Roaring engines and smoke bellows out of two metal beasts waiting for dragway lights to drop from yellow, yellow, yellow, GREEN . . . 75-80 Dragway ran its last race on Sunday, October 30, 2005. The drag strip, tucked among pastures and cornfields near the intersection of Routes 75 and 80 in Monrovia, has been sold to create a 1,600 house development. At the 75-80 Dragway, where what comes after the decimal point means everything and a thousandth of a second can shatter hearts, 45 years seems like forever.
Ultra-rare factory HURST 4-SPEED special edition 1965 Plymouth Barracuda 273 Commando. This one doesn't have the Formula-S option package. The hood scoop and headlight ornaments are not original. *
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1968 Pontiac GTO 360HP Ram Air.
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1955 Chevy Bel Air just like the one Harrison Ford raced in American Graffiti. Chevrolet began a sensation that year by offering the first Small Block Chevy, the 265ci V8. *
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The aging signs and charmingly dilapidated structures of the 75-80 Drag Strip reminds us of simpler times.
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1964 Plymouth Belvedere beats the crap out of a late model Chevy. *
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1970 Plymouth Duster 383 Magnum Seems to have the jump on a 1970 Chevy Chevelle 396. *
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Polished 1963 Ford Falcon smokes the primer off of a fast 1983 Ford Mustang budget racer. *
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1970 Chevy Nova sleeper and another '70 Nova waiting at the starting line. *
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1972 Buick Skylark 455 and a 1964 Plymouth Belvedere running an A/FX style fuel injected 426 Hemi. *
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1983 Ford Mustang choking some spectators in the burn-out pit. *
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1983 Ford Mustang has the Green light.
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1991 Chevy S-10 top-fuel Pickup looking like a winner with the fancy paint. *
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Another look at that winners flag 1991 Chevy S-10 top-fuel Pickup. The parrachute appers to be off center, but is actually hanging from the giant spoiler.
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1983 Buick Reagal T-Type. The 3.8L V6 factory turbo Grand National engine makes these cars sought after classics. *
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1983 Buick Reagal T-Type V6 Turbo. One of few Buicks on the drag strip on the final day of racing at 75-80 Drag-A-Way.
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