Vintage 1/8th Mile Drag Races
Welcome to Northeast Vintage Drags!
Racer / Vendor / Spectator Information
Top Secret Drags
LOCATION
📍 Seneca Army Depot
6471 NY-96A, Romulus, NY 14541
📆September 11/12/13-2026
💰Racer Fee - $200./ Wknd
💰Spectator Fee - $20/day $50/wknd
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⛺️Free Camping - W/ Paid Entry
Free Swapmeet Vendor - W/ Paid Entry
Free Car Show - W/ Paid Entry
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Friday : Gates open at 12N
Racer / Vendor Registration & Load in
Racing starts 4PM until Sunset
Saturday : Racing starts 9:30am-10am until Sunset
Sunday : Racing starts at 10am until 3pm-4pm
EVENT DETAILS
Throwback to the early days of Street & Drag Racing.
Vintage Hotrods - Customs - Gassers- Dragsters - Vintage Bikes
Food Trucks On-Site
Bathrooms On-Site
Important - There is NO WATER or ELECTRICITY on the property.
CARRY IT IN -TAKE IT OUT EVENT. (Take your trash with ya)
Bring all required items to survive for the weekend.
Example - Cooler, Grill, Flashlights, generator, lights, tent/camper, etc.
TOP ECRET DRAGS REQUIREMENTS
Our goal is to recreate the look and spirit of hot rod drag racing from the late 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s. This is a Pre-1957 Nostalgia Drag Racing event. If you’re unsure about your combination, just ask—we’re happy to help.
Hotrods and Gassers
General Requirements
● All hot rods and race cars must have a period-correct late ’40s, ’50s, or early ’60s appearance.
● No tunnel ram or dual-quad intakes (Gassers exempt with approval).
● No aluminum mag wheels (Front Engine Dragsters exempt).
● No Torque Thrust wheels.
● No power adders unless period-correct and pre-approved (examples: McCulloch supercharger, GM 3-71/4-71 blower).
● No disc brakes.
● No radial tires.
● No visible billet accessories, including pulleys or water pumps.
Motorcycles
Pre-Shovelhead Harley-Davidsons only (Knucklehead 1936–1947, Panhead 1948–1965).
● Flathead Harley-Davidsons are strongly encouraged (primarily 1929–1973 side-valve models).
● No modern Harley-Davidson models.
● Pre-1980 European and Japanese motorcycles are allowed (examples include Triumph, BSA, Norton, and similar period-correct machines).
● All motorcycles must maintain a vintage drag racing appearance consistent with the era.
Allowed Powerplants
Flatheads
● Any Flathead 4, 6, V8, or V12
OHV Engines
● Early Hemi: 331 / 354 / 392
● Early Oldsmobile: 303 / 324 / 371 / 394
● Early Cadillac: 331 / 365 / 390
● Early Ford: FE and Y-Block
● Early Studebaker
● Early Chevrolet: 265 / 283 / 327 / 350 (Pre-1986 with traditional center-bolt heads only)
Chevrolet combinations require approval and must use period-correct induction such as:
● 3x2
● 4x2
● 6x2
● Hilborn injection
Required Safety Equipment
Every vehicle must have:
✅ Good bias-ply tires (no dry rot or major cracking)
✅ No major oil leaks
✅ Functional lap belts or racing harness
✅ DOT or Snell-approved helmet (vintage appearance encouraged)
✅ Radiator overflow catch bottle
✅ Good working brakes
✅ Long pants, shirt, and closed-toe shoes.
Front Engine Dragsters (FEDs) additionally require:
● Fire suit
● DOT/Snell-approved helmet
If you’re unsure whether your car fits the spirit of the event, send us photos before registering. We’d much rather approve a car ahead of time than disappoint someone upon arrival or at tech inspection.
— Top Secret Drags
SEE YOU AT THE DEPOT !!
vintage drag racing revival
TornadosCC of New England is the pushing force behind the re-birth of vintage drag racing here in the northeast.
Make your plans to attend atleast one of their events !
Full Hotrod Magazine article and photos
BY - CHUCK VRANAS
Click below 👇
memorial day weekend in maine
Issue #70 of RODDING USA has a full writeup on 2024 Northeast Vintage Drags in Oxford, Maine
Racers from New England, Canada and as far away as Colorado and Florida make the drive to the beautiful state of Maine every Memorial Day Weekend.
Hot rodders come to race with some of the fastest well built traditional hotrods, customs, gassers and front engine dragsters built in backyard garages by your everyday, hardworking gear head.
Full article and photos - By TWIG CLICK ON PHOTO 👉🏼
TOP SECRET DRAGS 2024 - Seneca army depot
PHOTOS AND ARTICLE BY : JOSHUA ELZY
The drag was held within Romulus, NY at the decommissioned Seneca Army Depot that was perfect for the grass roots flag starting vintage racing.
CLICK ON PHOTO - For full article
OXFORD, MAINE & ROMULUS, NEW YORK
New Oxford Dragway
TornadosCC chose to hold their Vintage Drag Race at New Oxford Dragway in Oxford, Maine.
Heading into their 4th annual drag racing weekend this coming May 22nd-24th 2026
New Oxford Dragway
877 Main St.
Oxford, Maine
04270
seneca army depot
Top Secret Drag Races is held on an iconic piece of land situated high above Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake in Romulus, NY.
Formerly used by the US Army as a munitions storage facility from 1941 thru the 1990's.
It offers the perfect backdrop for a vintage drag race
Seneca Army Depot
6469 NY-96A
Romulus, NY
14541
Race Info
Top Secret Drags
📍 Seneca Army Depot
6469 NY-96A, Romulus, NY 14541
📆September 11/12/13-2026
💰Racer Fee - $200./ Wknd
💰Spectator Fee - $20/day $50/wknd
.
⛺️Free Camping - W/ Paid Entry
Free Swapmeet Vendor - W/ Paid Entry
Free Car Show - W/ Paid Entry
Racing
Friday 4pm-Sunset
Saturday 10am-Sunset
Sunday 10am-3pm
Food Trucks onsite
we are looking for sponsors !
OUR WHY
We started Northeast Vintage Drags with a simple goal in mind: to create events that make it fun and completive for hot rod owners who share the passion of days gone by, early automotive technology and the need for speed . Our journey has been a long and winding one, but we're proud of what we've accomplished so far.
SPONSORSHIP
We are a group of friends who put on these events and focus on our Families, Friendships, American automotive history and preserving early drag racing history that started aover 70 years ago.
We're looking for partners who appreciate what NEVD is all about and wants to see events like ours continue.
If that's you or the company you represent, please contact us.
NEVD / TornadosCC