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The Mission: To research, record and preserve the personal histories of the young people from here in the Fox Valley, the Midwest, who played a vital role in merging land speed racing and hot rodding creating modern drag racing. And simultaneously noting the positive benefits that accrued to the lives and avocations of these young people by the very nature of their activities and labors at the track. Jay Thompson

Email: jaysspeedshop@gmail.com

"Trivia: You know the Joliet complex is 240 acres compared to that of the old US30's 138 acres." Jerry Tvrdik

Every time I make a pass in the car I feel that I am endangering my life. -  Mike Sorokin, 1965

Chapter One, The Instigators

  Chapter I is an introduction to the story about the people who brought thunder and rumbling to the Fox Valley. The fun part or lets say the high-energy part of Chapter II is the long collage of old silent home-movies where dozens and dozens of take-offs spanning many years of drag racing, mostly at Oswego, but also at other tracks from the Midwest.

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