75-80 dragway....
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75-80 dragway.... i know since the track closed in 05 there has been many rumors that it is goin to reopen. in saying that i know ill catch alot of NO's or never gonna happen. all i know is latly i have been hearing a whole lot of rumors from old timers saying that it will be reopened but as a 1/8th mile track.
i have been looking around on google/yahoo trying to find info about this and found that the soil testing came back positive for oil and gas. plus due to the shitty economy the housing development fell through.
i found this link of some one asking the same question iam. he has a lil bit more info he might be on this forum.
http://www.1320x.com/profiles/blogs/...f-7580-dragway
iam just trying to find some answers on this. i know alot of you from the western MD southern PA areas are prolly very interested in seeing this track reopen... hell i started at that track befor i had my liscends... ssshhhh lol
NEED INFO!!!! give me and alot of other people good news PLEASE call bill wilcom lol and beg him
i have been looking around on google/yahoo trying to find info about this and found that the soil testing came back positive for oil and gas. plus due to the shitty economy the housing development fell through.
i found this link of some one asking the same question iam. he has a lil bit more info he might be on this forum.
http://www.1320x.com/profiles/blogs/...f-7580-dragway
iam just trying to find some answers on this. i know alot of you from the western MD southern PA areas are prolly very interested in seeing this track reopen... hell i started at that track befor i had my liscends... ssshhhh lol
NEED INFO!!!! give me and alot of other people good news PLEASE call bill wilcom lol and beg him
Last edited by whitew01ws6; Jan 5, 2009 at 12:54 AM.
Bill will never spend the money to make the track useable again.Hell,he wouldnt spend any money on it when there were 1000 people there on friday nights.Unless somebody else buys it and opens it,it is done for.
wow...I remember running there a long time ago (maybe 9-10 years ago)....i thought the place was a dump back then. just looked like no one took care of anything and it was just falling apart. i was afraid to sit on those bleachers cause they looked like they were gonna collapse.
It would be awesome to see a new 75-80 built, preferably in 1/4 mile form. I know I'd probably go there if it did get re-built, but as another poster said it looks like the owner would never put any money into it. In my years that I went there to watch drag races, nothing ever changed, no new surfaces, stands or anything.
Mason Dixon in Hagerstown laid down a new surface the past summer or fall after seeing it when driving by on the interstate. Though I've never actually been there so I don't know, it may be a good alternative to 75/80. Mapquest shows it being 1hr 9mins from Westminster. Also for the heck of it trying to remember just where 75/80 was located, google maps came up with two locations, one appearing to be a farm next to an airport near Frederick & the other being the actual location.
For the amount of money the owner made in the years it operated I don't think it'd be that hard to throw down a new surface (even if it was just an 1/8th mile), new pit area and put up some new stands. Yes it's a bit of work but when the track would open, it would be well worth it.
Mason Dixon in Hagerstown laid down a new surface the past summer or fall after seeing it when driving by on the interstate. Though I've never actually been there so I don't know, it may be a good alternative to 75/80. Mapquest shows it being 1hr 9mins from Westminster. Also for the heck of it trying to remember just where 75/80 was located, google maps came up with two locations, one appearing to be a farm next to an airport near Frederick & the other being the actual location.
For the amount of money the owner made in the years it operated I don't think it'd be that hard to throw down a new surface (even if it was just an 1/8th mile), new pit area and put up some new stands. Yes it's a bit of work but when the track would open, it would be well worth it.
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****...i would gather my buddies up with the lawn mowers and weed wackers and start fixing it up if he agreed to reopen it up and pay for materials. iam sure there would be tons of more people that would lend a hand.
yeah the bealchers were **** and the track wasnt that bad there. i always ran great there with all three of my f bodies, its not a big deal that it was run down and what not i liked it because of the people and the atmosphere. u couldnt beat it.
i just wish i knew who to talk to or how to get a hold of bill. i miss that track so much
yeah the bealchers were **** and the track wasnt that bad there. i always ran great there with all three of my f bodies, its not a big deal that it was run down and what not i liked it because of the people and the atmosphere. u couldnt beat it.
i just wish i knew who to talk to or how to get a hold of bill. i miss that track so much
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hey bluemonza is there anyway to find out who the developer is, possible a phone number. ill call the dude up. lol
i hope what u have heard is right.... that place made a ton of money for being a "**** hole"
i hope what u have heard is right.... that place made a ton of money for being a "**** hole"
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thanks man for lookin out. i hope it will open. if it does. as soon as i get up to stage iam gettin out of my car and kissing the ground!! kinda gay? maybe, but its worth it
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hell yeah man. i hate mason dixon i have been there once!!! and just didnt like it. it def beats out capital also. i learned how to drive at 75-80. it holds a sentimental value to me. even though i got my liscends in 03 BIG DEAL i want more memories for a long time to come.
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yeah, dint have anything fast i just like to play lol. but i say keep diggin for info, this friday during the day iam gonna take a trip to 75-80 to see whats goin on, if anything if there is some one there iam gonna go talk to them. but keep diggin like i said iam gonna keep diggin for info. maybe we can make somthin of it. HOPFULLY
Man! That makes me sad seeing those pictures, I to had alot of good times at our home track! It was a dive but it was our home! It would be sweet if it was reopened. Good post Randy
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and hell yeah adam i miss it so very much. the drive wasnt that bad.... we either hve mason dixon wich is 1 hour and 10 mins away, cRapitol raceway wich is 50 mins then u have 75-80 all back roads and bout 35 mins away lol
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I loved going to that track. My friends and I would go down there on their Fall Ford weekend and have a blast drag racing and autocrossing. That was back in the mid nineties. Lots of fun memories. I'd definitely go back if it reopened
i was wondering if that track was still in business! its the only track that ive been to that wasnt completly flat. i raced an lt1 t/a there one time when i lived in winchester va. mason dixon just happened to be closed. i really liked that track!
