Road trips are too easy these days: “Phone, take me there.” Half the time, you don’t even need the full address.
Problem or question along the way? We can call or text, often without lifting a finger.
Slowed traffic due to construction or an incident? A new alternate route is …
Definitely living on an island has benefits, besides the wealth of beaches. You can't get lost easily, right?
"Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!" The radio ad would blare encouraging us to go to Center Moriches, LI to watch drag racing. This famous track was NY National Speedway. It was a 4 lane dragstrip with two Xmas trees! In the early 1970s I was running my SS/I Boss 302 at Dover Dragstrip in the Hudson Valley (best time was 12.09 at 114 mph, against an 11.70 national record ). I never made it to NY National Speedway until after it closed in the 1980s to become a retirement community. I did get to race at Bridgehampton in my SSB and ITB Scirocco, as well as SSGT Firebird Formula, in both SCCA and EMRA events. Oh, the memories!
In reply to FRANDANCE :
For college graduation, my parents sent me to Skip Barber at the Bridge. This was 1992.
I see that Long Island had several drag strips. I believe they’re all gone now, right?
And somewhere I have photos from EMRA at Bridgehampton. I need to go through them and scan a few. I believe David Donohue and I were there at the same time. I remember his 944.
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