Excuse my ignorance but the so called graph is segmented not only in track surfaces but also specific point to point (not defined) lengths
@lewislynn Not ignorance, it is not the greatest graphic but I believe what they are trying to show is lap speed on a given surface at the time. If you think about it the wooden track would have the highest lap speed because they were typically so steeply banked allowing for more speed. The others really are based on grip to the surface that changes the lap speed in some cases significantly.
Hey 65PC, Yes, we were fortunate to have lived in two houses very near to the actual Lion’s Dragstrip. The first house was nearer to the exit of the dragstrip where the ambulance could make a fast exit directly to the hospital in a straight shot eastward a few miles. There are two things in the photo that remind me of those old days. One, our house was about a mile away past the huge electrical grid wire structures.(red arrow) Two, if you Notice in the Doug Peterson photo the new larger ambulance after the Summer of 1960. (Yellow Arrow) My brother must have been one of the last customers to get a ride in (August 1960) the old 1953 two door Pontiac Ambulance that our friend, Mr. Childers drove. Mr. Childers and his 53 Pontiac Ambulance He was hired by the dragstrip from Dilday’s Mortuary Ambulance Services… a local ambulance service. The two sons from Dilday Company went to high school with both of us in those times. Mr. Childers talking to us during a break in the action… Jnaki old Friday Art post We would say hello every time we were at the drags and when I walked over to that side of the dragstrip, we talked as if we were long time friends. Plus, it was a great place to get up close and personal with the drag race cars coming by us. From the Crash Helmet in 1957: Lions timing tower side “The above picture is typical of a scene one would see if they were to look around any of the drag strips. The driver shown is Mr. C.B. Childers of the Dilday Ambulance Service. His ambulance is provided at the Lions Dragstrip, located at 223rd Street and Alameda Street, Wilmington. An ambulance is provided at every dragstrip to take care of any injury that might occur, even though a strip is the safest place anywhere to take your car to find out the best time it will turn in a quarter mile. These strips are being made safer every day.” Note: Within several following years, as much as we all liked the front engine fuel dragsters, sacrificing the rest of the individual classes for making the whole show about the fuelers was now coming into the scene. As it was, the end of the drag strip came to a point in 1972. By this time, the fuel dragsters were the "big show." The rest of the individual racers now, were in the stands or on their way to a new adventure somewhere... So, today, it is top fuel and funny cars as the main show across the USA. +/- YRMV
Note: Within several following years, as much as we all liked the front engine fuel dragsters, sacrificing the rest of the individual classes for making the whole show about the fuelers was now coming into the scene. As it was, the end of the drag strip came to a point in 1972. By this time, the fuel dragsters were the "big show." The rest of the individual racers now, were in the stands or on their way to a new adventure somewhere... So, today, it is top fuel and funny cars as the main show across the USA. +/- YRMV I was fortunate to attend a few races at Lions in the 60's. One of my favorites was a Gas Ronda Mustang. I learned decades later that there was more than one Gas Ronda. A few years ago I attended some races at Sonoma with my grandson. I found bracket racing (if you can call it racing) disgusting. Someone had to tell me what was happening.
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