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No kiddin', Mr.P...
About 10 years ago, when I last lived in The People's Republic of California, there were some street-racing deaths around Tracy. A friend & I located an old unused airstrip, got people on the hook for a 'tree, storage, food truck, fencing, insurance, etc, to run a low-fee deal that would give folks a place to run at no cost to the city/county. Presented our plan to the powers that be and got shot down.
Too many people in charge have that academic "cars are evil" philosophy nowadays.

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To my understanding Kalleta was gonna put some money
in on it but the track didnt happen

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There is no reason to hate to say it.....

Golf courses, basketball courts, baseball diamonds, hockey rinks, football fields, running tracks, tennis courts......you name, I can get to any number of them in minutes, yet I have to drive hours to get to a dragstrip, then sit in LONG HOURS of traffic to get home, at ridiculous gas and toll prices, as there isn't a SINGLE track in my entire state, or Mass. So guess what???

I have 3 perfect lanes of concrete, with shoulders on each side, straight and flat, no on/off ramps and shutdown forever, 3 miles from me. If I get pinched, or crash....it's on me.

F the state and anyone with a problem. They don't like it???

THEN ALLOW A TRACK TO BE BUILT IN A FREAKIN' STATE THAT HAS ACRE AFTER ACRE AFTER ACRE OF !!!!!!WOODS!!!!!

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Thankxxx 4 understanding man and the tree huggers need a life for sure. Street racing`s been around since the horse and buggy and it`s gettin more common and popular every day because of the lack of tracks. Anyhow, good 2 see u run Al................

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Hey thumper, was going to go last night, son thought it was going to be further away. so i stayed home come to find out real close to where i live.my son was there and met you he was wearing a bob mazzolini shirt.he was riding his Harley...makes me want to get these cars finished a little quicker but theres the issue of money standing in the way....hope to meet ya out there...

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Cool, maybe this Sat. at the indoor swap meet parking lot on Bear Valley where we meet and your son`s a nice kid.

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could be a big pay day for the city or county or whoever is in charge of that area. municipality's are hurting for money and this would be a great way for them to snag a bunch of "drag racers" and cash in. Especially since you kind of disclosed the location

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could be a big pay day for the city or county or whoever is in charge of that area. municipality's are hurting for money and this would be a great way for them to snag a bunch of "drag racers" and cash in. Especially since you kind of disclosed the location

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In Florida, you lose your car, and any nearby spectators are arrested and their cars are impounded.

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I can understand if it`s ruthless punk ricer kids or idiots in general but we have pretty organized races and have for years w/out any major problems that I know of.............

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No kiddin', Mr.P...
About 10 years ago, when I last lived in The People's Republic of California, there were some street-racing deaths around Tracy. A friend & I located an old unused airstrip, got people on the hook for a 'tree, storage, food truck, fencing, insurance, etc, to run a low-fee deal that would give folks a place to run at no cost to the city/county. Presented our plan to the powers that be and got shot down.
Too many people in charge have that academic "cars are evil" philosophy nowadays.

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I was there, and it was a pretty decent night. People just enjoying their cars and everyone getting along. We usually keep the group kinda small, and we want to keep the ricers and unruly kids from finding out about this place, because they will ruin it for sure!!

So what Thumperdart REALLY means to say, is that there was a few street races SOMEWHERE IN THE DESERT!!...right, Dom??

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I like that.

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There is no reason to hate to say it.....

Golf courses, basketball courts, baseball diamonds, hockey rinks, football fields, running tracks, tennis courts......you name, I can get to any number of them in minutes, yet I have to drive hours to get to a dragstrip, then sit in LONG HOURS of traffic to get home, at ridiculous gas and toll prices, as there isn't a SINGLE track in my entire state, or Mass. So guess what???

I have 3 perfect lanes of concrete, with shoulders on each side, straight and flat, no on/off ramps and shutdown forever, 3 miles from me. If I get pinched, or crash....it's on me.

F the state and anyone with a problem. They don't like it???

THEN ALLOW A TRACK TO BE BUILT IN A FREAKIN' STATE THAT HAS ACRE AFTER ACRE AFTER ACRE OF !!!!!!WOODS!!!!!

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Thankxxx 4 understanding man and the tree huggers need a life for sure. Street racing`s been around since the horse and buggy and it`s gettin more common and popular every day because of the lack of tracks. Anyhow, good 2 see u run Al................

