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02-27-2010, 08:57 PM | #21 |
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I was at Atlanta Dragway today....much poorer condition all around than I expected.....maybe its just because its "off season" ? Track was ok though, strange layout (to me) but hey......
I guess I wont any longer be disheartened at living 20 minutes from 42 (which you expect to be what it is, but it hooks for me and there are just plain awesome people there , they go out of their way to do things for us, like when they heard my son got his Jr, they let us come early in the AM and get him acclimated to the car on the track and such for hours before they opened, that was class in my book) And Norwalk which is just a plain nice track although its a haul almost 40 minutes away But oddly I always run faster at 42....always.... National Trails I wasnt so impressed with either last year..... But that and Quaker City are the expanse of my current knowledge (other than Gainesville) I didnt know National Trails was NHRA owned also, (didnt know till today Atlanta was either) Private $ will always do a better job I think of doing a track, the NHRA has too many other things to spend money on. Maybe they should "privatize" the tracks, or do long term leases to interested parties. |
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RIP Bob Moore. Hey Dan Moore, you're #1. RIP Mark Graham
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Boy is that true.... and yes, I miss Bob Moore ....and Fuzzy too.
It was the wonderful people (fellow racers & track employees) at Gainesville that made racing there fun during my bracket years (1980s-90s) I was there to race & didn't pay much attention to the stinky sulphur water or the icky bathrooms. But always check under those toilet seats... for spiders and stuff.... and those crazy tree frogs.
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Lol...that is so true, I jumped about 9 feet high when putting my hand out to catch change from the soda machine in the manit area by the officed behind the fence) that liked to throw change out, and a tree frog hit my hand...scared the hell outta me.
A big guy who was with me was wondering why I jumped like a spaz and I said THERE and showed him the frog that went from inside the coin slot to my and back to the soda machine, he jumped even higher and shrieked...sheesh youda thought it was a rattlesnake (both of us |
02-28-2010, 07:27 PM | #25 |
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Drooze,wait till you see Bowling Green,That place beats all in my book.
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03-01-2010, 04:00 PM | #28 |
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I remember the candy Myron.... every one had a lollypop after first round.
Drooze, they had to shoo a raccoon off the track last time I was at Bowling Green.... but it's a beautiful setting, nice trees, soft grass, riverside and an amusement park & pool next door. (but if it's hot, it'll melt your generator)
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Found this on Gainesville website.. I didn't know either... Lanny " Fuzzy" Hill Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Long time Gainesville Raceway event employee, friend to all, and tremendous drag racing fan, Lanny ( Fuzzy ) Hill, age 60, passed away on Monday, February 1, 2010 at home in Ocala, Florida, after a prolonged illness. A celebration of life will be held on: February 14, 2010, at 1:00 pm 14489 NE 113 Court Fort McCoy, FL You may reach Inez at 352-236-2066 for directions to the Fort McCoy address. In lieu of flowers because of the financial burden of the past year for Lanny’s care, it is requested donations be made directly to Inez Hill, at the above address Or any BB&T Bank to Inez Hill, FBO Lanny Hill.
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