Hi - Well, I grew up with the street racing scene in Tucson also! It
was mid 70's, I had just graduated from Catalina HS and bought myself a
hot '68 Camaro, red, white vinyl top, red interior. Truth be told I
bought it from a little, old school teacher who only drove it to school.
I raced Speedway most every weekend, and that was about the time that
they had finished it out past Wilmot with 3 lanes both directions which
was a perfect place to race! Smooth wide road! I can remember there
were groups of people with "like" cars who would park along Speedway at
the closed business' parking lots and talk cars......'55, '56', '57
Chevys, '67, '68, '68 Camaros, etc. As a matter of fact, several
months ago I saw a picture in the Time Capsule section of the newspaper
of cruisers on Speedway and I swear it's my car in the center lane!
Shelby
--- In vanishingtucson@..., cynder32az@... wrote:
Back in the early 70's it was on Tanque Verde by Sabino Canyon Road.
There
were a lot of Deuce Coupes and 57 Chevy's and other fast cars. You
would race
your own car against whoever wanted to race theirs. Used to do drive
thru's
at the Jack in the Box there near the corner. A big hang out.
In a message dated 8/10/2005 12:40:31 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
c2s0naz@... writes:
Hi Carlos,Used to be two airstrips,one out by Vail
close to the castle and another one on Prince by the
freeway.
It takes all kinds of people to make up this world.....I am just
one....Redde
