US41 Drag Racing
.
I know a neighbor of mine talked to Mrs. Nevinger after Norm passed away, and made her an excellent offer.
She said no thanks, she wanted to keep it.
If it was sold this winter, I hope she got a good deal, and was not tricked into giving it away cheap.
The place could be an excellent track. I've had a lot of fun there over the years.
I hope someone with a clue can make a top notch facility out of it.
Something that will be around for a long time!!
.
I know a neighbor of mine talked to Mrs. Nevinger after Norm passed away, and made her an excellent offer.
She said no thanks, she wanted to keep it.
If it was sold this winter, I hope she got a good deal, and was not tricked into giving it away cheap.
The place could be an excellent track. I've had a lot of fun there over the years.
I hope someone with a clue can make a top notch facility out of it.
Something that will be around for a long time!!
.
I just called the number for a track rental and got Dennys voice mail.QUOTE!!!
(You have reached NO LIMIT RACEWAY,leave a name and number and i will get back to you).NOW i assume Denny purchased it from Grandma,as she wanted nothing to do with it after her husband died.
(You have reached NO LIMIT RACEWAY,leave a name and number and i will get back to you).NOW i assume Denny purchased it from Grandma,as she wanted nothing to do with it after her husband died.
I hope it stays a track!
6 & 8 Second Club
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,284
Likes: 0
From: Illinois, RT 66 dragway area
.
I admit, I am out of the loop this year. I have not heard anyone say for sure who bought it.
A couple of people are trying to cryptically say denny bought it?? They also have a new manager supposedly??
As I said, it was always a great place for us to race. It also had many many problems,
but you deal with it and go or not.
The 1st thing that needs to be rectified is all the rocks. It's asinine that a dragstrip has rocks all over the place.
2nd is the pipe that collapsed in the staging lanes. That thing collapsed in ~04-05,
and should have been fixed immediately.
The bathrooms are what they are. Stuff like that don't bother me that much.
Having nice female bathrooms would be nice. It makes it much easier to get our wives to come with us.
Better tech would get some of the rat traps off the track. I do admit I ran 9.88 there with no cage,
so I have also been dumb myself. At least mine was not a leaky POS,
it just ran faster than I should have without any safety stuff.
Damn, how could I forget. Lights at the big end, and cut the damn trees & brush back.
Besides being a huge safety issue, when we get out to turn off the computer and pick up chutes.
I don't appreciate the branches hitting my paint, and all the crap in the chutes.
Every pass the chutes get full of leaves, pebbles & little twigs.
It's a damn shame that Norm didn't sell it years ago. I know about a couple of the guys that wanted it over the years,
and the place would have been a top track in the country.
They would have done a lot, and it would have been a true national event quality track.
Let's give denny or whoever a chance, if it's actually sold, and not just a name change.
If it stays messed up, let them have it. If it slowly gets better week by week, month by month,
let them know it also. Support them as much as possible, it goes both ways.
As much as I bitch, I also try to thank them and show appreciation when deserved.
.
I admit, I am out of the loop this year. I have not heard anyone say for sure who bought it.
A couple of people are trying to cryptically say denny bought it?? They also have a new manager supposedly??
As I said, it was always a great place for us to race. It also had many many problems,
but you deal with it and go or not.
The 1st thing that needs to be rectified is all the rocks. It's asinine that a dragstrip has rocks all over the place.
2nd is the pipe that collapsed in the staging lanes. That thing collapsed in ~04-05,
and should have been fixed immediately.
The bathrooms are what they are. Stuff like that don't bother me that much.
Having nice female bathrooms would be nice. It makes it much easier to get our wives to come with us.
Better tech would get some of the rat traps off the track. I do admit I ran 9.88 there with no cage,
so I have also been dumb myself. At least mine was not a leaky POS,
it just ran faster than I should have without any safety stuff.
Damn, how could I forget. Lights at the big end, and cut the damn trees & brush back.
Besides being a huge safety issue, when we get out to turn off the computer and pick up chutes.
I don't appreciate the branches hitting my paint, and all the crap in the chutes.
Every pass the chutes get full of leaves, pebbles & little twigs.
It's a damn shame that Norm didn't sell it years ago. I know about a couple of the guys that wanted it over the years,
and the place would have been a top track in the country.
