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Old Jun 17, 2013 | 04:18 PM
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Island dragway to reopen July 5.Check out their website for full schedule.
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Old Jul 2, 2013 | 09:47 AM
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I have never been there but i hear mixed reviews. Some say that the guy in the staging lanes is a real ***. And I also hear that it gets crowded with ricers and import crowd. Anybody else have any ideas about this place. I'm interested in checking it out
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Old Jul 2, 2013 | 10:21 AM
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prep isn't the best, but depends on what night you go for the crowd.
I've had days where I had so many rruns I just parked my car for the night. GRudge lanes are pretty cool if ya have some friends you want to race.
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Old Jul 5, 2013 | 04:19 PM
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I have never been there but i hear mixed reviews. Some say that the guy in the staging lanes is a real ***. And I also hear that it gets crowded with ricers and import crowd. Anybody else have any ideas about this place. I'm interested in checking it out
It's not bad, you get a ton of runs typically. I've never had an issue with the staging lane guys, but have heard of a couple incidents of douchebaggery.

Weren't that many ricers last time I went in late '11. I went to help out some buddies, raced my DD that day and ran a 15.3 and I was probably the slowest car there. I don't recall a lot of rice and those that were there ran respectable.
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Old Jul 6, 2013 | 12:24 PM
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Track prep is usually terrible. However, it's cheap to run and you can get as many runs in as you want.

Douchebags go everywhere... Island can do no different
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