Atco Closed

Grass roots drag racing is dying. I have raced at Atco, Englishtown, Strato rods, Atlantic City, and Island Dragway in NJ used to be my home track. As far as I know Island Dragway is the only NJ dragstrip still operating. Over the years I have raced at over 50 different drag strips. Most of them are now gone. Back in the old days you could go to the track and get just about as many time shots as you wanted, then go into eliminations. Now on race day you only get 1 or 2 time shots before eliminations. Spectators are nonexistent. The younger generation doesn't seem to have the interest in cars that us oldsters had/have, and we are dying off.
PS: Over the years I have raced cars that went as slow as 20 sec 1/4 mile, and as quick as 9 sec 1/4 mile.