"Just A Thought"

[Mike Carr]

Originally Posted by ss wannabee

Mike Carr, I see your point....you've got to be the furthest D1 racer out in the western
tier...Got a question for you...have you ever run at Numidia and/or Beaver Springs
and how long to get there?

Numidia is roughly 260 miles, 4 1/2 hours, Beaver is 275 miles the 'easy towing' way (I-80 to US 15 south to US 522, but way out of the way, 75 miles to get there off of 80 going this way but avoids huge hills and 2-lane roads--might be quicker to take the PA Turnpike out and come up). The Turnpike is another issue. Just over a hundred dollars round trip to go to Maple Grove. Atco, E-town and Cecil would be more. And the Pike is going up again next January. I know racers in the Philly/south Jersey area have it made. I met a guy years ago that said everything was within three hours (Numidia was their 'long' tow, at three and a half, before Epping came to NHRA). Numidia was an hour more for me, and was my short tow. And other than Norwalk and Columbus, Div. 3 isn't any better (two or three tracks less than four hundred miles). For me, Indy and Cecil are roughly the same distance at 375; Bowling Green, Charlotte and Lebanon Valley the same at 525, Chicago at 425 not much further than E-town, Atco, Delmar or Bristol. Epping is, I am guessing, around 700 miles, not a whole lot closer than Atlanta. Compared to many D-1 racers, us and the far north are in no-mans land. lol And IHRA is just as bad (one track less than three hundred miles, being Pittsburgh).