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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 01:57 PM
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i didnt wanna hijack that eclipse thread so heres my question

1. do you have a track near you and where is it?



cause i dont have one within 100 miles of me (probably further) so i always chuckle when i hear "keep it at the track"...i always picture meeting a badass camaro late at night at a light in my 06gt with no cars around and us saying "naw man...lets take this 200 miles away to a track..." haw haw haw...never gonna happen...so i figure maybe with this thread i'll discover a close track that i can visit cause so far most of my races happen right here:
 
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 02:04 PM
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doesnt look very safe...no guard rails to keep a car from flying into an embankment or into bushes or god forbid oncoming traffic.
 
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 02:07 PM
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lol...probably not very safe at all...and there is no oncoming traffic...its all one way on this side...but about that track question....
 
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 02:22 PM
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the closest track to me right now is 70 miles and there the nurunberg ring is 2 hours away and hockeingheim is 45 minutes away. when i lived in dover delaware i went to cecil county maryland twice a month.

to answer the track question im not totally against your typical stoplight to stoplight challenge. i usually just romp it till second gear and usually the contender has no chance and they always do the ricer fly-by

edit: i totally butchered the spelling for those 2 tracks....
 

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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 02:28 PM
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I say that because most street racers put other people besides themselves in danger. Street Racer, i assume you have enough intelligence to at least keep it safe and try to find a road where its empty. I just find it stupid that people are going 100mph on a public road. Anything could happen, a deer, a dog, a child, anything could come out. An innocent driver could get caught in the middle of it. Its stupid to street race, the nearest track to me is 30 minutes away (Atco). I am more than willing to take the time to drive to the track if i'm being safe. For myself and for others.

Its just another mustang owner looking out for another. Digest my opinion or throw it up if you want. Im just putting it out there.
 
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 02:36 PM
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Banimere speedway is shoved up on the mountain about 10 min drive from me.

I can hear thier dragracers in the summer all the way at my house.
 
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 02:55 PM
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thats cool...a track 10 mins away...i fall asleep listening to the racers on the highway near me in the summer...and since i normally get off work around 2am....lets just say its a fun ride home on the days i actually dare to drive my stang to work
 
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 03:22 PM
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Just to make all you people wishing you were near a track sick...


http://www.bandimere.com/home/index.php
 
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 03:28 PM
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Closest track to my hometown is Red River Raceway in Gillam, LA 50 miles one way. From college its Two Lane Blacktop in Bee Branch, AR 30 miles one way.
But I enjoy AutoX more and that is once a month within 30 mins at different locations around Arkansas, ARSCCA is the club that I practice/learn with.
 
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by JackThe Ripper
Just to make all you people wishing you were near a track sick...


http://www.bandimere.com/home/index.php
i win


lol

though your drive is better! 470 is fun.... though i prefer plain ol' lookout...
sometimes flagstaff....
google it, boulder flagstaff rd
 
Old Feb 13, 2008 | 03:29 PM
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Dont do it. Remember it aint worth dying for!
 
Old Feb 13, 2008 | 05:12 PM
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I don't have a problem with it, as long as it's done somewhere isolated If you're downtown or on the highway in the middle of the day, then you're endangering other people along with yourself. I guess it's kind of like cigarettes or any drug. I'm not gonna bitch at someone because they do things that put their health at risk. It just becomes a problem when it is affecting people around them. That's why I hate those Fast and Furious movies. They try to make it look cool to take your car and weave through traffic at 80+. I know it's just a dumb movie, but some people take hollywood a little too seriously.
 
Old Feb 13, 2008 | 05:29 PM
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for me its like 80 miles but that track is soon to be closed.
 
Old Feb 13, 2008 | 07:52 PM
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I feel you man. The track here is right up the street about 15 min away. But just down the road there is a ghost street that's all lit up and 4 lanes across and straight for about 4 miles that we used to go to. I say just use common sense if your gunna do it in the street. If you get caught...that's your own business.

Off topic tho....does anyone know of that housing development that has a race track in the neighborhood. I think i remember seeing it on this sight. It's like those neighborhoods that have golf courses on them.....only this one has a track. ??????
 
Old Feb 13, 2008 | 08:14 PM
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sweet!!
 
Old Feb 13, 2008 | 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by macs03GT
I feel you man. The track here is right up the street about 15 min away. But just down the road there is a ghost street that's all lit up and 4 lanes across and straight for about 4 miles that we used to go to. I say just use common sense if your gunna do it in the street. If you get caught...that's your own business.

Off topic tho....does anyone know of that housing development that has a race track in the neighborhood. I think i remember seeing it on this sight. It's like those neighborhoods that have golf courses on them.....only this one has a track. ??????
Never heard of that. But i'd be pissed if i was trying to sleep and all i heard were a bunch of drag racers.
 
Old Feb 13, 2008 | 09:42 PM
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i think if that was the case they would set a time limit on it and if you have a job that you work grave yard then dont move there
 
Old Feb 13, 2008 | 11:35 PM
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you denver ********. drag racing is boring anyway :P

 

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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 08:12 AM
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<badfish>
lol, still, no matter how close we are..... we are all a mile up.... thats gotta hit your 1/4 time by a sec or so....
damn altitude
 
Old Feb 14, 2008 | 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Badfish
you denver ********. drag racing is boring anyway :P
Ohh yess... Hai Hai,... you like uhh.. how you say... tokyo drift hai?.. so so so so.... ahhh yes... american tokyo drift is ahhh... number one?

Domo arigato gazaimashta!
 
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