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The Era of the Oswego Dragway

The ‘Era’ Exhibit at the Oswego Drag Strip Festival, Downtown Oswego. Fri 4 - 8pm, Sat 12 - 8pm, Sun 12 - 4pm,  September 15-17, 2006. The next “Era” event will be held in conjunction with the 1st Annual Oswego Drag Strip Days that is September 16-17, 2006. The “Era” is an interactive, multi-media, guest racers, volunteer-enhanced exhibit recalling the 1950’s when young people from Fox Valley played a vital role in the evolution of land-speed racing and hot rodding to create modern drag racing. In fact we now believe that the Oswego Dragway is either the first, or one of the very first, privately-owned, purpose-built drag strips in the U.S. Note that for convenience the “Era” exhibit will also be open 4-8pm on Friday in addition to the Saturday and Sunday of the Drag Strip Days Festival in the middle of all of the Drag Days activities.

"Do the thing and you shall have the power." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Compensation, 1841

"What doesn't kill us, only makes us stranger." (?)

Cars with Names

Cars know by Name. Recently Terry Offerman told me that some rule, which I can't remember exactly the details of right now, required that your lettering had to be at least a certain size like 3" high. Anyone know more about this?

"They serve too who sit and wait!"

 

 

 

 

Here are a couple of my photos, chosen at random. I hope I've answered your questions.  Thanks for writing. -  David Hapgood


 

Ammenhauser's above.

"De Con" The Rat Killer - Mike Wilkerson

I don't know which is better, a car with a name or a driver with a nick-name.

I have a sneaking feeling that this section could get really big. Got one I haven't posted yet? Include the owner or owners if you can, dates of photo, when it ran, etc. and it's final disposition if you know. 

Submit Your Photos! We’d love to add your shots to the project. The Era website is a great place to contribute your insight to make this documentary as complete as possible. Please email photos or a link to your website/online photo albums to: jaysthompson@comcast.net

 

The Grapes of Wrath - Paul Sandmann

Desperado

Tell Us Your Story!

Or we'll make one up!

Email: jaysthompson@comcast.net

The Official Headquarters & Home Website of Oswego Dragway.

Here is an open invitation for suggestions, polite corrections big and small, new information, new ideas, support, encouragement, photos, home movies, you tell me, etc. are all welcome!

A Volkswagen in Germany

Another one of Arnie's cars?

Please submit your shots with the following information:

Your name, Phone, Email, Website, Your location

Photo Description: The who, what, when, etc.

Race series? What track?

Don Nicholson

Image recommendations:  

1. Maximum Image Size: 650 pixels wide at 72 dpi resolution. 2. Save at medium (6) compression for JPEGs.

3. File names must be alpha/numeric (A-Z, 0-9) without spaces or special characters  _ ! , @ # $ % ^& * ( ) ~` ' " [ ] { } \
  

4. Files should be .jpg, or .jpeg.  

White Trash - I forgot his name?

 By submitting photos to the above email address, you agree that the submissions are copyright free to use for editorial use by the official web site and home of the on-going documentary project, The Era. Do not submit copyrighted works, watermarked photos, or other marked images. They cannot be considered for publication unless prior arrangements are made. The Era website agrees that it will not sell or redistribute any submissions except possibly in a future chapter of The Era of the Oswego Dragway.

Photographers MUST be 18 years or older or a parent or guardian will need to submit them.


Tell Us Your Story!

Email: jaysspeedshop @ gmail.com

The Official Headquarters & Home Website of Oswego Dragway.