Canyon ball
All the good ones are now gone, and LA now only has two drag strips – Irwindale’s⅛th mile, and Pomona.
Of course, to the north is Bakersfield’s Famoso, while to the south there is the⅛-mile Barona. Located in Wildcat Canyon, on the Barona Reservation, the throwback strip is tucked well into the mountains providing a great, nostalgic location for traditional hot rod events such as the RPM Barona Drags.
Tagged as the ‘You Asked For It’, this event, unlike the RPM Nationals, is open to early OHV-powered cars, which means there are plenty of early Hemis, small block Chevs and ‘Booicks’.
plenty of early Hemis, small-block Chevs and ‘Booicks’ This year, people travelled in from all over the world, and there were racers from as far afield as…
