I'm dating myself, but the illegals I attended in the 1950s
were held on the Mt. Lemmon highway, just at the base of the
mountain...........the starting line faced south. That was so we could see the
cops coming and everyone would scatter into the desert.
?
A legal strip was started on Davis Monthan Air Force Base in
the late 50s and early 60s.......an unused runway was "donated" to the
drags.
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:40
PM
Subject: Re: [vanishingtucson] "The
Illegals" (street racing)...
Hi Carlos,Used to be two airstrips,one out by
Vail
close to the castle and another one on Prince by
the
freeway.
--- mistercopacetic <mistercopacetic@...>
wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Bjay mentioned "the
illegals", and I'm assuming
> she's talking about
> the street
racing that was supposedly very common
> back in the old days.?
>
> If there are any motorheads in the Group, could you
>
please describe
> what it was like?? I've been told that
they
> drag-raced out by the
> airport (but which one?), and it
was just like in
> that James Dean
> movie.? Any details
would be appreciated.
>
> Carlos
>
>
>?
--- In vanishingtucson@..., Bjay
>
wrote:
> > Hi Everyone!
> >
> > I'm a Tucson
native (more or less, born in
> Nogales) and got to enjoy
> >
Tucson growing up in the 70's and 80's.? I was
> (and still am) a
serious
> > drive-in patron - guilty of cramming people into
>
the trunk - especially
> > at the Apache Drive-In, the De Anza., and
the
> Tucson Drive-In (movies
> > were always interrupted by a
rattling train).? And
> yes, often, we'd
> have
> >
a bag of Pat's chili-dogs or from Shari's Drive-in
> (still around!)
> >
> > I remember a Rodeo or Fiesta Drive-in, but I
think
> they played Mexican
> > movies that were, ugh,
raunchy.? I couldn't go
> there.
> >
> > I went
to schools in the Amphi district until my
> freshman year in high
> > school then finished up high school at Sunnyside
> in
1986.? At that time
> > Sunnyside was open, with big windows in
the
> classrooms and lots of
> trees
> > and
grass.? Recently I have found they have
> bricked in the windows,
> > cemented the grounds, and put up a huge
> prison-like
fence.
> >
> > My friends would go to the illegals (I was
never
> allowed) or we would
> > just go to the "river" and
party.? Nowadays, I'd
> be too paranoid to do
> > that.
> >
> > Me and my girlfriends used to drive out around
the
> Desert Museum at
> > night, and go park in the desert
and gab.? Again,
> I'd be way to
> paranoid
> > to
do that.
> >
> > Tucson has NEVER been a paradise, but
times were
> certainly simpler and
> > not much to be afraid
of.? I think it's too bad my
> 4-year-old will
> never
> > get to know THAT Tucson - just the one with too
> much
traffic,
> > mass-produced homes, and awful senseless crime.
> Someone needs to start
> > a another group called Take Back
Tucson!!
> >
> > Nice to meet you guys!
> >
> > --
> > Ciao!
> >
> > Elizabeth
"Bjay" Woolley
> > Editor, Diabetic Mommy Online Magazine
>
>
>
>
>
>
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