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How far do you drive to race?
Posted By: flatiron
How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 04:46 PM
Way are all the Dragstrips so far away. All the tracks are between 100 and 115 miles from me. Thompson, Pittsburgh and Quaker city. just wondering if any one drives this far to race on a weekily basis
Posted By: Aspen7695
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 05:15 PM
I'm spoiled. I have to drive almost 15 miles to get to Firebird.
Raul
Posted By: DragDart360
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 05:19 PM
Posted By: flatiron
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 05:40 PM
Im located a good 90 min North of Pittsburgh. Sunset Dragstrip is no more Alex passed away last fall and last I knew the track was gonna become a sud division
Posted By: Todd
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 05:48 PM
Now that Magnolia is going to be open, it 28 miles. If not there we can go to Mt. Vernon its 57 miles.
Posted By: StealthWedge67
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 06:06 PM
I don't race but a handful of times a year, but when I do I drive my car to the track. Pacific Raceways is about a 20 mile drive for me, and Bremerton is about 45 miles, but I prefer a day spent there.
You guys back east are spoiled with all the small tracks you have to choose from.
Posted By: Challenger 1
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 06:12 PM
I have Edgewater 4 miles from my house, can get there without going through any traffic lights. Then Tri-State is only about 10 miles away. Earned my TAD license in Salem Ohio.
The farthest we ever went is Vegas to race. We did the NHRA Div 3 thing for 10 years,so only one race a year was in town.
Posted By: Wax
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 06:14 PM
50 miles from home to DouglasMotorSports Park. All interstate.
Wax
Posted By: tboomer
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 06:18 PM
I have a nice track 37 miles from home...And if gas prices get as bad as they say,I don't think you will see a lot of people going too far...
Posted By: HemiRick
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 06:19 PM
I'm 2 miles away from Memphis International Raceway the old Motorsports park. Can hear em race on a nice day.
Posted By: flatiron
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 06:26 PM
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I have a nice track 37 miles from home...And if gas prices get as bad as they say,I don't think you will see a lot of people going too far...
I know Thats what I'm thinking it's not the cost of racing basic footbrake bracket car it's thecost of traveling 200 miles or so round trip
Posted By: '72CudaRacer
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 06:28 PM
I race at Bristol as much as I can, its 80 miles each way, but we race two days in a row and sleep in the trailer. I have to drive past Cherokee raceway park, 11 miles from my home, to go to Bristol. Not much of a sacrifice though. English Mountain is abot 45 miles, Knoxville is approx 60 miles and London, Ky and Crossville are about 100 miles each.
Brian Dunnigan
Posted By: Smoparmike
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 08:13 PM
260 Miles round trip for me. That is why I only race a couple times a year. I wish I liked hunting or fishing I would have it made. Mike
Posted By: GwaiiEagle
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 08:58 PM
An 8 Hour Ferry ride and a 100 mile drive.
One Way!
Posted By: dustergirl340
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 09:05 PM
Milan - 25 miles
Norwalk - 115 miles
Posted By: 383man
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 09:56 PM
I also usually only race a few times a year and most of the time I drive my car. I race most of the time at Cecil County in Md and it is about 45 miles one way. Sometimes I race at Capital in Md which is actually closer as it is about 37 miles. Knock on wood I have always been able to drive it home.
Ron
Posted By: Mopar-Al
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 10:07 PM
7 miles
Posted By: MegaDart
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 10:30 PM
Bradenton 60 miles
Immokalee 75 miles
Sunshine 85 miles
PBIR 100 miles
SGMP = far! 6.5hours
Posted By: 70AARcuda
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 10:38 PM
Las Vegas Motorspeedway ....9 miles
Posted By: JBurch
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 10:50 PM
4.9 miles from my drive way to my pit space.........
Posted By: sam64
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 10:52 PM
tulsa raceway park=56 miles,mid amreica dragway=72 miles,mokan=150 miles.these are one way figures.
Posted By: bonefish
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 11:20 PM
they move around from month to month but usually it takes about 1/2 hour to get there.but the actually drag strips are bradenton 1-1/2 hours and moklee 45 mins.
Posted By: The Shocker
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 11:34 PM
Im right about in the middle from them all.Ardmore is 85 miles one way .North Star in Denton is 75 miles one way, and Redline is 70 miles one way.I also drive to Little River (near Temple) each year in the Fall and its 220 miles each way ...
