Best Place To Race?

Just interested....

Do you ever race anywhere??

Used to when I was younger,but that was 15-20 years ago.These days the money goes on the house, the kids,the computer.Still like to pile in for the odd dirt - track derby,currently got a 2L Mazda Luce(929,notRX-4) ready to strip and trash.

Well the best place for me used to be at Thunder Park in Hastings till they dig it up and planted stupid fucking grapes.
1/8 mile drags at closed meetings in different towns was the other.

Originally posted by primera man
Well the best place for me used to be at Thunder Park in Hastings till they dig it up and planted stupid fucking grapes.
1/8 mile drags at closed meetings in different towns was the other.

Tried Meremere?Whats your best?What in?

Originally posted by taranaki


Tried Meremere?Whats your best?What in?

MereMere....Been there but never seemed to have my car going or couldn't get it up there by trailer

Best......Mid 12's which was pretty good 10-12 years ago

Car.....HQ Holden 350 tunnel ram/350 trans/9"/tubbed

Originally posted by primera man


MereMere....Been there but never seemed to have my car going or couldn't get it up there by trailer

Best......Mid 12's which was pretty good 10-12 years ago

Car.....HQ Holden 350 tunnel ram/350 trans/9"/tubbed


got me beat...mkII Capri 3L custom body,stock Essex V6/stock 4 sp.
Just broke 14s in 1984, Santa Pod Raceway RWYB, U.K.WWW.SANTAPOD.COM

Originally posted by taranaki



got me beat...mkII Capri 3L custom body,stock Essex V6/stock 4 sp.
Just broke 14s in 1984, Santa Pod Raceway RWYB, U.K.

My first car i drag raced was a mk2 Cortina fitted with Capri V6/4barrel/cam

Originally posted by primera man


My first car i drag raced was a mk2 Cortina fitted with Capri V6/4barrel/cam

Those were the days........:D :D :D :D

The only place I would race is at the track, whether it be a drag strip, road course, autocross in a parking lot, whatever. I have raced a couple of times on the street, but that just gets too scary with the traffic and all the other drivers out there.

On a track

no tracks or strips around my area so most people go to a disused industrial area. a very long straight road thats good for runs

Drag Strip is the BEST PLACE TO RACE! I don't like the 1/8 mile strip, the 1/4 mile is better. Also, its good because you get unlimited runs(atleast at Atlanta Dragway) and you get to watch the other cars too and you get time slips and see how fast your car is too all at the same time. Also, you don't have to fear cops!

The best place to race is at the drag strip, simply cause there will always be a winner and a losser. No excuses, u have the times to prove it, and tons of peeps as witnesses........and u dont have to worry bout no po po's:sun:

At the track,so much safer and enjoyable.

The track is the best bet.

i enjoy the "closed road" street races i go to a lot, simply cuz a better turnout of cars i like, at the track the import guys are too afraid to to race usually, intimidated by the big v8s i guess. well thats the way it is around here anyway. i myself love running at the tracks, usually the domestic guys dont mind sharing the track with me, i actually get a lot of questions and compliments from em. i dont like "random" street races, i.e. in traffic, but have been known to do so, only if im sure im not endangering other traffic. its one thing to put myself in danger, its my choice, but its not cool to put innocent passerbys in danger. when i do "public road" street races we usually do it in an area with no cross traffic, and we wait in a parking lot so we can pull out and be 1st in line at the red light, thereby eliminating much of the "civilian" trafffic.

If I raced I would definitely say a drag strip or track. It's too dangerous on public roads.

Most fun Ive had was in a Gymkhana.

What id most like to try is classic sports car racing. Like whats happening in Dunedin this weekend :)

Id lvoe to race a lotus 7 or a cooper 500 or something like that

fav would have to be a lotus 23b though, theres gonna be one there this weekend, yay

im really disappointed that there are so few tracks around. im in ct and the closest drag strips are lebanon NY or epping NH. there are a few road course like lime rock, but those guys charge too much money for not enough runs. back in the 50's when they started the nhra, it wa to eliminatwe street racing, and it worked well, they have to try it again

Been road racing a 70 Cortina GT for the last 35 years. These days my son drives, I fix and pay the bills. Car now has a 2.3 SOHC, 240 HP with Al head and 2 Weber 50DCO's, T-5 transmission, quick-change rear. Very modified suspension. Race in Atlantic Canada at AMP-Atlantic Motorsport Park.

I usually just race random people on the road. Only race when the road is open and never in the city. Don't want to risk a ticket like that. I like to race at the track, but I can't stand how crowded it gets. Its no fun going by yourself either.

I race topics that are going on 3 years old :D

No need to revive such an old thread