Nice one. The clouds make it.
--Bob Whitmire
Registered Neanderthal
On May 22, 2013, at 12:40 AM, Paul Braun wrote:
> I live about 20 minutes from a piece of American motorsports history -
> old "Smokin' US 30 Dragstrip".
>
> One of the region's hottest tracks, and actually known nationally from
> the 50's through 1984, it now lies abandoned and overgrown as it has
> been for the past 30 years. It's been for sale, but nobody wants the
> land, probably because of the expense of removing all of the asphalt and
> concrete.
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=1965
>
> I have some shots on film from about 8 years ago where the starting-line
> shield painting is much clearer - I will have to find those.
>
> I also visualized an awesome photo as I was standing there - since the
> track starts at the East end and races West, I need to go back right at
> sunset and try to catch the sun setting over the finish line. If
> conditions are right, it could be spectacular. We'll see. It's private
> property, but I've never seen anyone around, and there are no gates at
> the driveway. I would have tried today but I was actually on my way to
> a meeting and would have been late.
>
> There are a couple more in "automobiles"
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