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Old May 20, 2007 | 06:05 PM
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how many of you drive your cars 100 + mi to the drag strip? the closest one to me is 100 mi. just wondering how many of you do it.
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Old May 20, 2007 | 06:41 PM
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me, my closest one to me is around 200 miles
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Old May 21, 2007 | 04:08 PM
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Not to the strip, but when I bought my car last month I did drive it 1719 miles home in 27 hours....
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Old May 21, 2007 | 04:26 PM
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mines pretty far to its about 70miles
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Old May 21, 2007 | 05:46 PM
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49.6 miles. All highway though. Google map 4TW
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Old May 21, 2007 | 05:55 PM
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I feel for you guys. I run every week at a track that is about 4.5 miles from my house. If I don't want to run there then I have two tracks about 30 miles away
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Old May 21, 2007 | 06:23 PM
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Summit Raceway Park (Dragstrip), Norwalk OH = 39.6 miles
Dragway 42 (Dragstrip), West Salem OH = 45.4 miles
Thompson Raceway Park (Dragstrip), Thompson OH = 59.6 mi
Nelson Ledges Road Course, Garrettsville OH = 51.6 miles
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (road course), Mansfield OH = 83.9 miles
Beave Run (road course), Wampun PA = 105 miles

There was another dragstrip nearby but they shut down this year.
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Old May 21, 2007 | 06:30 PM
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I have 7 in a 150 mile radius and the closest is 2 miles from the house.
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Old May 21, 2007 | 06:37 PM
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you all are a bunch of lucky bastards, here let me name them off to you
Moroso 221.24 miles
Bithlo 353.37 miles
MAPQUEST 4TW!!!!

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Old May 21, 2007 | 06:49 PM
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Muncie Dragway - a few miles away....gotta love it.
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Old May 21, 2007 | 08:43 PM
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new england drag way is like 130 miles from me.
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Old May 21, 2007 | 09:42 PM
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The nearest 1/4 mile from me is Beech Bend in Bowling Green, KY.
Thats around 200 miles away. I enjoy running the 1/4 much more than the 1/8 mile.

However, I have two different 1/8th mile tracks within 30 miles from me.
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Originally Posted by JKDZ28
The nearest 1/4 mile from me is Beech Bend in Bowling Green, KY.
Thats around 200 miles away. I enjoy running the 1/4 much more than the 1/8 mile.

However, I have two different 1/8th mile tracks within 30 miles from me.

same here, got an 8th about hour and half, but thats to quick and boring for me
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Old May 22, 2007 | 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Killer_Bluebird
Summit Raceway Park (Dragstrip), Norwalk OH = 39.6 miles
Dragway 42 (Dragstrip), West Salem OH = 45.4 miles
Thompson Raceway Park (Dragstrip), Thompson OH = 59.6 mi
Nelson Ledges Road Course, Garrettsville OH = 51.6 miles
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (road course), Mansfield OH = 83.9 miles
Beave Run (road course), Wampun PA = 105 miles

There was another dragstrip nearby but they shut down this year.
these are the ones I go to also, but I have to travel over an hour plus to get to these tracks. So im in the same boat as you. Oh we do have a 1/8 mile strip about 20 min from my house but not even a honda civic could get traction there.
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