{"id":43709,"date":"2017-09-12T13:37:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T20:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=43709"},"modified":"2017-09-13T07:44:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T14:44:10","slug":"los-angeles-historic-drag-strip-reopens-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/los-angeles-historic-drag-strip-reopens-sort-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Historic Drag Strip Reopens&#8230; Sort of"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-43709-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/guii.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;43712&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Los Angeles Historic Drag Strip Reopens\\u0026#8230; Sort of&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Los Angeles Historic Drag Strip Reopens... Sort of&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Click Here to Begin Slideshow\\n\\nLike hulking artifacts from a lost civilization, canyons of steel shipping containers and rivers of railway tracks pass silently by as you thread your way through an area of Los Angeles adjacent to Long Beach known as the Wilmington District. You could say that buried under those artifacts is another civilization, one that was based on acceleration and terminal velocity. Sadly, it has been long since paved over with \\u201cProgress.\\u201d\\n\\nIn this article (the full text of which you can read on Hot Rod Hotline), Paul Garson takes us back to the \\u0026#8217;50s to discover the history of the famous Lions Drag Strip, which has recently experienced a revival of sorts as a quasi-museum and collection of amazing cars.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Don-gas-trophies-HI.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;43711&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Los Angeles Historic Drag Strip Reopens\\u0026#8230; Sort of 1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Los Angeles Historic Drag Strip Reopens... 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