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04-09-2018, 07:35 PM | #11 |
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Re: Pits At Drag Strips
Topeka has electric hookups, but very high $$$ for a weekends use.
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04-09-2018, 08:02 PM | #12 |
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Re: Pits At Drag Strips
Back in the day, Englishtown was the best, by far. For all the right reasons.
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04-09-2018, 09:43 PM | #14 |
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Only if you on recycled asphalt. If you are on pavement it’s a fantastic place to race!
SRCA in Great Bend Ks has power for a very reasonable fee!
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Englishtown (before they closed to drags). All paved and if you got there early enough, you could get one of the few spots with electricity AND be near the restrooms.
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We would always stop at Home Depot for a couple of rolls of sod......Dogs gotta go too.
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I think it's terrible that class racers have to pit in the dirt anywhere. We did motorcycle road racing for years (at a sportsman level), and always had paved pits and access to 110-volt electrical outlets for tire warmers and such.
Then again, there were not that many people that hogged pit space- in 1993, we transported my open-class Superbike in the bed of a half-ton pickup, which also held a ramp, a 10x10' EZ-Up, a fuel jug, a folding table, a cooler, and a few folding chairs. We'd unload, and then go park our pickup somewhere else, to leave space for others. Our entire racing operation, including our family of three, our Yamaha TTR90E pit bike, and our 70-pound female lab mix, fit within a 10x10' footprint. Air-conditioned 40' diesel pusher motorhomes, giant toy hauler trailers, awnings, covered golf carts, and multiple personal vehicles, consume an awful lot of pit space. When I started drag racing cars in the '70s, I drove my race car to the strip, and my girlfriend and I slept in it. In the mid-'80s, I flat-towed it to the drag strip, and stowed the tow bar under my tow car to save pit space for others. In the late '80s, I towed it on a single-axle open trailer, and stowed the trailer ramps after unloading, to save pit space for others. Last edited by 6130; 04-10-2018 at 02:08 AM. |
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Some of you guys are like whinny little women. Look in the pits at any event ( even bracket events) and all you see are MH's, toter homes, living qtr. trailers. The guys who have boxes all go any stay in motels. Take this from someone who started out flat towing
(14 yrs.). Graduated to an open trailer and when I started racing Stock I stayed in a TENT for 3 years. Got an enclosed in 2003 and made it into a comfy LQ ( car stayed outside under a car cover (tarped over in rainy weather) till I pulled the plug in 2010. So yeah, cry me a river about accomodations.
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GALOT has quite a few electrical hookups (50a), I think they're $25/day.
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I loved Vegas but there was only one drawback - no place for my dog to go potty. Norwalk is our home track and it is awesome as long as you are on the right side and they have grassy places for the pups. The new Dragway 42 is also a favorite.
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