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Old 03-21-2011, 07:28 AM   #1
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Adger, He raced on one in Tulsa also. With a flagman. Used to see Jim at Razerback, in Ft Smith most often.
I raced at Carlisle, where was the other Arkansas air port track? I may have raced on that one too.
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Hope Ar, airport.
That is where I made my first pass in a Ford that belonged to one of my buddies mom.
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Take your pick: Carlisle, Stuttgart, Hope, Newport were (are) all airports. The track at Little Rock was purpose built to be both a race track and an airport.
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Dwight,
Are they still running at Newport? I had a customer that raced there, years ago and I think it was run by the Optimist Club. I was talking with Ken Jordan the other day about the places where racing was done in Arkansas and we both had "CRS" about Newport... couldn't even remember the name...Imagine that!! :~)
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I ran on a 1/8th mile track at Little Rock a couple of times, was that it? Never cared for 1/8th mile. Like stopping in the middle of sex.
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Old 03-21-2011, 01:48 PM   #6
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It was the south part of LR almost to Benton on the west side of I-30. I heard in the early days of operation they actually ran 1/4 there. It had a hanger carport pullout near the finish line for a small plane. When they ran Comp Eliminator all the racers would sit at the end of the track until all had ran and drive back on the racing surface. They had a return road paved with roofing tabs and would high center most race cars. The pit area was enteresting as well. You had to park your trailer at bottom of the hill and would pit behind the starting line with only tools and stuff you brought up from your rig. It was the first 1/8th mile track I had ever seen.
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It was the south part of LR almost to Benton on the west side of I-30. I heard in the early days of operation they actually ran 1/4 there. It had a hanger carport pullout near the finish line for a small plane. When they ran Comp Eliminator all the racers would sit at the end of the track until all had ran and drive back on the racing surface. They had a return road paved with roofing tabs and would high center most race cars. The pit area was enteresting as well. You had to park your trailer at bottom of the hill and would pit behind the starting line with only tools and stuff you brought up from your rig. It was the first 1/8th mile track I had ever seen.
Sounds like the place. first 1/8th mile track I had seen also. Across I30, I believe, was (is?) the dirt track where I ran my sprint car a few times in the '80s.
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Yeah thats it Ed. I didn't think much of it at the time and was just thankful to have drag strip operating. Now 1/8 mile is about all I do and like it more than quater mile. It makes my slow stuff feel like I'm going faster.
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