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Aquasco Speedway, no longer in operation, was the first quarter-mile dragstrip on the United States East Coast. It was built in the mid-1950s and was home to the President's Cup Nationals, which are now held at Maryland International Raceway.
I had the pleasure to walk the old asphalt of Aquasco Speedway/Drag strip in Southern Maryland I shot about 30 photos of the old grandstands announcers booth...
30 cze 2010 · Lost Drag Strips Part 4: Aquasco Speedway. Our weekly installment of Lost Drag Strips has us placed on the east coast in rural Maryland. Aquasco Speedway was a pioneering track in the east.
22 paź 2012 · The next track to go was Aquasco Speedway located in Aquasco, Maryland, opened in the early 1950s. Between noise restrictions imposed in the rural town of Aquasco and competition from a track opened in Southern Maryland called, “St. Mary’s Drag-O-Way”, the track could no longer stay open.
4 lut 2011 · Prior to its opening, the state of Maryland boasted zero dedicated dragstrips, making Aqausco a true destination for hot rodders at the time and what was considered to be a pioneering effort in the region.
Board-track genius Jack Prince built one of his wooden superspeedways in Laurel, Md., which lasted a single season, ending in 1926. On the drag-racing side, Aquasco Speedway booked match races for two brawny decades that ended in 1973, and helped launch the Super Stock career of the great Malcolm Durham.
AQUASCO SPEEDWAY - ALL AQUASCO-related material is welcome here. This page is a celebration of a great drag strip. In operation for a short 22 years, Aquasco hosted the best and fastest racers from...
