The place I remember them racing in Anchorage was a small air field call Merrill Field, they would let them drag race there sometimes .
I was a wannabe racer, car guy, but the 57 chevy I had, with the straight 6, 3 on the tree, didn't beat many cars back then, hell I couldn't even beat my brothers new corsair Monza 4spd. I lived with the folks and worked in Anchorage at Safeway from Sept 1960-to -Sept 61. I got a transfer with Safeway to Seattle and worked in West Seattle for a year, and in Oct of 62 drove back up the Alcan Hyw in my 56 chev two ten 2dr, with a built 283 4bbl w duntoff cam, 3spd overdrive. The road was covered with snow, which made it
smooth and dustless, but cold as hell, as my heater didn't work, smart huh. I do remember waiting in a small town up out of the mountains, wrapped in a blanket, freezing my ass off waiting for the gas station to open up, like about 3 in the morning. I loved that 56, I did race down south of Anchorage on the road going to Seward, they had a long straight stretch by the sound, we'd line up and someone would flag us off. It ran pretty good, but as I wasn't any good at being a mechanic, I never new that the carb wasn't opening up all the way to the secondary's, so never got all the potential out of it. I did love drag racing, my friend in Seattle John McLauglin had many fast 56 Chevys, some National title holders, he let me drive once in a while, up at Arlington Wa, just out of Seattle, and we also race down at Puyallup Raceways, I race a guy that was famous for his big Mercury, I think, it was a 56, he never lost much, when I ran him I had him bye 3 car lengths from the line, , then he drove by me like I had drop my anchor. Comes to find out he had bored that old mere out way over the limit of 312... hahhah... The was one of the few Black Racers, nice guy Arnie Bell, never forget him
Stayed in Anchorage again until May or June of 63, then had to head back to Seattle again, girl thing. Took a trip to Pasadena and
bought a 56 Chev Conv . Tourq/White 265/4bl/3on the tree o/v man was that my car. Back to work at Safeway until I joined the
Navy in April 64 At SandPoint Naval Air Station on Lake Washington in North Seattle. Took the easy squeeze 2yr active, 6yr reserve
program, after boot camp in SandDiego. off to Norfolk Va. AirCraft Carrier CVA66. USS America. 2yrs of the best duty, hit, the
shake down cruise in the Caribeanan Isl. Jamaica, Guantanamo Bay, before the bad guys, St. Thomas, then onto the Med Cruise,
Italy, France, skiing in France, gambling in Monoco, Naples, Isisle of Capri, Nice, Genoa, Laverno, Marseille's. After getting out of the Navy in 66 I went back to Seattle and to work for Safeway again, but once again Alaska gave me a call, this time a job offer to
Fairbanks for a large grocery store. With my luck and another trip up the Alcan, I wansn't up there about 3 months in the summer of
67 when they had there large river flood, we were stranded at the only dry stop in or out of town, the air port for 5 days or so. Not a
fun time. Decided that was it for Alaska. Back to Seattle and thats where I've been since, worked at Safeway until 1969, 1yr for
Coke Cola, then onto Rainier Beer for 27 yrs . 1 constant thing in my life, CHEVY'S..... love them.