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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 08:27 AM
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 09:14 AM
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by CAMJAG
You are correct. I thought this might have been the place becasue I know now they do testing at the track, but that says East Hamden
Connecticut Dragway was a Frank Marrata enterprise and was located in East Haddam, Ct. It's a town right near Colchester, so they are/were one of the same. I believe in those days, East Haddam wasn't even on most highway maps, so people coming to race or watch, looked for Colchester on their maps. It was a great track.... I ran there many times, and it was a place many of the top racers in the country came frequently. Consumer Reports Magazine now owns the property the track was on, I believe, but housing was built right nearby. Housing means noise constraints, which will probably mean there will never be a drag strip there again. WJ
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Originally Posted by CAMJAG
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It closed in like 88 or 89 and was sold to a consumer magazine company where they test cars, products, etc. In the link there is a recent picture
CAM JAG: That is a great pic of the track. The return road looped around to the left and back to the pits, just as it is today, but the paved pits, except for that circular area, have been seeded w/grass. The 2 roads on the far left were access roads into and out of the place....there were huge traffic jams there, and of course, the grandstands are gone, but except for that big building, the place pretty much looks the same. Unreal. I'm probably one of the few old bastards left on here who watched and/or raced there... WJ
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 10:57 AM
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 11:07 AM
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by WJ SOM SS
CAM JAG: That is a great pic of the track. The return road looped around to the left and back to the pits, just as it is today, but the paved pits, except for that circular area, have been seeded w/grass. The 2 roads on the far left were access roads into and out of the place....there were huge traffic jams there, and of course, the grandstands are gone, but except for that big building, the place pretty much looks the same. Unreal. I'm probably one of the few old bastards left on here who watched and/or raced there... WJ
Haha thats awsome. My parents used to race back in the 80s every sunday with there 57 Bel Air Waggon. They said it so great when the track was there
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 11:00 AM
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we can all hope, but the reason they removed the track from the public was they felt that it brought all kinds of noise and liability that were unwanted. little did they know removing it left us no option but to run on the street more then anything causing more deaths and damage then if they had just left the track open to the public. i found the merit and rte 8 to be the best launching area anymore
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