tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post5774116302138509347..comments2024-03-22T14:59:09.847-07:00Comments on O.C. History Roundup: Orange County International Raceway, IrvineChris Jepsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207321906121901004noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-80941955518337912802020-10-09T17:24:57.755-07:002020-10-09T17:24:57.755-07:00Used to when i was 12 go to rosmore my buddy's...Used to when i was 12 go to rosmore my buddy's house and his neighbor was mr.Prudhomme and we would help move the snake bodies around the front yard. I was hooked. Grew up in Huntington beach went to marina HS. Listened to kezy kmet and klos all 3 rock stations in o.c. OCIR was our playground and yes the orange groves were the only way we new to get in.I made it to every Fox hunt event they had hot pants and bikini tops it was a target rich environment. Never have I seen so many jet cars in one place and at the same time and the fuel altereds almost never went strait down the track. It was the time of my youth and wed.nights run what you brung just to get a time slip I'VE missed that place, and now only pictures in my head. RIP OCIR.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06513926534570545918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-30879180856324123932020-09-05T06:27:19.008-07:002020-09-05T06:27:19.008-07:00Loved watching IMPI Volkswagon Bugs tear up Corvet...Loved watching IMPI Volkswagon Bugs tear up Corvettes there. Lived down the street from the Beebe Bros in the sixties and enjoyed hearing them fire up their rail. Great times.Michael Vineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02868451511091804755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-67031260179836251502020-06-29T20:40:09.068-07:002020-06-29T20:40:09.068-07:00Les, I was able to hear the dragsters race from my...Les, I was able to hear the dragsters race from my house all the way up in Trabuco Canyon, near the steakhouse.Captainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04938019758171312409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-34460319142838343652020-06-29T16:25:32.521-07:002020-06-29T16:25:32.521-07:00Forgot to add.
One afternoon, after work, I was ...Forgot to add. <br /><br />One afternoon, after work, I was at the speedway track working on the lights for Saturday's race when I spotted an Orange County Sheriff's car coming up the entrance road. I climbed down off the pole and met him by the stands.<br /><br />He asked what I was doing and told him checking the lights. He said he had to come out and check because they had gotten calls from nearby residents calling in noise complaints. He said good bye and headed out.<br /><br />Just one of the nails in OCIR's coffin.Les Thompsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-32244824782060333262020-06-29T16:14:46.450-07:002020-06-29T16:14:46.450-07:00Ran with the SoCal Modified Midgets on the old spe...Ran with the SoCal Modified Midgets on the old speedway track the last year it was there. Our club dug the infield down, pushing the dirt up into the turns to make a banked track out of it.<br /><br />We shared the track the the TQ's. Rip Williams was running a TQ at that time and later went on to Sprint Car fame.<br /><br />Had a key for the front gate so we could get in to prep the track and set up the lights. They didn't renew our contract and bulldozed the track between seasons. So I just kept the key, still have it.Les Thompsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-55763205090156356082020-03-08T10:09:22.373-07:002020-03-08T10:09:22.373-07:00I was on the La Quinta H S drag race team for the ...I was on the La Quinta H S drag race team for the first HS race. The principal of L Q dld not authorize the school's participation but our auto shop teacher signed us up anyway. We came in 1st place. Prize was $1000.00 for auto shop tools. Given that the principal did not back us, he cashed the check and gzve each of the 10 team members $100. That paid most of the $135 I paid for a new positraction differential for my '58 Chevy. The school authorized participation in future racesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07044834227449458521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-86882162682338231422019-10-04T06:30:03.793-07:002019-10-04T06:30:03.793-07:00Oh yeah! Going down memory (fast) lane.... was las...Oh yeah! Going down memory (fast) lane.... was last there for Evel Knievel jumpimg 13 trucks and doing 80mph wheelies all the way down the strip.. GREAT FUN!!Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-62893972274891484742019-09-02T16:09:35.660-07:002019-09-02T16:09:35.660-07:00Hello....I was one that attended the Concert right...Hello....I was one that attended the Concert right before i got drafted and went to Nam with the 173rd Airborne Rangers. Was hoping to see if anyone knows who played? KTBT was FM station at Chapman and Brookhurst. Maybe we could talk sometime......Bye<br /><br /><br />brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697724562208452837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-245795932704328412019-05-28T19:14:43.836-07:002019-05-28T19:14:43.836-07:00Participated in the Ford sponsored High School Dra...Participated in the Ford sponsored High School Drag races in 1968 and 1969 from Western High School in west Anaheim. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05205534510861081041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-34392047259788813302019-04-06T05:13:20.278-07:002019-04-06T05:13:20.278-07:00People are eager to know the Good Friday History a...People are eager to know the <a href="https://happyeasterday.net/good-friday/" rel="nofollow">Good Friday History</a> and we have shared the quality article with a lot of information regarding traditions and facts. 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Thanks! <a href="https://goodfridayquotess.net/category/good-friday-meme/" rel="nofollow">good friday meme</a><br />Ajmeri Seohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04101112552461488634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-83460367924624208862019-03-15T10:29:44.836-07:002019-03-15T10:29:44.836-07:00Does anyone remember the flat track and tt motorcy...