Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
[Re: n20mstr]
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09/26/23 05:44 PM
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
[Re: J_BODY]
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09/27/23 10:38 AM
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Vegas 124 Wild horse pass (Phoenix) 190 Barona 190 Irwindale 200 Famoso 304 Sacramento 555
Living in the west kinda sucks…. I probably race at Famoso more than any on the list unfortunately, but then again, I’m pretty much just a “special event” kind of hobby racer that puts on a handful of passes a year. I haven’t run a “points” deal since 2016. I’m really starting to question why even have a racecar…..
How far is the Landfill, I mean TVD away from the new dirt plot?
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
[Re: Cab_Burge]
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09/27/23 11:43 AM
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Now that Sacramento will be closing, 92 miles to the track in Redding. How close is Sears Point, Infineon? Sonoma is only 75 miles from me in Tracy, CA. But a [censored] tow from the Central Valley. Either across two different 2 lane highways (traffic) or through the east bay area (TRAFFIC and idiots). Sometimes it's 2.5 hours each way. I would rather tow to Famoso! Famoso is 206 miles Redding is 228 miles Fallon, NV is 263 miles, much of that uphill over the Hwy 80 summit Samoa is 330 miles Irwindale is 336 miles, but...what a great facility!
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
[Re: JERICOGTX]
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09/27/23 11:46 AM
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Starting to feel pretty good about living in Bowling Green
From my house Beech Bend ~ 14 miles Music City Raceway ~ 56 US60 Raceway ~ 73 Buffalo Valley ~ 78 Windy Hollow ~ 91 Ohio Valley ~ 101
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
[Re: n20mstr]
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09/27/23 01:28 PM
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STREETS ARE ALWAYS OPEN AND USUALLY PRETTY CLOSE ........ Ha! I missed this one the first time I looked thru the thread
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
[Re: Brad_Haak]
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09/27/23 02:17 PM
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STREETS ARE ALWAYS OPEN AND USUALLY PRETTY CLOSE ........ Ha! I missed this one the first time I looked thru the thread There are two spots, probably 2-3 miles from my house that we used frequently, and they were all concrete, then there are a couple more that are maybe 15? miles and they are blacktop. There is one spot we used to be at every week, that one was 24 miles from my house and blacktop. It would be great to go back to those times.
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
[Re: n20mstr]
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09/27/23 03:20 PM
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Pretty Good Shape here Quaker City, Salem, Oh - 37 miles Keystone Raceway, New Alexandria, Pa - 63 miles Steel Valley (1/8 mile) Smithfield, OH - 60 Miles Lucky Drag City, (1/8 mile) Wattsburg, (Erie), Pa - 121 miles Manolia Raceway (1/8 mile) Manolia, OH - 65 miles National Trail, Hebron, OH - 168 miles Summit Motorsports Park, Norwalk, OH - 150 miles Kuhnle Motorsports Park, Thompsonville, OH - 92 miles So all around good easy tows for us Thanks, Ken
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
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09/27/23 07:10 PM
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
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68 miles to the closest track for me. Little over an hour drive. Been doing it for years.
I always envied the guys that live close to the track.
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
[Re: JERICOGTX]
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Vegas 124 Wild horse pass (Phoenix) 190 Barona 190 Irwindale 200 Famoso 304 Sacramento 555
Living in the west kinda sucks…. I probably race at Famoso more than any on the list unfortunately, but then again, I’m pretty much just a “special event” kind of hobby racer that puts on a handful of passes a year. I haven’t run a “points” deal since 2016. I’m really starting to question why even have a racecar…..
How far is the Landfill, I mean TVD away from the new dirt plot? That’ll be 350 miles each way…. but we’ll have the time change on our side heading west on the way home. I’m hoping the game changer will be being 25min from Sturgis Dragway (1/8th mile). Other than that 320 miles to the MT track, and 281 to julesburg.
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
[Re: Roughbird72]
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09/29/23 11:28 AM
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Bunker Hill Dragstrip - 42 miles Muncie Dragway - 60 miles I was afraid we were gonna lose Muncie this year. Hopefully it stays around a long time.
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Re: How far is your drive to your nearest track?
[Re: BTBelvedere]
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10/01/23 09:01 PM
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I haven't raced in a very long time. Back then in Ohio I usually raced 4 times a week at the following. Mostly the first three tracks or occasionally Thompson , the Game Preserve or Dragway 42. Went to Norwalk once for a Thanksgiving race. Brrrr to cold to get any traction. Snowed on the way home. Never went back. Too many decent tracks much closer. Game preserve RT 88 - 9 mi (hooked better than any track around) Quaker City - 28 mi Meander - 17 mi aka Ohio Drag City Sunset - 27 mi Thompson - 30 mi Dragway 42 - 78 mi Norwalk - 96 mi Now I live in N.E. Tennessee and i am way older. If I was to start racing again (haven't decided yet) it would probably be at Bristol at most once a week and maybe an occasional Nss race. (None close) Bristol Dragway - 17 miles Zmax Charlotte, N.C. - 150 mi several smaller tracks that I have never been to in between
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