Motor1 readers flooded our inboxes with tips on old oval tracks, road courses, and drag strips. And we followed every lead.

Gentlemen, start your engines? That famous call could be ringing out in the not-so-distant future if a nonprofit is able to realize its goal of revitalizing the old drag strip at MBS Airport.

The abandoned Lions Drag Strip in Wilmington. Undated, circa 1972-82. Photo by Don Gillespie. (Photo courtesy of Friends of Lions Drag Strip Facebook page) ...