Closest drag strip to chicago?

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07-09-2006, 04:03 PM

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Closest drag strip to chicago?

Will be visiting family there in a few weeks and want to go to the nearest dragstrip. Thanks.

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07-09-2006, 04:14 PM

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All depends on where you'll be.

Northside: Great Lakes Dragway
Southside: US 41
Westside: Byron

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07-09-2006, 04:19 PM

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dont forget route 66 out in joliet

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07-09-2006, 04:34 PM

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NW suburbs so I guess Great lakes Dragway? All are 1/4mi length?

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07-09-2006, 04:41 PM

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yea greatlakes is closest to you and its a 1/4 mile track

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07-09-2006, 05:48 PM

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dont forget route 66 out in joliet

Damn your right, Man we sure have a lot of drag strips around here.

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07-10-2006, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by 88monte

dont forget route 66 out in joliet

Unless you plan on getting in more than a couple runs. I never went there because from all the people I talked to it sounded like you would get 10 max, but that 5 or less was typical and I have heard of people only getting 1 run the whole night because of them giving preference to faster professional cars and oil downs. IMO 41 is worth the extra driving time if you want to race. I usually get 20 passes or more a day, and last year they were $10 cheaper to race, haven`t checked this year yet though.

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08-06-2006, 04:25 PM

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went to Joliet route 66 dragstrip, it was awesome!

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08-06-2006, 05:46 PM

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what'd you run?

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08-08-2006, 08:06 PM

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How about in Central IL... i would like to find a 1/4 mile track but the closest i can find is Coles County Drags, which is only 1/8 i believe, plus it's 2hrs. away. It'de be great if they added a track finder on here so people could search by state. I'm in between bloomington and springfield.

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08-09-2006, 09:25 PM

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if you go to 66 get there before the gates open at 4 and you should be able to make it through the slowest tech in the country and get some runs in before it gets crowded. Otherwise don't bother. Nice track but I have had some horrible experiences there.

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08-09-2006, 09:44 PM

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Get youreself a eti and you wont have to wait in tech. Went there yesterday and got 5 runs in no problem could have had more in if I wasnt cooling down and trying different things.