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Tri State Dragway Tri State Dragway was a 1/8th Mile Dragstrip located in Kahoka, Missouri operating in the 1960's. Ad

Larry Johnson’s ‘63 Pontiac Super Duty Catalina. The “Funny Tiger”
05/07/2025

Larry Johnson’s ‘63 Pontiac Super Duty Catalina. The “Funny Tiger”

05/07/2025

Arnie Beswick's 1958 Pontiac Chieftain, C-Gas. What a piece of steel !

A Facebook follower of the Tri State Dragway page has had these water decals made up and is offering them for sale at $8...
05/13/2024

A Facebook follower of the Tri State Dragway page has had these water decals made up and is offering them for sale at $8 each. If anyone is interested in purchasing a pair for your car, or to display in your “man cave”, please contact Tim Younker at: [email protected]
Tim’s father, from Milton, IA raced his ‘56 Chevy at Kahoka the year before he went to the Air Force in the early 60’s. Please reach out to Tim if you have any interest. Thanks

The “Fugitive” Chrysler powered AA/Fuel dragster of Chuck Hepler out of Champagne, IL
05/13/2024

The “Fugitive” Chrysler powered AA/Fuel dragster of Chuck Hepler out of Champagne, IL

Tommy Johnson’s wheel standing A/Gas Crosley, the “Draggin Wagon”.
05/12/2024

Tommy Johnson’s wheel standing A/Gas Crosley, the “Draggin Wagon”.

R.D. Wolfe with his Chevy powered ‘48 Ford gasser.
05/12/2024

R.D. Wolfe with his Chevy powered ‘48 Ford gasser.

On a warm summer afternoon, Ed Bruegge aimed the famous Possum Chaser down the 1/8 mile strip only to lose control of th...
05/11/2024

On a warm summer afternoon, Ed Bruegge aimed the famous Possum Chaser down the 1/8 mile strip only to lose control of the car ending up in a freak rollover accident. Fortunately Ed was not seriously hurt. This photo was taken of the race car sitting in the pit area after the accident.

Posing by the Couch & Wood ‘64 Ford Falcon super stock is Clifford Couch and his two sons. This car is reminiscent of t...
05/11/2024

Posing by the Couch & Wood ‘64 Ford Falcon super stock is Clifford Couch and his two sons. This car is reminiscent of the famous cars raced by Don Nicholson, Hayden Proffitt and Arnie Beswick when he went with Mercury and raced a ‘65 - ‘66 Caliente for several years.

Recently in touch with Curt Wasson’s nephew, Jim Sanders, and he was very gracious to share these photos of the ‘62 Vett...
05/10/2024

Recently in touch with Curt Wasson’s nephew, Jim Sanders, and he was very gracious to share these photos of the ‘62 Vette that we had not ever seen. When Curt sold the Vette around 1969, he built and raced a Camaro funny car and the last two photos posted represent that race car. These are some great pics from days gone by….

The mighty “Guzler” AA/Fuel dragster smokes the tires in ground-pounding runs with John Kranenburg behind the wheel. Th...
05/09/2024

The mighty “Guzler” AA/Fuel dragster smokes the tires in ground-pounding runs with John Kranenburg behind the wheel. Those were exciting nights and special holiday weekend match races for the Dragway fans ! (Click on each photo to enlarge)

Curtis Wasson died 48 years ago this month. Here is a photo of him in his Camaro funny car that we had never seen before...
05/08/2024

Curtis Wasson died 48 years ago this month. Here is a photo of him in his Camaro funny car that we had never seen before, along with a couple of photos of that screaming, golden race car ! What unbelievable entertainment he brought to Tri State crowds.

Happy 94th Birthday to Arnie “the Farmer” Beswick
05/07/2024

Happy 94th Birthday to Arnie “the Farmer” Beswick

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