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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 07:49 AM
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i usually go to e-town or island, never ventured down to atco with it yet
Old Mar 7, 2006 | 08:38 AM
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Got a few to choose from down here.

Houston Raceway Park - 1/4 mi. 1 hr 15 mins away.
Houston Motorsports Park - 1/8 mi. 1 hr away.
Lone Star Raceway Park - 1/8 mi. 30 mins away
San Antonio Raceway - 1/4 mi. 2hrs away
Old Mar 7, 2006 | 09:06 AM
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I've got a couple pretty close to me;

RT66 Joliet Illinois - 10 min. from house
US41 Dragway Indiana - 75 min. from house (I'm the track photographer there...come out and say hello!)
Byron Dragway near Rockford Illinois - 2 hrs. from home.
Great Lakes (GLD) in Wisconsin - 2 hr 15 min from home.
Old Mar 7, 2006 | 09:20 AM
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I cut my drag racing teeth so to speak at GLD! Okay, it was actually on the streets of Kenosha but I DID go to GLD a few times too..
Old Mar 7, 2006 | 12:50 PM
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OSW, Moroso, Bradenton, Gainseville...
Old Mar 7, 2006 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Brains
Got a few to choose from down here.

Houston Raceway Park - 1/4 mi. 1 hr 15 mins away.
Houston Motorsports Park - 1/8 mi. 1 hr away.
Lone Star Raceway Park - 1/8 mi. 30 mins away
San Antonio Raceway - 1/4 mi. 2hrs away


all there for me


except when im at school(UT) SAR is an hour... and i have a couple 1/8th's about 1hr 30 min away
Old Mar 7, 2006 | 06:52 PM
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At school, HRP - 1 1/2 hours, Seally 1 hr (went there last Friday), Temple is close too but I'll never go there again. At home, Penwell 1/4(West Texas Raceway Park) is about 30 min, there's a new 1/8 mile about 10 min away, and....Idalou and Wall (1/4) and Abilene (1/8) are about 2 hours away.
Old Mar 7, 2006 | 07:53 PM
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e-town when I had the LT1. Still never been to island.
Old Mar 9, 2006 | 07:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Troy Carter
I've got a couple pretty close to me;

RT66 Joliet Illinois - 10 min. from house
US41 Dragway Indiana - 75 min. from house (I'm the track photographer there...come out and say hello!)
Byron Dragway near Rockford Illinois - 2 hrs. from home.
Great Lakes (GLD) in Wisconsin - 2 hr 15 min from home.

Ditto except for the track photographer part
Old Mar 9, 2006 | 11:34 AM
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Hi Josh!



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