Posted By: David_in_St_Croi
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 11:36 PM
About 6 miles ~ 15 minutes. 5 of those minutes is getting down our road without ripping off the collector extensions.
When we get our house finished up the hill that time will likely increase to 20 minutes total.
Posted By: Pacnorthcuda
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 11:40 PM
RARELY over a 1/4 mile...speed kills.
Posted By: ChrisJohnston669
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 11:42 PM
about 15 mins for me with traffic.
Posted By: Kam*Kuda
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/19/12 11:58 PM
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An 8 Hour Ferry ride and a 100 mile drive.
One Way!
Wow Thats probably take it. DO you trailer it or drive all the way?
Posted By: jwilson 61
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 12:00 AM
252 miles each way to Spokane plus food and lodging makes it so it doesn't happen often
Posted By: flatiron
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 01:56 AM
Looks like maybe I don't have it so bad after all
Posted By: 69B3GT
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 02:34 AM
5.11 miles from Fontanas front gate.
Posted By: 340_Dart
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 02:37 AM
It's roughly 75 miles each way to the 2 closest tracks to me. Either track I have some pretty good mountains to climb.
~ 1hr 15min to Mason Dixon Dragway here in Maryland or
~ 1hr 40min to Pittsburgh Raceway Park in Pennsylvania
Posted By: GwaiiEagle
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 02:47 AM
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An 8 Hour Ferry ride and a 100 mile drive.
One Way!
Wow Thats probably take it. DO you trailer it or drive all the way?
The ferry is too expensive to trailer or I'd up the ante on the power.
I have AAA :^/
Posted By: GwaiiEagle
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 02:48 AM
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252 miles each way to Spokane plus food and lodging makes it so it doesn't happen often
If that's the closest track that would top me.
Although the ferry cost with overnight cabin is $500 round trip.
Posted By: dartman366
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 02:54 AM
5 min to my local track, 45 min to National Trails, 1.5 hours(approx) to Norwalk, 4 hours to Pittsburgh, 2 hours(approx) to Kil-Kare.
Posted By: Dap
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 04:45 AM
It's 32 miles to E-Town and 78 miles to Atco.
Posted By: moparacer
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 04:52 AM
70 miles to Mason Dixon, 100 to Beaver Springs and 110 to Pittsburgh Raceway for me.
Filled my diesel up today and for the first time ever it took $104....
Posted By: Dads426
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 04:53 AM
9 races a year in NSS with 422 Motorsports. Closest is 45 miles
, furtherest is about 180 miles (each way)
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Posted By: 11secdart
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 05:08 AM
Home track , Island Dragway 32 miles, about 30-40 minutes, E Town 55 miles, about an hour. Furthest I`ve towed to race is to Indy in 05 for the Chrysler Classic Race about 14 hours.
Posted By: Crizila
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 06:12 AM
About 100 miles - one way - through the mountains - but it's a scenic drive
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Posted By: Triple Threat
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 06:23 AM
21 miles to Pacific, the closest track to me.
Posted By: Palindrome Cuda
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 12:47 PM
We usually travel about 90 miles one way to Pittsburgh Raceway Park.
Posted By: 440Jim
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 02:37 PM
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Way are all the Dragstrips so far away.
It was where you picked to live that is far away from the racetrack! LOL
Maryland Int Raceway is only 30 miles from my house.
Posted By: FlyFish
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 03:00 PM
About 7 miles to the home of the US Nationals for me (Lucas Oil Raceway).
Posted By: 440lebaron
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 05:04 PM
LVD 157 mi, NED 151 mi, e-town 180 each way $120/150 fuel round trip
$40 race fuel $65 entry
dont count food still eat if i stay home
gary
Posted By: Dodgem
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 07:04 PM
Up hear in Ontario Canada I'm in a nice spot Grand bend (nicest) is about 70 miles one way and 1.5 to 1.75 hours St Thomas about the same and Toronto Motorsports in Cayuga (No where near Toronto????) is 60 miles but takes the same 1.5 to 1.75 hours maybe a few minutes better if any!
Course once a year Shannonville is 180 miles one way!!!
