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Old 06-24-2009, 12:31 AM
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just wondering if there are any tracks near Waterbury/Watertown in Connecticut?

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unforunately no, either new england dragway in NH, E-town in NJ or LVD in NY are your spots for drag racing.
if your talking road race stuff, Limerock and Stafford Springs are both in CT
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thanks for the response. which is closer? looks like e town is almost 3 hours of driving, that is way to far!

what is lvd? is it closer.
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Originally Posted by taner
thanks for the response. which is closer? looks like e town is almost 3 hours of driving, that is way to far!

what is lvd? is it closer.
LVD is probably your best bet, I believe they run a wed Test n tune. http://www.dragway.com/
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thanks Tim! It is only 1hr 40 mins. from the hotel. weather is not looking to promising though. have to play it by ear.
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NED is prolly around 2 hours depending on where u are. street nights every weds and fri and racing every sat and sun.... plus if u go up there i'll come up and u will get to meet the infamous tony quadros
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J-mar, oh, you ment tracks, no local racing spots lol. Closest should be LVD which is a shot up rt 8 and hooking over on the Mass Pike, about 2 hours max.
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Are you going to LVD tonight ?? I'm about 1.5 hrs away.. Never been there but could make the trip
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Taner LVD is the way to go
the tow is a easy one
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Im pissed. My bro myself and our friend drove up and by the time we got there they were closed. I kept calling on the way up and they were opened...got there, no luck. Kinda pissed I drove 2 hrs to get there and find out they were closed
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Im pissed. My bro myself and our friend drove up and by the time we got there they were closed. I kept calling on the way up and they were opened...got there, no luck. Kinda pissed I drove 2 hrs to get there and find out they were closed
Thats standard operating proceedure.

We were racing and I was 2 sets of cars away from my 1st run and they shut it down!!!
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But it was sunny! Lol
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i was 5 minutes from the track, i called and they said it was cancelled, so i turned around and headed back ,lol!

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i had a rental, car was at home

all i know is route #8 is kick *** to have some fun on!!!! NH, MA, and CT are all beautiful! roads are awesome and fun to drive.

maybe next time down i can head out to the track. as well, next time i will be out that way i will be in franklin NH, how far is NED from Franklin?

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Originally Posted by taner

maybe next time down i can head out to the track. as well, next time i will be out that way i will be in franklin NH, how far is NED from Franklin?

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Franklin is only about 45 mins from NED, let us know nest time your out here.
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Yea taner def let us know, i would love to meet one of the fastest LTX guys in the country!
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Originally Posted by taner
just wondering if there are any tracks near Waterbury/Watertown in Connecticut?

thanks!

taner
Hey Taner!

Moved to the States?

Post some pic's of that LT1 you used to run!!!!
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cool, i will definitely post up when i come out there next. always good to meet fellow f body drag racers, especially lt owners

Nr. B,

adopt me and i would move to the states in a flippin' heartbeat. ha ha!


do you think i would get a cold shoulder if i wore my Steeler Jersey while in NH ?




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