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Old 05-18-2023, 04:51 PM   #1
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Default Drag strip opportunity in West Virginia

If you always wanted to operate a hilltop track in the mountains, here's your chance.

The track's scenic location.

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Old 05-18-2023, 08:42 PM   #2
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Old 05-21-2023, 09:30 AM   #3
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Ok very nice but where is the pits ??? no tower ??? Almost looks like a circle track to the left in that pic
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Old 05-21-2023, 02:04 PM   #4
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this is an old airport that was closed, The whole county has 25K people living in it. anyone that would invest in the track would be throwing money away


https://www.williamsondailynews.com/...4bd30f3e2.html
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Old 05-21-2023, 05:45 PM   #5
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this is an old airport that was closed, The whole county has 25K people living in it. anyone that would invest in the track would be throwing money away


https://www.williamsondailynews.com/...4bd30f3e2.html
Looks great to me in a romantic way. Back in the sixties and early seventies it would have been too cool. Today, a money pit.
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Old 05-22-2023, 07:44 AM   #6
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Uphill staging lanes, oh joy.
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Old 05-22-2023, 02:29 PM   #7
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Cool looking place but when I go to Google Earth that doesn't look much like it unless they've done a LOT of earth moving since 2019.

I don't think the low population is a problem as long as there is an above average ratio of racers to non racers.
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Old 05-23-2023, 10:33 AM   #8
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I have seen a couple in car camera videos going down that track at one of the 2 events they had.. and it is by far the roughest track I have ever seen.. they parked mining equipment on it for all the years it sat vacant.. I wish for all the WV racers this would be a solution to not having a track anywhere in the state..
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Frito said he knows exactly where this is. He lived in Mingo County for a few years. No way it will ever get built. They have been messing with it for over 8 years now. Even "Special Ed" wouldn't race there but there is a good place to hang his hammock ....
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Old 05-24-2023, 11:05 PM   #10
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Ok very nice but where is the pits ??? no tower ??? Almost looks like a circle track to the left in that pic
That looks like an old open-pit mine to me.
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