Posted By: BLONDE BARRACUDA
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/20/12 07:40 PM
I dont get to race on a weekly basis but the track I usually race at is 198mi. each way. The closest track to me is about 116 each way but the track prep is terrible.
Posted By: DavidDean
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/21/12 12:35 AM
Amarillo-120 miles
Hobbs NM-110 miles
Desert thunder-120 miles
Penwell 150 miles
Abilene (closed) 180 miles
Denton 300 miles
Crandall 360 miles (maybe this weekend)
Motorplex 340 miles
Roswell NM 180 miles
Vegas 900 miles
My racing schedule is crazy due to work. This weekend may be my last till the fall then I'll go like hell again
Posted By: caper
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/21/12 12:47 AM
Home track (Sydney)---- 10 min.
Greenfield ------ 7.5 hrs each way
PEI Oyster Bay 4.5 hrs plus 1.5 hr ferry ride each way
New Brunswick Mirmache 8 hrs each way.
I try to get to each track 2 times a year
4 at my own track
Posted By: Dabee
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/21/12 12:56 AM
Bristol 78 miles
English Mountain 12 miles
Knoxville 40 miles
Cherokee 37 miles
411 30 miles
I-40 100 miles
London Ky 120 miles
Posted By: MagnumExpress
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/21/12 03:54 AM
Closest race is 4 hrs.
Farthest is 22 hrs.
Sucks living 4 hours north from where everyone starts lol.
Posted By: PolyDart
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/21/12 06:21 AM
About 4 miles to Speedworld.
Posted By: Defbob
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/21/12 12:31 PM
2.5-3hrs to Englishtown
Posted By: Palindrome Cuda
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/21/12 12:53 PM
On a side note,I notice Diamond Jim runs E-85 anyone else using it? Pros / cons ? I am new to this site so if you guys have already covered this I am sorry.
Posted By: babarracuda
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/21/12 01:51 PM
75 miles to TopGun in Fallon, NV and 125 to Sacramento, CA. I drive my car so Sac can be expensive with buying gas. It used to be 130 miles to Bakersfield when I lived in CA.
Posted By: fishy340
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/21/12 02:08 PM
65 miles to etown,104 to atco,island and lebanon would be 3 hr drive
65 to etown dont really seem bad,but if u ever drove home through STATEN ITALY you would know what 65 ny miles is like!!!
Posted By: Steve1118
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/21/12 05:01 PM
For us; Pittsburgh about 35 minute drive; Beaver Springs, Quaker City and Hagerstown all about 2 1/2 hours. Not bad at all.
Posted By: 70dusterjohn
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/21/12 05:16 PM
Quaker City 5.2 miles
Thompson 48 miles
Norwalk 74 miles
Dragway 42 52 miles
Pittsburg 68 miles
national trail 110 miles
Mag 58 or so miles
We got alot.. I wish I lived closer to Thompson though.. I would rather run there then Quaker...
Posted By: Al_Alguire
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/21/12 05:25 PM
I will be leaving this afternoon to travel 370 miles one way to race. That is about as close as any track we race at other than here in Vegas. You midwest and east coast guys have it made.
Posted By: Darter6
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/21/12 05:36 PM
40 miles for me to Vegas. Used to travel all over till 2007.Economy went in the toilet and so went the sponsors. Favorite eastern track,,Bristol.
Posted By: Bigbeep
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/22/12 05:19 AM
Norwalk 62 miles
National trails 77 miles
Mt Vernon 50 miles
MCIR 30 miles
Kil Kare 100 miles
Usually go to Norwalk.
Beep
Posted By: Chris'sBarracuda
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/22/12 05:40 AM
We used to travel a whole bunch.. Especially when we lived in Denver..
But with fuel costs and the economy.. No more.
I'll bet MoparBilly has traveled more than us all..
BTW.. With last weekend and this weekend.. 3 races--1 National & 2 Divisionals.. 50 miles total round trip..
Not Bad..
Chris..
Posted By: Paul_Fancsali
Re: How far do you drive to race? - 02/22/12 08:38 PM
Drove to Norwalk 205 miles and destroyed new trans and drive shaft gas tank you name it Cost me $500 to tow the mess to Pgh Pa in 1988. Lesson learned AAA premier and get up to 200 miles towing!!