They should have bleachers in the shutdown area

Little River (Temple Academy) hasn't changed hardly, but they run mainly 1/8th mile drags there now.

 

WTF its like watching buffalo running off a cliff.

 

That has all the makings of another Scott Kalitta Crash... well atleast they were smart enough not to put a concrete wall at the end

 

ever watched those urbanhillbilly vids? they run fast *** cars at lil tiny tracks all the time, its nuts. ive seen vids of 10.5 outlaws at that old wildcat track! **** that

 

**** THAT X2!

The Motor Mile Dragway website response to the ADRL cancellation mentions that "...Motor Mile Dragway is located on 148 acres..." I would think they can spare a few hundred feet of that 148 acres for a better shut down area for ****s sake.


M. McFly

 

I bet it scares the **** outta the cattle grazing up there.

 

I think that Wildcat track is the one Ryan said he and Scotty Canon kindly p***ed on running at after they saw how sketchy it was.

 

You need to be nuts to want to run your pro-mod there. Not to mention that 1/8 mile racing ****s anyway.

 

its in arkansas, and its got chainlink fences about 3 feet off the track, lol. been around for a long time tho.

couple shots in this preview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VX1kmR6pVg

 

Yeah, thats the one. Maybe we can get Ryan to chime in here?

 

its a cool old track from the looks of it, but not if yer goin faster than maybe 11 secs.....

 

They could run a championship for stopping, goa-whoa promod style.

 

Wow! I can't believe how short that is. That must be quite a ride after the finish!

 

That,s INSANE,I would have packed my **** up and left after I saw the first run let alone drove on that track. Note to self,NEVER run there.

 

Thats some crazy ****. . .

 

Maybe I'm looking at the pic wrong, but it looks like this joint used to be a quarter mile strip, and they moved the starting line down to about where half track used to be.

Why couldn't they move the line back up the track a couple hundred feet and have a lot more shutdown space?

 

I think you're looking at it wrong

 

That's as likely as anything. In the pic, is the strip oriented top-to-bottom, or the other way around?

 

i would think any track owners first responsibility is safety or any responsible owner that is. and that other track in arkansas with the fence 4 feet off the track that whole crowd is crazy!!!!

 

Thats nuts.

 

You could tell the potential road racers in the bunch .
The pole and the cows were a nice added touch.

 

1,550 feet sounds right, you have the up hill stretch, the sand, the height of the Pole you hit and ALL of the return road to stop on. Whats the problem?

Doc.

 

Say what you want about 1/8 mile, but we do have a lot of places to race on the east coast (but I too prefer 1/4).

-Lee
Atomic Radio
www.atomicpinup.com

 

At the top of the pic, the darker appearing, approxiamately 1/3rd of the straight is the 1/8th mile strip. The lighter appearing section, that ends in the sand trap at the bottom of the pic is the shutdown area. The darker appearing 1/8th mile strip is due to some cars spinning the tires right to the finish line

 

I hope this track is closed now .. And with all teh NHRA *****ing about shortening the tracks to 1000 ft

 

We have like 15 strips here in Ohio. And I can guarentee you wont see that **** at any of them. If the cars are too fast for the track, they wont let them race there...that simple. Yes it can happen at any track, I have seen it, but that video is rediculous man. I doubt pro-mods race there anymore. I know I wouldnt...

 

The Motor Mile is a great strip. Like I said earlier, it hooks and their track prep is outstanding. They regularly run 140 mph rails and door cars there without incident. It just won't hold Pro-Mods @ 180 mph.

The solution is simple....either lengthen the track or don't book low 4 second rides. Closing it isn't the answer. We've lost too many good dragstrips over the years.

-Lee
Atomic Radio
www.atomicpinup.com

 

Yeah slower cars makes more sense

 

heh. in a pro mod, racing to the 1/4 is the dangerous part. that's why they run in the 1/8th.

that track is ****ED on the big end.

"CHORP CHORP CHORP" that is a scary sound. they have great brakes and all...but 200+ is kind of a ***** to slow down from,period.

 

I was at the Mountain Motor Nationals at Budds Creek, MD (MIR) earlier this year. There were a couple of p***es in the 5.90s @ 240 and a bunch of guys running 6.0's @ 230...and most of the lifting occured in the second 1/8 mile.

-Lee
Atomic Radio
www.atomicpinup.com