Back in the day, when the hot rod era was at a high among American-made car manufacturers, it wasn’t uncommon to use an airport runway as a drag strip.
On Saturday nights for nearly 20 years, the York Airport in Thomasville, York County had a dual purpose: first as an airport and second as a drag strip.
It was a hot place to race in the 1960s and 1970s. They brought West Coast drag racing to the "Pride of the East."
“[It] was convenient for us because we all were from the Hanover, Abbottstown and New Oxford area. So, it wasn’t far to tow," said Mike Hull, of Hanover, who was a crew member the Eliminator Racing Team, a local team from central Pennsylvania. "U.S. 30 was known nationwide, and it was one of the more elite racing tracks and we got to go there every week. Where a lot of people only got to at the big drag meets."
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