They would have done a lot, and it would have been a true national event quality track.
Let's give denny or whoever a chance, if it's actually sold, and not just a name change.
If it stays messed up, let them have it. If it slowly gets better week by week, month by month,
let them know it also. Support them as much as possible, it goes both ways.
As much as I bitch, I also try to thank them and show appreciation when deserved.
.
Thread Starter
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,051
Likes: 3
From: Bloomington, illinois
More people the better 
.
I know a neighbor of mine talked to Mrs. Nevinger after Norm passed away, and made her an excellent offer.
She said no thanks, she wanted to keep it.
If it was sold this winter, I hope she got a good deal, and was not tricked into giving it away cheap.
The place could be an excellent track. I've had a lot of fun there over the years.
I hope someone with a clue can make a top notch facility out of it.
Something that will be around for a long time!!
.
I know a neighbor of mine talked to Mrs. Nevinger after Norm passed away, and made her an excellent offer.
She said no thanks, she wanted to keep it.
If it was sold this winter, I hope she got a good deal, and was not tricked into giving it away cheap.
The place could be an excellent track. I've had a lot of fun there over the years.
I hope someone with a clue can make a top notch facility out of it.
Something that will be around for a long time!!
.
I'd rather take a **** on one of the trees in the turnaround than go in the actual bathroom.
6 & 8 Second Club
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,284
Likes: 0
From: Illinois, RT 66 dragway area
.
You must of made a pass after me. That's what I always do.
At least I did until Tracey saw me one time and yelled at me.
She absolutely hates when I pee in public. She just doesn't get it's a guy thing!!
.
You must of made a pass after me. That's what I always do.
At least I did until Tracey saw me one time and yelled at me.
She absolutely hates when I pee in public. She just doesn't get it's a guy thing!!
.
I will try to go.....should be fun.
You guys do know that they have a bathroom in the tower? Thats where i go.If the door is locked i just pound on it then tell them i need a print out of my last run just to get inside the tower,better than taking a dump in the out house.
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes
Verdad Gallardo
Awesome K5 Blazer Restomod Comes With C7 Corvette Power
Verdad Gallardo
10 Camaros You Should Never Buy
10 LS Engine Myths That Refuse to Die
Verdad Gallardo 6 & 8 Second Club
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,284
Likes: 0
From: Illinois, RT 66 dragway area
.
We used to always use the tower bathroom. Then when they had the break in at one of those Fri night debacles,
and they ripped apart everything and stole some stuff. They told us we couldn't come in anymore.
I didn't know they had it open again. That room was sealed after that??
.
We used to always use the tower bathroom. Then when they had the break in at one of those Fri night debacles,
and they ripped apart everything and stole some stuff. They told us we couldn't come in anymore.
I didn't know they had it open again. That room was sealed after that??
.
Teching In
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 46
Likes: 0
From: Sox side of chicago
i wished they would have sold it to vsi. i know theve been wantin to buy it for years and they have the paper to turn it around. personally i like 41, we run our dragster there and my streetcar and hope that its open this year. personally i could care less if they even had bleachers never been in them anyways. The week after easter im down to bring out my junk streetcar would be cool to meet up with a few of you all after a long *** winter
6 & 8 Second Club
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,284
Likes: 0
From: Illinois, RT 66 dragway area
.
VSI would have really stepped it up, but Spies would have made it top notch.
I heard he really wanted it bad, and wanted to do a big time upgrade.
He would have made it much safer, and much nicer to get fast cars to come back.
Obviously if he owned it, he would want to test his own car there, which is pretty damn quick.
I know a few guys would have bought it in a heart beat, even I wanted to buy it, but my wife said no way.
Plus by the time I heard Norm had died, I was told his wife had already said she was keeping it??
.
VSI would have really stepped it up, but Spies would have made it top notch.
I heard he really wanted it bad, and wanted to do a big time upgrade.
He would have made it much safer, and much nicer to get fast cars to come back.
Obviously if he owned it, he would want to test his own car there, which is pretty damn quick.
I know a few guys would have bought it in a heart beat, even I wanted to buy it, but my wife said no way.
Plus by the time I heard Norm had died, I was told his wife had already said she was keeping it??
.
6 & 8 Second Club
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,284
Likes: 0
From: Illinois, RT 66 dragway area