1963-1966
Green Pine Dragstrip. sat on the south side of the mountain south of Williamsport. The 1/8 mile pad still sits in the woods and had Joe Amato as one of its competitors.
May 17 1963
"Beginning in 1963, the Green Pine Sportsters Motorcycle Club held weekly Sunday drag races at their new 1/8th-mile paved track located south of Williamsport. It was four miles off Route 15. Nearby residents filed an injunction to try to close it in June 1963, but weren't successful. On July 3, 1963, Deanna Barner won a trophy in her B/G '57 Ford. Will Leitch of Lock Haven won four trophies in five weeks of racing in 1963 in his 1960 Plymouth Ramcharger, running in C Stock. In 1965, Green Pine conducted races on Saturday evenings. Jack Sampsell of Lock Haven was a frequent D Gas class winner that year with his '55 Chevy. " https://dragstriplist.com/pennsylvania
Photo from A Jalopy Journal Forum, with the note:
"This was a lesser known drag strip in central PA. I remember dad telling me that the rules were pretty loose and the drag strip was actually in lousy condition. These were taken in '66."
Green Pines, June 1966
The Lock Haven Express
June 15 1963
"Green Pine Dragway... some drivers/cars I remember ... Joe Golden, Butch Bobkowski, Mike Slattery, The Honker... Art Arfons in the Green Monster jet car did an exhibition at the end of the night (luckily) that tore out the timing lights at the end of the strip.. BOTH lanes" - Keith Banzhof
The Lock Haven Express
Aug 5, 1963
July 8 1963
Lew Stitely, in a 2016 interview
For the Daily Item
NEED THE EXACT LOCATION. , GPS. , FOR HIKERS , EXPLORERS
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It was off current day Green Pine Road - I think it may be private property, but you may be able to see if from the road. I do not know. Approx coords - +41° 10' 15.75", -76° 58' 56.15"
DeleteDo you know who took the picture at the top of the page? That's my father in the green 39 Chevy. Thanks
ReplyDeleteI have no idea. :-( I found it in one of the old jalopy forums.
DeleteYou can still see part of the drag strip also
ReplyDeleteMy brother, Marvin Spencer from Troy, ran there quite often in the early to mid-sixties.
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