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I'm not a proponent of racing in an area that can involve "innocent" traffic, or where spectators put themselves in dangerous situations......but as long as tracks close, there will be an uptick in street activities.

We have towed 3+ hours to get to ATCO and 5+ hours in traffic to get home, paying laughable tolls, over miserable roads and to chase a number, I have no problem with it, but if something comes up on the street......

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I was there, and it was a pretty decent night. People just enjoying their cars and everyone getting along. We usually keep the group kinda small, and we want to keep the ricers and unruly kids from finding out about this place, because they will ruin it for sure!!

So what Thumperdart REALLY means to say, is that there was a few street races SOMEWHERE IN THE DESERT!!...right, Dom??

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If I was too concerned about the "officials" checking these posts, I`d have WAY more to worry about than this.......... Regardless a few of us on here have been beating up the streets since WAY back in the late 80`s and it`s only going to get bigger unless they heavily crack down on us and hopefully no incidents happen to create that.........

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What a shame that all of these closed AFB's cannot be used for regular, organized race activities. Be it drag racing, auto-x, skid pads, drifters, etc...

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We have a closed air base in northern Mich that a few
people TRIED to get a drag strip set up on and it was
turned down a few times... area people said it would
be too loud(even if they had muffs) but yet they
rebuild air craft engines there at Kalleta Air and
run the engines for break in all day long... so the
kids street race and crash on a regular basis.. plus
the economy is down and for some reason they wont
open it to help the economy ....IDIOTS

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There is no reason to hate to say it.....

Golf courses, basketball courts, baseball diamonds, hockey rinks, football fields, running tracks, tennis courts......you name, I can get to any number of them in minutes, yet I have to drive hours to get to a dragstrip, then sit in LONG HOURS of traffic to get home, at ridiculous gas and toll prices, as there isn't a SINGLE track in my entire state, or Mass. So guess what???

I have 3 perfect lanes of concrete, with shoulders on each side, straight and flat, no on/off ramps and shutdown forever, 3 miles from me. If I get pinched, or crash....it's on me.

F the state and anyone with a problem. They don't like it???

THEN ALLOW A TRACK TO BE BUILT IN A FREAKIN' STATE THAT HAS ACRE AFTER ACRE AFTER ACRE OF !!!!!!WOODS!!!!!

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Thankxxx 4 understanding man and the tree huggers need a life for sure. Street racing`s been around since the horse and buggy and it`s gettin more common and popular every day because of the lack of tracks. Anyhow, good 2 see u run Al................

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No tracks sucks for you guys...
Wally Parks is rolling in his grave.

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I still enjoyed watching street racing long after I no longer participated in it.

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True that....LOL

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THEN ALLOW A TRACK TO BE BUILT IN A FREAKIN' STATE THAT HAS ACRE AFTER ACRE AFTER ACRE OF !!!!!!WOODS!!!!!

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There is no reason to hate to say it.....

Golf courses, basketball courts, baseball diamonds, hockey rinks, football fields, running tracks, tennis courts......you name, I can get to any number of them in minutes, yet I have to drive hours to get to a dragstrip, then sit in LONG HOURS of traffic to get home, at ridiculous gas and toll prices, as there isn't a SINGLE track in my entire state, or Mass. So guess what???

I have 3 perfect lanes of concrete, with shoulders on each side, straight and flat, no on/off ramps and shutdown forever, 3 miles from me. If I get pinched, or crash....it's on me.

F the state and anyone with a problem. They don't like it???

THEN ALLOW A TRACK TO BE BUILT IN A FREAKIN' STATE THAT HAS ACRE AFTER ACRE AFTER ACRE OF !!!!!!WOODS!!!!!

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Thankxxx 4 understanding man and the tree huggers need a life for sure. Street racing`s been around since the horse and buggy and it`s gettin more common and popular every day because of the lack of tracks. Anyhow, good 2 see u run Al................

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I'm not a proponent of racing in an area that can involve "innocent" traffic, or where spectators put themselves in dangerous situations......but as long as tracks close, there will be an uptick in street activities.

We have towed 3+ hours to get to ATCO and 5+ hours in traffic to get home, paying laughable tolls, over miserable roads and to chase a number, I have no problem with it, but if something comes up on the street......

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with ya Jim. Even Lebanon Valley (outside Albany, N.Y.) is a bit of a ride for you. Yeah things are getting "heated" in the tri -state area and all over the country as dragstrips are drying up. Just remember what happens in the streets STAYS THERE (in the streets)!