Re: Losing another racetrack. Bummer.
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California is so far out of whack from the rest of the country, they should just go on and secede from the Union. Shame it's gone from cool to crap.
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Re: Losing another racetrack. Bummer.
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This is my local 1/8 th mile track that I will do my farewell 6.0 pass on if everything goes well.........w/all of the tracks closing, it makes street racing the only other choice...........
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Re: Losing another racetrack. Bummer.
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Saw that today. They did that on Long Island before I moved. Then, everyone complained about all of the street racing. Maybe it's me, but what did everyone think was going to happen if you close down all of the race tracks. Everyone would buy a Prius???
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Re: Losing another racetrack. Bummer.
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I'll never forget after they closed Detroit dragway. They were bitching about street racing on the news and the dumb ass reporter says "don't know why this is such an issue, they use to have a place to race". Had absolutely no clue what she just said..
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Re: Losing another racetrack. Bummer.
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Saw that today. They did that on Long Island before I moved. Then, everyone complained about all of the street racing. Maybe it's me, but what did everyone think was going to happen if you close down all of the race tracks. Everyone would buy a Prius??? We are the closest to a new track on Long Island than we have been since you left 14 years ago!
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Re: Losing another racetrack. Bummer.
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SoCal is down to 2 tracks.... Fontana and Barona.
I've never run Irwindale. They're scheduling really caters to locals. No prob with that, just really no races a guy would travel to. Bakersfield is in SO CA At least it is in what I consider SO CA, anything from Fresno north to Red Bluff is central and north of Red Bluff is northern CA, 900 miles long divided into thirds I can remember racing at Indio on the street legals, Thermal, Riverside, Colton to watch, Fontana, Irwindale 1/4 and 1/8 mile, GAFB, Inyo Kern, LACR, Orange county, Carlsbad, Barona, Bakersfield but I never raced or went to Lions, stupid me Maybe some others I'm not remembering now Dragstrips are like small airports, they are both dying
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Re: Losing another racetrack. Bummer.
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Irwindale is my local track also. I'ts not the greatest but it is a place to race. Looks like I'll be driving over an hour to Fontana from now on. I STILL miss LACR. Yet another reason for me to move, I suppose....
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Re: Losing another racetrack. Bummer.
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According to the net Famoso is indeed considered to be in the realm of "SoCal".... I stand corrected Mr. Cabifornia LACR was still alive for many years when we moved out west. I just heard so many horror stories about it that I never went. My bad... Even if it's 3 tracks, that's one more track than in the entire state of Arizona! One of the reasons why I don't race anymore.
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Re: Losing another racetrack. Bummer.
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Coming from sodak our "home" track was right at a 4hr drive. It's always required a modest effort to go racing for me. I hear that Jay the 12 mile drive to Irwindale is exhausting to me. There are a ton of rumours about this tracks future. The property has huge ground/soils issues a "mall" is highly unlikely. There is still a small chance something positive will happen here, just not with the current track operator.
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Re: Losing another racetrack. Bummer.
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Bakersfield is not So Cal... That mountain range is the separator.
Bako is Central California if running thirds. That's the way most of the Californians look at the central valley.
Pomona isn't going to have more events. The locals hate the events they already have! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California I agree with your analogy, but the almighty wiki disagrees I'd like to do that Mooneyes Christmas party thing, but I'm betting it will be a madhouse.
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Re: Losing another racetrack. Bummer.
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Bakersfield is not So Cal... That mountain range is the separator.
Bako is Central California if running thirds. That's the way most of the Californians look at the central valley.
Pomona isn't going to have more events. The locals hate the events they already have! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California I agree with your analogy, but the almighty wiki disagrees I'd like to do that Mooneyes Christmas party thing, but I'm betting it will be a madhouse. From the same WIKI " Another definition for southern California uses Point Conception and the Tehachapi Mountains as the northern boundary." Ask people in Bako if they are SoCal... Not one of the guys I know that live in that area say they are.
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Re: Losing another racetrack. Bummer.
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For me or irwindale 20 miles. Pomona Raceway 30 miles.. Fontana Raceway 55 miles.. borona 119 miles.. and Bakersfield 155 MI.. Las Vegas 250 miles.. Sacramento 400 miles. they also have a no prep race up at Willow Springs.. which is probably 130 miles.. there are still places to race it's just getting a little tougher.. oh and by the way please don't confuse me with anybody north of the Grapevine..hahaha
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