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My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut"

Posted By: bigdad

My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:13 PM

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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Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:14 PM

The staging lanes

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Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:15 PM

We have some rules to abide to ..

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Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:16 PM

Wonder how long ago this was painted ?

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Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:17 PM

Barbed wire , at a drag strip ??

Must be a tough crowd

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Posted By: The Shocker

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:18 PM

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 ???
Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:19 PM

The burnout box

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Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:20 PM

scene of the crime

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Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:21 PM

Timing tower

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Posted By: dennismopar73

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:22 PM

wow what a place
close racing there
if youre losing just 'rub ' a bit to
slow the other down
Posted By: RonTheAnnouncer

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:23 PM

From what I hear of the place, that tower might need bulletproof glass...
Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:23 PM

Its kinda "different"

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Posted By: Chassisman

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:24 PM

My GOD........and you gave me crap about the smell at Famoso...at least it didn't look like the set from The Great Escape !
Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:24 PM

Never bring a knife to a gunfight ..

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Posted By: Quicktree

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:25 PM

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Its kinda "different"


I would say so but it's still a place to race. I guess
Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:26 PM

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

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Posted By: dennismopar73

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:27 PM

at nite prisoner come out of the yard
banging their cups on the fence
saying h--no we wont go h---we wont go
Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:27 PM

THIS is my favorite picture I took all day

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Posted By: Quicktree

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:29 PM

whats up with the cuban or PR flag flying over the track? this track is in the USA right?
Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:29 PM

vroom

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Posted By: The Shocker

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:30 PM

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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 ...
Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:31 PM

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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 ?

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Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:32 PM

I forgot to take pic of return road

Goes thru trees, very scenic !

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Posted By: Quicktree

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:33 PM

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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
Posted By: dennismopar73

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:34 PM

ya they call that cover
for when you duck and cover ha aha
Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:34 PM

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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Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:35 PM

How many OF your tracks have COVERED pits

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Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:36 PM

Just guys having fun ..

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Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:38 PM

Few more

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Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:39 PM



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Posted By: Quicktree

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:40 PM

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How many OF your tracks have COVERED pits


thats a great idea
Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:40 PM

Bass's old furd

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Posted By: dennismopar73

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:41 PM

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
Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:42 PM

Last one, and people go down this track with very fast cars .. not a care in the world

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Posted By: The Shocker

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:49 PM

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 ...
Posted By: feets

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/17/10 11:55 PM

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.
Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 12:02 AM

Here is a old vid, others there at well

They like to tear stuff up there

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euap_jz4emw
Posted By: Quicktree

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 12:07 AM

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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
Posted By: The Shocker

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 12:16 AM

Quote:

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...
Posted By: slippery440

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 12:24 AM

That is one neat place. Up here in the cold we don't have any good old tracks.
Posted By: rickstershemi

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 12:38 AM

Wow....I could so get into that....

Rickster
Posted By: Bad340fish

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 12:39 AM

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.
Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 12:41 AM

Quote:

Quote:

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 ?

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Posted By: dennismopar73

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 12:50 AM

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
Posted By: 340Cuda

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 01:23 AM

Quote:

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?
Posted By: RC91

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 02:20 AM

Hmmm, I thought that track got shut down due to 3 deaths in a single season. Very cool nostalgic track. I can picture the pits filled with altereds and gassers back in the day.
Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 02:39 AM

More vids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhUyXmUNILE&feature=related
Posted By: mr_340

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 03:55 AM

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.
Posted By: dragula426

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 04:13 AM

i dont suppose you brought your car there did you?
Posted By: joedust451

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 05:15 AM

We went to yellow belly once, it is different thats for sure, i did most of my racing at Temple back in 04/05, just wish i could find a video with my car in it lol, heck i was there damn near every weekend racing.
Posted By: bobby66

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 05:47 AM

Wild place. Heard stories about the passengers holding the nitrous bottle on a pass to keep it warm....
Posted By: DavidDean

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 03:41 PM

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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?
Posted By: Jacob Pitt

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 05:01 PM

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.
Posted By: The Shocker

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 08:40 PM

Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

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 ...
Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/18/10 09:16 PM

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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
pass
Posted By: 74DusterP457

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/19/10 06:16 PM

I am pretty sure you're thinking of Hallsville Raceway (now closed) over near Longview, TX. They had a shooting episode over there about 5 years ago now.

I've never heard of anyone being killed at Yello-Belly, but it is a rough place on Friday and Saturday nights.
Posted By: mr_340

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 05/20/10 12:39 AM

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.
Posted By: 72demon416

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 11/18/10 07:34 PM

So the original picture of the Nova? shows it wrapped around a tree- where are the trees at this track? on the return road?
Posted By: RobX4406

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 11/18/10 07:54 PM

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So the original picture of the Nova? shows it wrapped around a tree- where are the trees at this track? on the return road?




Here's a mapquest of the site. Go to satellite and you can see the trees.

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?address=470...code=75050-4612
Posted By: bigdad

Re: My trip to YELLO BELLY aka "The Gut" - 12/29/10 12:01 AM

New video found

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Ty7wKth9w

That red Olds is a mutt
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