Re: AS MUCH AS I HATE TO SAY THIS.............
[Re: Thumperdart]
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06/09/13 01:42 PM
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dom ten years ago I would have said I will met you there with my car as well.. but if you get caught they will cut the car into tiny little pieces. ton of money down the drain. so be save,,,, and get your but to irwindale our king of the hill car count is why down
In the 8s N/A.with Brett miller W8's 5.07 at 133 at 2700lb
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Re: AS MUCH AS I HATE TO SAY THIS.............
[Re: Thumperdart]
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06/09/13 04:15 PM
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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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Re: AS MUCH AS I HATE TO SAY THIS.............
[Re: Thumperdart]
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06/09/13 04:29 PM
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Had a great time last night. There is still nothing that compares to making a pass on the street. Sorry to the Haters! No racetracks in So Cal anymore. There is many streets safer than Irwindale! Just my 2 cents And yes I am a Street Racer!
Aka: Albergetti Indy W2's
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Re: AS MUCH AS I HATE TO SAY THIS.............
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06/09/13 05:00 PM
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The main problem is when a spectator gets hurt or killed,then it gets classified as "drag racing" and we as racers get the black eye again. Had an incident in Jacksonville MANY years ago..people racing at the closed airport,car had a wheel come off or suspension failure and a kid got killed.Because of that,to this date we have NO race track in the North Florida area. The city will not even consider having one because of what happened long ago.The city council even wrote regulations that now there will be mufflers and early curfews if a race ever is run here.
Nautilus Racing- We use Superformance gaskets and Turbo Action converters/products.
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Re: AS MUCH AS I HATE TO SAY THIS.............
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06/09/13 05:43 PM
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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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Re: AS MUCH AS I HATE TO SAY THIS.............
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06/09/13 06:05 PM
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When there are no proper racing facilities within a given distance, there's gonna be street racing. Seems to me that if you had a good surface, fairly remote location, no possibility of traffic, animals, hikers, etc and the spectators were restricted from the top end area, a 1/8th mile deal would be pretty safe. Hopefully people would be smart enough to wear helmets & belts where appropriate, and not leave trash behind or get into fights or anything else that would create problems.
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Re: AS MUCH AS I HATE TO SAY THIS.............
[Re: Thumperdart]
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06/09/13 06:09 PM
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Spent my share of time in the pokey and giving the city my money. Funny thing is we raced about a mile from Dom's signature picture was taken and usually on Test & Tune nights It was fun til the Imports started showing up in the mid eighties. After that i just went to the track when i could and still doin that today!
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Re: AS MUCH AS I HATE TO SAY THIS.............
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06/09/13 06:23 PM
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I think there might have been a misunderstanding? It's a street near an AFB. Run ways are controlled by the FAA and will not consider any kind of use except for airplanes. That's why we are on the street ! Give us back Fontana!!!!
Aka: Albergetti Indy W2's
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Re: AS MUCH AS I HATE TO SAY THIS.............
[Re: cudadoug]
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06/09/13 08:07 PM
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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...
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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Re: AS MUCH AS I HATE TO SAY THIS.............
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06/09/13 08:27 PM
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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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