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My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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Nostalgia racing is on the rise in Texas, Most of the time it is heads up, not super fast cars pre-64 Yello Belly lends itself nicely to the vibe,you want vintage, go here 
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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We have some rules to abide to ..
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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Wonder how long ago this was painted ?
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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Barbed wire , at a drag strip ?? Must be a tough crowd 
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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I was there watching Saturday .I gave the Dart the day off though .I thought it was 72 and older at this event wasnt it ???
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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From what I hear of the place, that tower might need bulletproof glass...
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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Never bring a knife to a gunfight ..
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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Its kinda "different"
I would say so but it's still a place to race. I guess 
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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It does kinda have a prison vibe huh ?
Hey if you are looking at this thread hoping for Mopars, you can give up ..
BUT !! I am going to build a old POS to play with at these , this isn't the only old track around here although its the most feared
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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THIS is my favorite picture I took all day
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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From what I hear of the place, that tower might need bulletproof glass...
It wasnt bad at this event .A few people i know from another site rented the track this day ,so it was a bunch of cool individuals racing .I went there on a regular TNT night a few years ago with sum freinds ,and i didnt think we were gunna make it out of there alive.All depends on the crowd thats inhabiting it at the time you go ...
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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I forgot to take pic of return road
Goes thru trees, very scenic !
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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whats up with the cuban or PR flag flying over the track? this track is in the USA right? 
You are kidding right / Texas flag ?
same thing I couldn't see it well enough to tell
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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I never was in fear there "that day" stopped thru, took pics bought a t-shirt a boogied to high ground ~~ 
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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How many OF your tracks have COVERED pits 
thats a great idea
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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trying to have a laugh anyhow it is very neet to see them old cars out working the track it would be nice to see that around here but everyone here has there nose stuck up wont bring them out like there scared it might get a little sun on it dry up blow away but i really like the old car out playing great job 
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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I shoulda ran my Dart there Saturday ,but didnt think i could pass tech.You have to have atleast a 38 cal.in revolver or 9 mm in semi auto minimum next to the fire ext.for safety,  lol .Seriously though ,its really a cool track setting for Nostalgia racing.My mom grew up in Grand Prarie and told me she was there on the opening night in 56 or 57 (she couldnt remember which) with here boyfriend who was running his 56 Blue Oval car.She told me that she remembered a flag man starting the cars off and how it was beautifull and all new.Funny what 53 or 54 years can do to a place ...
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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Pretty sad when the out of staters know it as the Grand Prairie Gun and Knife Club.
I've heard that several of the bad attitude individuals have started going to Kennedale.
I dunno. I don't spend much time at the local tracks.
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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Here is a old vid, others there at well
They like to tear stuff up there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euap_jz4emw
thats some crazy stuff. people walking on the track not even looking at the cars 
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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Here is a old vid, others there at well
They like to tear stuff up there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euap_jz4emw
Dont even know where to start with that vid ,but that was the scene when i went on a TNT night a few years back.People all over starting line .2 or 3 people in each car racing .I even saw 2 guys racing a Susuki Samari with a Nasty sbc shoehorned in it .They were both smoking a tiny cigarette in the burnout box and then proceded to stand it straight up off the line.No seatbelts ,helments, etc.The track is not sanctioned (go figure) .Funny thing is there are signs on the fences that say "no profanity" ,lol...
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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My dad said they check for guns at the gate, and if you don't have one they give you one lol.
Looks like a fun place, I want to visit there and George Rays this summer.
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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brings out a whole new word of ' don't worry', we gotya covered ha ahha lets see got my gas got my gredit card, got my cell phone lojac is armed on both the race car and truck trailer hahah    
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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It does kinda have a prison vibe huh ?
Hey if you are looking at this thread hoping for Mopars, you can give up ..
BUT !! I am going to build a old POS to play with at these , this isn't the only old track around here although its the most feared
Do they make SFI approved flak jackets?
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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About 20 years ago a friend of mine and I went out to the NAS to watch F-14s fly around back then. On the way back I suggested we stop at Yeller Belly. He didn't want to, so we went home. Good thing, a guy got shot and killed out there that day. They need metal detectors at the gate more so than at DFW airport.
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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THIS is my favorite picture I took all day
Cool pics, Is this the trailer gaurd dog? I've never been there but it looks like its certainly got soul. Website or directions?
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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Yes that place has quite a rep. You should go to texaspic.net to the racing part and look at the pics he took from there. No belts, helmets, or jackets. To many nice tracks around here to waste time at that joint imo.
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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Here is a old vid, others there at well
They like to tear stuff up there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euap_jz4emw
Dont even know where to start with that vid ,but that was the scene when i went on a TNT night a few years back.People all over starting line .2 or 3 people in each car racing .I even saw 2 guys racing a Susuki Samari with a Nasty sbc shoehorned in it .They were both smoking a tiny cigarette in the burnout box and then proceded to stand it straight up off the line.No seatbelts ,helments, etc.The track is not sanctioned (go figure) .Funny thing is there are signs on the fences that say "no profanity" ,lol...
Was it this one ?
Sorry im alot of things ,but im no Nark  .Slept too many times since i saw it a few years ago to honestly say for certain ...
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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About 20 years ago a friend of mine and I went out to the NAS to watch F-14s fly around back then. On the way back I suggested we stop at Yeller Belly. He didn't want to, so we went home. Good thing, a guy got shot and killed out there that day. They need metal detectors at the gate more so than at DFW airport.
That place sounds like a real PIT.... no thanks, I'll
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Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"
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The time frame for the shooting would have been in the late 1980s or early 1990s. I heard it on the news the following day.
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