How far is your drive to your nearest track?
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09/25/23 12:48 PM
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Unfortunately, they closed down Kansas International Dragway this year. It was about 20 miles away and we even drove the car out there a few times, raced and drove home. Now the nearest is over an hour away. It sure was nice to be spoiled and have it great for all those years.
'63 Dodge 330
11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs.
9.92 @ 135mph with a 350 shot of nitrous and 93 octane pump. 1.43 60 ft. 3,750 lbs.
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
[Re: bigdad]
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09/25/23 01:46 PM
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Milan is about 40 minutes away from my house. The next closest are Lapeer, Onadega, Ubly, Norwalk, Dragway 42, and Martin, all within ~2 hours away.
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
[Re: rebel]
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09/25/23 02:01 PM
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Englishtown was 90 miles for me, now closed Atco was 140 miles now closed Cecil county (best radial prep) 190 miles Lebanon Valley (just starting to radial prep) 125 miles and No tolls Island dragway (No radial prep) 90 miles Most tracks are more than an hour for me, with the farthest(but the best) 3to 3.5 hours. IF you want to race its what you do i guess
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
[Re: Blusmbl]
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09/25/23 02:01 PM
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Milan is about 40 minutes away from my house. The next closest are Lapeer, Onadega, Ubly, Norwalk, Dragway 42, and Martin, all within ~2 hours away. Jealous!
'63 Dodge 330
11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs.
9.92 @ 135mph with a 350 shot of nitrous and 93 octane pump. 1.43 60 ft. 3,750 lbs.
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
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09/25/23 02:02 PM
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1/8 mile track is 50 miles away. Brainerd is 100 miles away. Rockfalls is 130 miles away. 3 decent tracks, and not much interest in driving further, when diesel prices are so high. I like racing near home so family and friends can come as well.
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
[Re: rebel]
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09/25/23 02:05 PM
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Closest track is 11 miles away, but I don't race there (rules change in the middle of the race, 3 rounds of buy backs, score boards don't 1/2 work, purse changes from gate to winners circle, ect, ect). Then I have Bristol, Tn 68 miles (they run races sat & sun, tnt fri) , London Ky 105 miles, Knoxville, Tn 55 miles. Spend the majority of my racing time at Bristol or London.
Brian
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
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09/25/23 02:09 PM
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45 miles to keystone Pa. 85 miles to Quaker city in Ohio 160 miles to Dragway 42 in Ohio. 200 miles to Norwalk in Ohio. 200 miles to Columbus Ohio.
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
[Re: JERICOGTX]
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09/25/23 02:17 PM
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1/8 mile track is 50 miles away. Brainerd is 100 miles away. Rockfalls is 130 miles away. 3 decent tracks, and not much interest in driving further, when diesel prices are so high. I like racing near home so family and friends can come as well. I opted out of a race 4 hours away a couple of weekends ago mainly because of diesel prices. It just didn't make sense to spend $350.00 to win a $20 trophy. Last year they paid $500 to win my class but it got rained out and, for some reason, no payouts this year despite really good attendance.
'63 Dodge 330
11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs.
9.92 @ 135mph with a 350 shot of nitrous and 93 octane pump. 1.43 60 ft. 3,750 lbs.
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
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09/25/23 02:18 PM
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ZIPPY
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Nearest , about 45 minutes. Preferred but a whole lot further than I'd like, 90 minutes.
Still no trailer here, but not having a functioning car for the track and having not been out since 2019, guess it probably doesn't matter.
Rich H.
Esse Quam Videri
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
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09/25/23 02:22 PM
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There is an 1/8 track 64miles, VERY unsafe to me people all in the staging lanes & burn out box, not saying I will never go back but, since my home track Houston Raceway Park is now closed I might have to give in LOL, the closest REAL 1/4 track is Pine Valley in Lufkin Tx 3 hours away, Ennis Tx, 3.5 hours away is the next one, VERY frustrated & just generally sad & bummed out , with my health issues I am pretty much out of time , I just cant be motivated to do much on the Charger now that HRP is gone
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
[Re: rebel]
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09/25/23 02:24 PM
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About 12 miles from my house, 2 miles from my work which works out well for Friday night TNT if it is a day I can leave my work truck at home.
68 Barracuda Formula S 340
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
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09/25/23 04:57 PM
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34 miles to my local track ( about a 45 minute drive ) , Island Dragway. I have been racing there for over 35 years . I will be going to Cecil County ( 154 miles , about 2 1/2 hours away one way ) for their two remaining Strange Street Car Shootouts to run 11.50 Index . Maple Grove is about two hours , 125 miles . Atco ( R.I.P. ) was about a two hour drive and Englishtown ( R.I.P. ) was about an hour away ... I work part time as a truck driver / operator and lately my travels have taken me down Rte 18 past Englishtown Rd. every time I pass it I get a sad feeling ... had a lot of fun at the their Mopar Atlantic Nats every year as well as running 11.50 Index there right up until they closed .
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
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09/25/23 05:36 PM
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DaveRS23
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5 miles to I-57. 1/8 mile track. When I started going out there 50 some years ago, they had dials, not a tree at the starting line. Hitchhiked out there a couple of times before I got my driver's license. And a couple of times after I lost my license. We can hear them running most Saturdays when at home. Ran out there a lot over the years. KOS action 8 years or so ago was my most recent activity. Just getting too lazy to work on the Cuda much anymore. If I don't race it, I don't have to fix stuff. Just routine maintenance.
Master, again and still
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
[Re: DaveRS23]
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09/25/23 06:00 PM
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Closest 1/4 mile track is 90 minutes from me. Hoping to be out there in the Spring after some off season tinkering with the car. Goal is to crack the 11's.
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