{"id":470262,"date":"2016-06-17T02:01:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T09:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=470262"},"modified":"2016-06-17T08:56:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T15:56:24","slug":"eagle-field-runway-drags-hot-rods-gassers-dragsters-and-throwback-flag-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/bangshift1320\/eagle-field-runway-drags-hot-rods-gassers-dragsters-and-throwback-flag-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagle Field Runway Drags – Hot Rods, Gassers, Dragsters And Throwback Flag Starts!"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Photos by Jamie Shores-Fraijo) –\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>There\u2019s a growing bunch of hot rodders and drag racers that are flying well under the radar of the sanctioning bodies and throngs of spectators who attend the fast door car and Big Show events.<\/p>\n

Eagle Field Runway Drags is a throwback to a period long gone in drag racing where straight axles and radiused wheel wells were the norm. To make it even better they throw a starter\u2019s flag for the hot cars.<\/p>\n

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Eagle Field was built in the early 1940\u2019s as a World War II training facility on flat desert land about ten miles south of the small California town of Dos Palos. The Eagle Field drags are all volunteer, headed by Fresno\u2019s Rocky Phillips who holds events reminiscent of early hot rodding matches of the Fifties and Sixties. They want to keep it simple and limit top end speeds by racing only to 1\/8th<\/sup> mile.<\/p>\n

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Technical inspection appears to be basic with racecars you just wont see at most nostalgia drags or hot rod reunions. Eagle Field drags about about having fun and a run what you brung frame of mind.<\/p>\n

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The next scheduled event is a Hot Rod Gathering on October 1 \u2013 2 for ’74 and earlier stockers, muscle cars, hot rods, gassers\/FX, dragsters, mini-bikes, jet dragsters and more with Flag Start drag racing!<\/p>\n

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For more info, entry fees, rules and area hotels check out the webpage Eagle Field Runway Drags<\/a><\/p>\n

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