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01/26/2007

Drag Racing Strip Opens at Former Airport Site

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WHO:Peter Scalzo, President of Countyline Dragway; Bruce Drum, Miami-Dade Aviation Department Deputy Director of Operations

WHAT: The opening of Countyline Dragway, the first-ever drag racing strip in Miami-Dade County, will be discussed, and drag racing cars will do demonstrations. The one-eighth mile dragway, sanctioned by the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA), is located at the site of the former Opa-locka West Airport, a general aviation airport decommissioned by the Miami-Dade Aviation Department and the Federal Aviation Administration.

WHEN:Friday, January 26, 2006, at 2:30 p.m.
(The Dragway will hold its first races on Sunday, January 28, at 11:00 a.m.)

WHERE:The former Opa-locka West Airport, at the intersection of Krome Avenue and U.S. 27 (Okeechobee Road), just south of the Miami-Dade/Broward county line.

For more information, call Peter Scalzo at 305-303-1098.




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