The 522 Drag O'Way - Kreamer Speedway

522 Drag O’Way, near Kreamer PA
Operated Between the 1950s and 1970s
Originally a 1/5 mile track,  later changed to a 1/8 mile.

See video of the track here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHoB98Wnk98
Starting at the 5:32 minute mark

"Pete Herman was the owner of the track. People say that Herman was known to carry a wad of money in each front pocket with Mail Pouch chew in his mouth. Herman was also said to have spit tobacco juice on the shoes of the people that made him mad." 

The Daily Item

June 23 1869

"This drag strip, located about five miles west of Selinsgrove on Route 522, opened for racing on June 2, 1963. It is now a pig farm with long roofed pen buildings sitting on top of the old drag strip. It is just off Sportsman's Drive in  Middlecreek Township. Racing was timed for 1/5th-mile and shortened to 1/8th-mile by at least 1966. Francis Moll was the general manager in the beginning. Cloyd Herman was the owner of the strip. A drag race event was held on Sunday, August 11, 1963. Will Leitch took C/S honors with his 1960 Plymouth. Newspapers reported a minor grass fire near the 522 Drag-O-Way in September 1964. At a race on June 22, 1969, a clutch explosion seriously injured a 21-year-old spectator. In 1971, a jury awarded the injured youth $55,000 for the disabling injuries he sustained." https://dragstriplist.com/pennsylvania

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