01Blue4.8

My buddy lives in Orlando and he just got a Trans Am. He's wondering where the closest drag strips are. Anyone know?

camaroextra

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http://www.speedworlddragway.com/

Villain281H

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Also Sunshine (1/8-mile) in clearwater, Bradenton (1/4-mile) and Gainesville are within 2 hours if he's looking to hook up

Derek

01Blue4.8

thanks for the replies

1FST99Z

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I am just going to be moved in tommorrow and I already know that you cant hook at spinworld.haha

Villain281H

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Yep, start learning the quickest ways to other tracks

Caveman

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Thats not true. There are many events and even test-tune days that Speedworld hooks almost as good as BMP. If you go on TnT and its all steet cars and imports Randy( the track owner) doesn`t prep the track and it sucks. For Bracket nights 1st + 3rd Sat of the month it hooks great and also the Fri TnT before bracket night lots of race cars and track prep is good, also in the winter lots of race cars show up on Fri TnT and any time theres lots of slick tire cars in lanes 1+2 the track prep is good.

And don`t forget about Lakeland dragstrip only 30 miles from Orlando I-4 and Hwy 33, its an 1/8 track but on Thurs & Sat track prep is very good, great track and there open 52 weeks a year. Also payout for the Sat brackets is the highest around.

Villain281H

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Caveman,
Yep, I agree that Orlando at times is a good hooking surface, but for TNT's, BMP and Gainesville seem to be the best places to go IMHO. Of course I haven't raced at Orlando on a TNT night, but I spun there on a bracket race night a few years back. I also haven't visited Lakeland yet, is that an IHRA track?

Derek

Caveman

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I dont know if there IHRA but they do have a very good turnout on Sat brackets, they run every weekend all year and the payouts are real good and track prep is also very good( I broke my HD alum driveshaft in half last Sat). Some fairly good drivers race there, it could be a good place for you to go in the off season to stay sharp.

FlipFlopWS6

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yeah speedworld doesn't hook.....

Villain281H

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Flipflop,
Read my comments again. Take a low 10 second tubbed car and I'm sure you could hook at multiple places a small tire car can't. I'm not saying Speedworld is the worst track, but I am saying there are better places in Florida. And that goes expecially for TNT nights. I don't think you can apply the World Street Finals to a track's everyday hooking ability. Hell, that'd be like saying Gainesville always hooks like at the Gatornationals.

Just trying to make a point, but not throwing the track under the bus.

FlipFlopWS6

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actually that picture was taken.... 4 days ago at a TnT Funday Sunday No bull nationals at OSW


and thats an 8 second car hooking.....


not to shabby for a TnT

Airwolf

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That is an awesome picture. Very cool, thanks for posting!
As far as OSW goes, it IS hit or miss. Oddly enough, with all my complaining, some of my best times are at that track as well as my buddys. You just never know....

Caveman

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I hope your gonna be taking pictures at OSW next Sat for Night of Fire and Quick 32, I`d like to get some launch photos of my red car.

Villain281H

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Then I stand corrected, I guess he was spraying it.

redline2k

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I think they are refering to the weekly test and tune events. They always prep the track for the no bull. Last sunday my car was spinning the drag radials to the 1/8 mile @ osw, I had no traction problems @ the no lip in Gainesville.

Caveman

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I thought you said you got your best run last Sunday at OSW, 10.62.

slowmofo

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Tnt Wen, and fridays the track sucks, but Sat points nights it seems to be very good, also My car ran its best short time at OSW on a funday sunday(No bull) Event. Better then when I went to Morroso for a point night.... just my 2 cents

redline2k

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No my best time was at orlando the wensday before the no bull. Those runs were on et drags. The car ran the @ no lip on drag radials. It was about a .10 slower there. @ funday sunday the drag radials were still on the car. It ran an 11.08 smoking the tires to the 1/8 mile

Caveman

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That is suprising cause usually the track is not preped as good on Wed as it is on Fri TnT being that there are more ricers on Wed and more race cars on Fri.