Spent a lot of time at Irwindale in the late 60's and early 70's. I really enjoyed the "Grand Prix of Drag Racing" they used to have. I also loved the night T/F and F/C races.
Amazing how back in '67-'68 the sound would reverberate throughout the San Gabriel Valley from that wonderful p!ace known as IRWINDA!E RACEWAY!!! ( you had to have heard the radio ads)
I grew up in the Monrovia Canyon and we loved hearing the sound of the fuel cars echo up there. I saw John Force run there a few times. Willy Borsch was our hero. We also had the 605 Speedway that shut down.
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Sad day for local people. My mate silky had fond memories of erwindale when working for PC3 socal speed shop.
Thank you for sharing. I remember crawling under the fence at Irwindale as a little motor head to see the nitro cars. R.I.P. Irwindale.
My first drag race was 1972 at Irwindale. I was 7 years old. My Dad took me. Miss Irwindale and my Dad.
Spent a lot of time at Irwindale in the late 60's and early 70's. I really enjoyed the "Grand Prix of Drag Racing" they used to have. I also loved the night T/F and F/C races.
Amazing how back in '67-'68 the sound would reverberate throughout the San Gabriel Valley from that wonderful p!ace known as IRWINDA!E RACEWAY!!! ( you had to have heard the radio ads)
Never had the heart to go to its last race, or Lions, or OCIR.
I grew up in the Monrovia Canyon and we loved hearing the sound of the fuel cars echo up there. I saw John Force run there a few times. Willy Borsch was our hero. We also had the 605 Speedway that shut down.
That was so good John!!! I grew up in Lynnwood CA. Lion's drag strip was our hang out,hello to John Stewart, Stewie,skinner says hello placerville ca.
It's sad to see another track go away.
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Awesome video .... Thanks for sharing 🇺🇸
Love seeing all the different characters.
Very well done ! Many , many thanks.
So many Drag Strips are closing Irwindale and Sacramento Raceway 😢
Sad to see another race track gone😢
Just hate thinking another drag strip is going away
Welcome to California Pomona is next
It's a shame that they are closing the last race track in SoCal.
What a bummer
Sad..... Used to be drag strips all over the place.
And they complain about street racing !!!
Oh Man, Irwindale too? This has got to stop!!!!!
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Use to be you couldn’t shake a camshaft and not hit a drag strip in so cal…now you can’t go near a major intersection on Saturday night…
Only our car culture can save these icons, the average person does not care. That’s the problem.
Sure wish California would Snap out of it and go back to the Good OL Days…….
The shitty music drowning out the REAL music of the engine is a nice touch.
1/8 mile 1/4 mile
But, WHY?!?!!???
Why you got to close, when tracks are disappearing everywhere?
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