<br />Does anyone remember the flat track and tt motorcycle racing events every Wednesday night sponsored by Wes Cooley, Sr. during the late 60's and maybe early 70's under the banner of the ACA, American Cycle Association. Please post something if you remember.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-27316652142120009252019-02-20T20:58:53.468-08:002019-02-20T20:58:53.468-08:00What about high school motocross and motocross rac...What about high school motocross and motocross racing on Friday nights about 1976Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00868358343533128918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-90774879717346910772018-08-26T19:33:56.945-07:002018-08-26T19:33:56.945-07:00I also remember one time racing my daily driver (&...I also remember one time racing my daily driver ('68 Bug) and coming off the line hot in 1st gear, grabbing 2nd and letting the clutch out, only to find I was still in 1st gear. That was a long trip back to Hemet on the freeway in 1st gear. 1st and ONLY time I ran out of gas. Amazing, the poor mileage you got in 1st gear....... lolUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11276934358951772557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-26149794841049927982018-08-19T03:52:04.335-07:002018-08-19T03:52:04.335-07:00I do remember it and I attended, at age 13. It was...I do remember it and I attended, at age 13. It was sponsored by KTBT, which was an "underground" rock station in Garden Grove. If anyone has mote information I would love to hear it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09675921629183614862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-9089432536103227662018-04-26T07:27:00.211-07:002018-04-26T07:27:00.211-07:00That was the best time of my life. All the racing ...That was the best time of my life. All the racing the friend the bug ins the drag races the funny cars the list can go on. My aunt Catherine Cathy they called her she used to run the place back in the day with her husband John. It was the funnest time ever. I had a friend that had a 69 Camaro called Moody Blues and we used to race it there wow really miss that place our kids are really missing out.Tina Morrellonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-87100464833080064992018-04-06T20:59:02.053-07:002018-04-06T20:59:02.053-07:00Anybody remember a rock festival held at the racew...Anybody remember a rock festival held at the raceway late 1968 or early 1969? A couple of stages and a lot of local/regional bands. I was 15 or 16. The event was sponsored by a pirate FM station that later became licensed.<br />Robert BlumeRobert Blumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13317924942915448324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-44698952883616897362018-03-18T16:25:37.110-07:002018-03-18T16:25:37.110-07:00OCIR had open drag racing on certain sundays.I was...OCIR had open drag racing on certain sundays.I was stationed at Camp Pendleton and would go there with my '70 Chevelle ss 396 and race. Would also go and watch the big boys. Great memories.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15526026370452826520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-66887559487799105342017-02-13T21:19:17.130-08:002017-02-13T21:19:17.130-08:00My favorite at OCIR was the awesome " combo&q...My favorite at OCIR was the awesome " combo" eliminator run at least 3 or 4 PDA championships. A/FD, AA/GD, and Awful, Awful/Fuel Altered!!! Awsome! All heads up. Adams and Enrique's A/FD against The freight train, against Mike Sullivan, Pure Hell, and all the fuel altered gang slugging it out, 16 car qualified field, in between the top fuelers and funnys<br />I will always remember this as one of the best of so cal drag history.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624651700217002548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-401361411541264122016-08-07T12:20:04.966-07:002016-08-07T12:20:04.966-07:00Had a bracket-4 car,we used to go thru the orange ...Had a bracket-4 car,we used to go thru the orange groves behind the track,get in for free,until we got caught,then there was someone posted there always.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-16744229063351784622016-06-26T16:05:41.345-07:002016-06-26T16:05:41.345-07:00Wow I worked there from 73 till 77 for Larry and c...Wow I worked there from 73 till 77 for Larry and cleaned White's office. Tommy Lan Franko ad Louie was OCIR I worked at AODD the driving school there it's still going in the area and I believe Linda Vaughn is still alive!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05482515642828439936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-20998802717304128952016-06-26T15:59:07.152-07:002016-06-26T15:59:07.152-07:00I worked there and was in the offices under the to...I worked there and was in the offices under the tower grandstands with (all the reflective mirror stuff) when Evil showed up on Thurs or Fri before the meet. He pushed the button on the entry gate around noon and we all knew who it was. He said who he was and "open the gate" Larry Vaughn owner of the track said "jump it!" Evil backed his truck up and we opened the gate.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05482515642828439936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-83254378851290849192016-06-26T15:55:22.723-07:002016-06-26T15:55:22.723-07:00I worked there and was in the offices under the to...I worked there and was in the offices under the tower grandstands with (all the reflective mirror stuff) when Evil showed up on Thurs or Fri before the meet. He pushed the button on the entry gate around noon and we all knew who it was. He said who he was and "open the gate" Larry Vaughn owner of the track said "jump it!" Evil backed his truck up and we opened the gate.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05482515642828439936noreply@blogger.com