Thanks for sharing!
Yea, I’m not sure, but last I heard The Wilson’s still owned it.
It's owned or was owned by the "Wilcom" family, I thought that they had sold that off years ago.
I will check with one of the Wilcoms that I know, next time I see him.
Yea, I’m not sure, but last I heard The Wilson’s still owned it.
It's owed or was owed by the "Wilcom" family, I thought that they had sold that off years ago.
I will check with one of the Wilcoms that I know, next time I see him.
The Wilcoms apparently sold the adjoining farm land some time ago, but just recently sold the land the race track sits on within the past month or two.
*****I still have one of my Grand Nationals that is a very mild build and methanol injected with mostly bolt on parts but some chassis mods to handle a lot more HP and Torque. I never built this one up like the others and it is very streetable and driveable. It's a great sunny day car. It still has the original Powermaster brake setup but I've replaced the nitrogen ball and of course the factory leaky switch, etc... Works great for what it is.
I used to be a regular at 75/80 for test and tune back in the 90's so we could have the cars ready for Englishtown, Beech Bend, Bowling Green and other spots we took the cars for mostly GN versus Mustang grudge matches.
Really cool 75/80 is coming back. I hope it doesn't get shut down by the NIMBY liberals that have now moved into Urbana and Monrovia.
Some old and new pics of GN's I have or had and sold, etc.. I'd love to take my current one to the track and see how it does with such a mild build and a decently prepped track with VHT and my Nitto Drag Radials. I've done a high 1.5 60 ft on MT drags 26X10's using the foot brake with a pretty high boost launch but that was another car with a well dialed rear and adjustable rear arms, etc..
The final wheelstand pic was my friend Ricardo whose stock blocked GN with Champion heads, mini-tub, and proper 4 link suspension was a big hit back in the day. Generally speaking ya don't go fast doing a wheelstand in a race but it looks flippin' awesome for the crowds even though if ya screw up the landing it will take some time to replace suspension components and a bunch of other stuff that bends or breaks... Ricardo's wheelstand pic was a big hit and often used in posters for GN meets and GN/Mustang grudge matches, etc...
I'm glad I still have one of my cars, but it got stupid expensive to keep a pretty fast strip car going through a season, plus trailering, driving, tires, race gas, etc...
75/80 was a really cool venue back in the day...
Photo courtesy of Schipperke and it was taken on Monday, July 5th.
Looks like they still have some work to do over there, but nice to see cars are running on the track.
I agree with the others here, this is going to start a storm on Nextdoor from the McMansion owners that are not used to hearing finely tuned engines, not to mention the sound/smell of burning tires. lol
Photo courtesy of Schipperke and it was taken on Monday, July 5th.
Looks like they still have some work to do over there, but nice to see cars are running on the track.
I agree with the others here, this is going to start a storm on Nextdoor from the McMansion owners that are not used to hearing finely tuned engines, not to mention the sound/smell of burning tires. lol
Went to all the Bug on and Bug out races won the 2001 first place Pro class View attachment 317062
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Terris Hicks (new track owner/proprietor/manager/whatever...
playing around at the starting line with his car.
Today, I believe.
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