The museum was packed. A throng of gray-bearded ... 400 race cars compete to claim the last paychecks issued from Lions Drag Strip. Among the throng was the editor of this magazine.

Lions Drag Strip was opened in October of 1955 in an abandoned trainyard in Wilmington. The racetrack was one judge’s attempt to cut down on criminal street racing by giving the wayward youth a ...

The streets of suburban southwest Los Angeles County, in the years following the end of World War II, posed an increasing danger to all who used them, according to accident statistics cited in ...

The museum has seven galleries ... One of the original clubs that helped fund the Lions Drag Strip, this is an important part of preserving the automotive history of SoCal motorsports.” ...

Just before 5:30 p.m. on March 8, 1970, Don Garlits edged his top-fuel dragster to the starting line at the old Lions Drag Strip in Wilmington, the car’s 2,000-horsepower engine belching ...

Now the land that once was the drag strip is home to the Lyon Air Museum, founded by developer and Air Force veteran the late Gen. William Lyon. The museum houses much of the general’s ...

The L.A. Harbor Commission then agreed to lease an unused railroad switching yard down by the harbor to the Lions Club on a 30-day revokable basis. The new drag strip would be called Lions ...

The museum has seven galleries ... One of the original clubs that helped fund the Lions Drag Strip, this is an important part of preserving the automotive history of SoCal motorsports.” ...