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CT701 Lions Drag Strip 1955-1972 Quarter Mile Competition Past History Book

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Product Code : CT701. Fabled East-West showdowns, Fuel Altereds, Funny Cars, and Jet cars broke attendance records and set national records throughout the 1960s. With an approved proposal, shovels sunk into the sand in August 1955 in Wilmington, California, christening the birth of the world’s greatest drag strip.

Lions Drag Strip: 1955-1972 Lou Hart

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Hot rodders and the “drag” cars that they raced in unsanctioned exhibitions had become a nuisance with law enforcement in Los Angeles, California. So, in an effort to make racing safer, C. J. “Pappy” Hart (founder of the Santa Ana Drag Strip), Norris Poulson (mayor of Los Angeles), John Chadwick (member of the Wilmington Lions Club), and others collaborated to create the world-famous Lions Associated Drag Strip.

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