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In A Nutshell
THE ERA
Mission Statement
Aerial Views
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
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# Chrome Czars
# Illinois Valley Idlers
# Scavengers
# Traction Masters
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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

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

Chapter Two, The Competitors

Chapter Two is about the people who delivered the echoing thunder and the rumbling earth to the Fox Valley in their own words and images.

The Aurora Autocrats!

[Aurora Autocrats]

So where are the Audetts? 

The Traction Masters? The Drag Masters? Scavengers? Rev Masters? Rod Benders? Tie Rods?

What other car clubs am I forgetting?

[Car Clubs]

The Official Web Site & Headquarters for the on-going Documentary Project: The Era of the Oswego Dragway 1955-1979

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Email: jaysspeedshop@gmail.com

The Official Headquarters & Home Website of Oswego Dragway.

 DVD's of The Instigators, The Competitors, & The Barbarians available!

Oswego Antique Market - Historic Downtown Oswego

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Official "The ERA" Biography Forms are available free at Oswego Antique Market - Oswego