions Drag Strip was opened in October of 1955 in an abandoned trainyard in Wilmington. ... Back in the mid-1950s, when organized drag racing was pulling itself up by the bootstraps, ...

Drag strips are typically quarter-mile long strips of tarmac, ... before the first commercial drag strip was opened in 1950, in Santa Ana, California.

In the era of "Rebel Without a Cause," drag racers fought for recognition of ... and Furious Drag Racers from the 1950s. ... footed habits outside of officially sanctioned racing strips.

Cars began thundering down the track in the 1950s, after local legend says the 3,100-foot-long strip was built to accommodate planes carrying bootleggers in the 1920s.

Head to any drag strip in America, and you'll hear all about a "Christmas tree" — but it's not quite what you'd expect. ... There’s a fairly common image associated with the 1950s drag racer: ...

In the late 1950s drag racing was picking up momentum in the Southeastern United States. And by 1960, drag strips were popping up all over the country. Otto Timms, resident of Calhoun, Georgia ...