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Where and When? #469 - Holtville Drag Strip, Holtville, Ca. 18 Feb, 195
« on: May 19, 2013, 04:13:48 AM »
For one point: Identify date and venue represented in this old photo.

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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2013, 03:24:22 AM »
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2013, 07:59:19 AM »
Is the 'where?' Muroc Lake?
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2013, 02:19:46 PM »
No sir

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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2013, 04:50:22 AM »
The venue usually served another, non-automotive purpose.
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2013, 02:06:33 AM »
Was it an airfield then?
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2013, 03:22:22 AM »
Yes!
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2013, 08:38:22 AM »
Paradise Mesa, aka Sweetwater Dam Airfield, San Diego ?
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2013, 04:37:04 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on July 12, 2013, 08:38:22 AM
Paradise Mesa, aka Sweetwater Dam Airfield, San Diego ?

No sir
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2013, 08:23:01 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on July 12, 2013, 08:38:22 AM
Paradise Mesa, aka Sweetwater Dam Airfield, San Diego ?

Not too far from here...
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2013, 10:42:38 AM »
Santa Ana airfield, the Orange County airport?
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2013, 04:08:56 AM »
No; you've gone too far
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2013, 06:37:43 AM »
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on July 21, 2013, 08:23:01 AM
Quote from: nicanary on July 12, 2013, 08:38:22 AM
Paradise Mesa, aka Sweetwater Dam Airfield, San Diego ?

Not too far from here...

Quite close, in fact
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2013, 06:49:46 AM »
I've found a list of old airstrips in the San Diego area, but most of them have unpaved runways. One which has a huge expanse of concrete is Hourglass Field. Maybe this is it?

(I haven't a clue about Californian topography - don't laugh)
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2013, 07:12:47 AM »
Montgomery Field, Kearny Mesa Ca.??
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2013, 07:40:57 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on July 27, 2013, 06:49:46 AM
I've found a list of old airstrips in the San Diego area, but most of them have unpaved runways. One which has a huge expanse of concrete is Hourglass Field. Maybe this is it?

(I haven't a clue about Californian topography - don't laugh)

I'm not laughing. This airfield is not in the city of San Diego; it was east of there. West of there an equal distance would make this an underwater airfield  :D
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #16 on: July 27, 2013, 07:41:16 AM »
Quote from: Bill Murray on July 27, 2013, 07:12:47 AM
Montgomery Field, Kearny Mesa Ca.??

No sir.
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #17 on: July 27, 2013, 07:45:55 AM »
This strange passenger in a strange vehicle may help you find the place.  :)

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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #18 on: July 27, 2013, 07:50:44 AM »
Ramona dragstrip, Ramona airport, Ramona, Ca.??
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #19 on: July 27, 2013, 07:58:11 AM »
Nope - you went North.
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #20 on: July 27, 2013, 08:14:30 AM »
Well, looking at your clue, which I believe is a carrot, El Centro was the "Grocery Basket" of Southern California and there was a drag strip at the El Centro airport.  In fact I raced there as well as at every other track mentioned so far, in the 1950's and 1960's but El Centro is a long way from San Diego even if it is in the right direction.
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #21 on: July 27, 2013, 08:26:22 AM »
BTW, there was also a track at Otay Mesa, I never visited that one and cannot find if it was located on an airfield.
There was, however an airfield called Brown Field I believe.
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #22 on: July 27, 2013, 08:57:58 AM »
Santa Bugs Bunny ?  :lmao:
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #23 on: July 27, 2013, 09:30:21 AM »
Not El Cento; not Santa, Brown or Otay - which, I think, has more to do with buckwheat than carrots
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Re: Where and When? #469
« Reply #24 on: July 27, 2013, 09:52:02 AM »
OK, lets try Hourglass Field at Miramar Naval Air Station and I am running out of strips.
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