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 Lions Drag Strip Museum was constructed to honor the legacy of SoCal drag racers, both professional and amateur alike.Lions Drag Strip, located in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles ...

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 ...

They pooled their resources by forming the Lions Associated Drag Strip nonprofit group, which signed a lease deal for the Harbor Department land at 22660 Alameda St. in November 1954. LADS spent ...

The Legends of Lions descended on the Long ... to relive some of the stories from their days drag racing in Wilmington. From 1955 to 1972, Lion’s Drag Strip was the heart of Southern California ...

The action was at Lions Drag Strip, near the corner of Alameda and 223rd, a track where “the noise, the smell and the burning rubber and the smoking tires just captivated me,” journalist Scott ...

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.” Daughter Tami is fully committed to seeing ...

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 ...

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.” Daughter Tami is fully committed to seeing ...