Daily News | Former Pocono drag strip becomes 278 acres of preserved land
Pocono Drag Lodge opened in the 1960s and went on to host some of the top drivers in the country, filling the woods around Bear Creek Township in Luzerne County with roars and buzz each Sunday and drawing big crowds such as when legendary racer Richard Petty showed in his ‘64 Barracuda.
“We’re delighted these 278 acres will never be developed and will be enjoyed by generations to come,” Tom Sampsell, vice president of conservation for Natural Lands, said in the announcement.The game commission plans to raze old buildings on the site, including the concession stand and starting gate. Nature has reclaimed most of the areas used for the old strip.
John Levitsky, 62, a descendant of the Perugino family that founded Pocono Drag Lodge, said the venue was developed when drag racing was at a peak. The track closed, he said, after Hurricane Agnes flooded the area in late June and early July 1972, one of the worse hurricanes on record at the time. Then, the Peruginos had full-time jobs as contractors. They not only had to tend to their own flooded propert, but were busy renovating others as a result of the storm.
Levitsky, who was not an owner, said Natural Lands approached the family about preserving the property. He thought it a good fit.
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