Hell on wheels
Staff Photo: Tara Fletcher
By Tara Fletcher
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ALBANY — That noise residents along U.S. 19 South in Dougherty County are hearing weekends is the roar of engines from the U.S. 19 Dragway, as the racetrack — under new management — hosts racers from across the South. A story about the dragway with additional photographs will be featured in Wednesday’s Southview section of the Herald.
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