This weekend I was driving to KC to race and started to count the number of drag strips I have raced at and I have come up to 20, but I might be missing one? Twin Cities, Minnesota dragways, Kil-Kar, Rockfalls, BIR, Las Vegas, E-town, St Louis, Bristol, Indy, Norwalk, Stanton, Martin, Topeka, KCI, Munci, Milan, Clay city KY, The airplane runway in Ohio, the track in Indiana that we all drove on the track to dry it off. How many have the rest of you guys been to?? Jim
I'm a relative "newbie" to this drag racing thing. I have been on only four (4) tracks. US131 Mid-Michigan Milan, MI Lapeer Dragway Gee, you could even call me a "homer" for all of these tracks are within only a couple hours of my home! I have been to Columbus, Norwalk, and Dragway 42to specate the F.A.S.T. events. Do those count???
Jim, You've been to Interstate, right? Add that to your list. :Smarty: The track we drove on to dry it was Morocco Indiana. I have raced on 20 that I can think of. Hopefully I will be adding a couple next year. NorthStar Minnesota Rock Falls Wisconsin Grove creek Minnesota Cedar Falls Iowa Thunder Valley South Dakota Brainerd Minnesota Quaker City Ohio Norwalk Ohio Columbus Ohio Stanton Michigan Martin Michigan Englishtown New Jersey Lebanon Valley New York Bristol Tennessee Commerce Georgia Morocco Indiana Phoenix International Speed World Arizona St. Louis Mo KCIR Kansas city MO Tracks I would like to add to the list next year: Interstate Minnesota Earlville Iowa Beaver Springs PA Virginia Motorsports Park
Only 10 for me. Guess I need to get out more. Detroit Michigan Milan Michigan Ubly Michigan Lapeer Michigan Martin Michigan Stanton Michigan Quaker city Ohio Norwalk Ohio Kil-Kare Ohio Desoto Dragway Florida (driving a rental car)
Only 7 for me. Milan MI Ubly MI Lapeer MI Martin MI Stanton MI Quaker City OH Norwalk OH But I did run on Lapeer and Ubly on the same day a while back. :moonu: Made a few laps around Owendale, MI dirt track once; but not with the Vette. :bla:
Hmmmm... 1950's: 1. some old abandoned airport near Murray, Ky years ago, guess you could call that a drag strip. Had a flagman and 2 painted stripes for the start and finish line. Not much else available back then (late 50's). 1960's: 2. Atco, NJ 3. Vineland, NJ 4. York, US 30, Pa. 5. Milan MI 6. Detroit Dragway MI 7. Motor City Dragway, MI 1970's, none 1980's none 1990's- Rob driving my car: 8. Milan Dragway, MI 9. Stanton, MI 2000's: 10.Quaker, Salem Ohio, (Both driving) 11.Norwalk, Ohio, both driving 12. Byron, Ill, me driving for the rest of these. 13. Morocco, US 41 (?) Ind 14. Martin US 131, MI 15. Kilkare, Ohio 16. Beaver Springs, Pa. (York reunion) 17. Indianapolis Raceway Park, Ind. Many more to come.....I hope.
Stanton Mi,Norwalk Oh,KCIR Mo,Kilkar Oh,Martin Mi,Pacific Junction Ne,thats 6 although they are building a new track outside of Lincoln soon ,just 15 min. from my house.
KCIR Norwalk Gateway international Us 131 Stanton Tulsa Ones I have visited but I have not run at yet: Cedar Falls Mo-Kan Heartland Park Topeka Great Bend, KS (home of the First US Nationals) Humbolt, IA (1/8th mile)
Ok - here we go (this is from memory, now): Bakersfield CA Houston Tx Phoenix Raceway Park Firebird Raceway (Phoenix) West Palm, Fla (Moroso Motorsports Park) Atlanta (Commerce) GA Richmond VA St Louis (Gateway) somewhere in Alabama Joliet Thompson OH Norwalk OH Morocco IN Indianapolis IN Atco NJ Cecil County MD MIR Pittsburgh Quaker City Oh Union Grove Martin US131 Stanton (Dad ran there before it was paved) Ubly Milan Lapeer Columbus Memphis Grand Bend, Canada I count 28 (all in the same car, by the way); plus, I used to visit Tri City Dragway and Detroit Dragway, but I never personally made a pass there.... :TU:
All with the same car Ive been to Salt lake City Bonneville Raceway park Kansas City KCIR Topeka Heartland park Nobile OK Thunder Valley Columbus Oh Bowling Green KY Beech Bend 20 times!! Manhattan KS Salina Ks - Airport race Atwood KS - Airport race Wichita ks Kearney NE Pueblo Co And a few million miles of streets in between have a few black marks on them too!! I love this thread!!
I've got a few under my belt too! Brainerd MN Rock Falls WI Stanton MI Martin MI Grove Creek MN Bristol TN Columbus OH Codova IL Commerce GA Englishtown NJ Lebanon Valley NY Morocco IN Kansas City MO My first out state race was in 2003!(Stanton)Many more to come!!
Norwalk Oh ,Cayouga Ontario,St Thomas Ontario, Quaker City Oh,Columbus Oh ,Milan Mi,Martin Mi,Stanton Mi,Bowling Green Ky,Rockingham Nc,Darlington Sc,Atlanta Ga,Memphis Tn,Muncie In,Raceway Park In,Englishtown Nj,Reading Pa,Tulsa Ok,Houston Tx,Dallas Tx,Virginia this weekend and a few others I have forgotten:3gears:
What was that drag strip that Brad Rising put on that was a old airplane runway? At the finish line it started to go up hill, and when you did a burnout, you couldnt see the start line.
Quaker raceway in Salem, Ohio. Remember the Starter Nazi? I thought a few people were going to deck him.
I remember when bob K did a john force burnout past the starting line because you couldnt see it untill you were on top of it and the starter raised his arms and started to whine. Ya, he should have been decked!!!
Houston, TX Topeka, KS KC, MO Norwalk, OH Stanton, MI Martin, MI Bristol, TN Morocco, IN Columbus, OH Commerce, GA Some NW Missouri 1/8 mile craphole (US 36?) just down the road from a prison E-town, NJ Lebanon Valley, NY Tulsa, OK Manhattan, KS 1/8 mile St. Louis, Gateway
Mike, Thanks for jogging my memory. Manhattan, KS -- an 1/8th mile pit on the highway between Manhattan and Ft. Riley. Hope for some rain in the week prior to going to that place. Otherwise, it is a real dust bowl. Hodges--You are right, US 36. I thought about going there one time but then I thought better. Kind of tough to go someplace else when I have KCIR literally in my backyard.
A few, Oswego, IL. US 30, IN Byron, IL. US131 Martin, MI Mid Michigan, Stanton Rt. 66, Joliet, IL. Bowling Green, KY Great Lakes, Union Grove, WI
hmm, lets see. Not many, but I have added quite a few new ones this year with 3 different cars: IRP and now O'Reilly Raceway Park (once for each name p ), Indy Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, IL Byron Dragway, Bryon, IL Beech Bend, Bowling Green, KY US131 (isn't it called something else though?), Martin, MI Mid Michigan Motorplex, Stanton, MI US41, Morocco, IN (their website stated closed until further notice earlier this year) I've been to some others as a spectator
