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Post by 911pix on Dec 5, 2006 13:32:26 GMT -5
This one's for either Historian or cfdbuster, but if anyone else can answer I'm grateful:
Does anyone know when (or where the first reference is to) the first track that was ever built specifically for FD drill team racing might be?
Mike
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Post by Historian on Dec 5, 2006 23:56:15 GMT -5
Lets start by the process of elimination.
Hempstead is a purpose-built track, and was dedicated July 4th, 1954. It may the longest track that is still in continuious use for a regular drill.
Rockville Centre, while not used every year, was the site of the 1952 Polio Tournament, so that makes it older, and it also was a purpose-built track.
Any others?
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Post by west on Dec 6, 2006 11:01:52 GMT -5
When was the Lindy track built, and was the permenant arch built when the track was 1st used at Hemp, or added at a later date?
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Post by cbiscuit on Dec 10, 2006 19:02:28 GMT -5
i believe the Lindy track was '59 or '60... please correct me if i am wrong... from what i am told it was built for racing...
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Post by driver7789 on Jan 15, 2007 3:32:50 GMT -5
check out the track for old fashioned drills in Sag Harbor
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Post by LUNCHBOX on Jan 15, 2007 10:36:59 GMT -5
When I was racing with Roslyn I remember one of the old timers telling me that back in the day they used to run the Lindenhurst drill on the same track but in the opposite direction. Is this true?
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Post by chompers on Jan 15, 2007 13:06:52 GMT -5
ya back in the day they ran the track towards the park don't know the year the new arch was built remember my grandfather telling me they also had and arch in the pit area and ran at that end
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Post by duds on Jan 15, 2007 13:16:06 GMT -5
Stan you are correct...as told to me by some of the old timers or just hearing stories..when you first enter Fireman's Park which really is a public street Heiling Boulevard you will see 2 brick blocks..I am told that this was the site of the former archway running the drill from north to south opposite of the direction it is run today. the address of 595 Heiling Boulevard was occupied as a private residence at this time. as time would pass the property was acquired by the village and the "Northeast Substation" was created with an addition to the front of the prior home you see what is known as the Snailhouse. the 1st drill on the track that exists today was 1960 or 1961the Snails did not run in it as this was their moneymaker for years until the department was brought in to help run it. before this the team practiced on such places as Byrd Street and N Allegheny Avenue and prior to that ran on West John Street and remember old times even saying the ran on Broadway in Lindenhurst but these were all practice tracks. The Racing Team trucks were keep at fire headquarters during those years and when the Chemical & Salvage Company#2(SHEET 4)moved into their new firehouse on 39th street/the Snails occupied the 40th Street firehouse until moving to their present location
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