Track Altitudes

[SSDiv6]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Does NHRA have a list of the altitude of all of their divisional/national event tracks?Any help would be appreciated.

Ed F.

Ed...are you going on tour for the 2009 season like Fletch and others???

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by SSDiv6

Ed...are you going on tour for the 2009 season like Fletch and others???

The only tour I'm taking is the Poor House Tour.I lost my retirement job recently.Is'nt easy finding a p/t
job that will allow me the off time to go to races.I want the altitudes to compliment the new weather station I'm getting for next year.
If I hit the Lotto I'd love to go West.I owe Ed O. a beer or two.

Ed F.

Thanks Tom I'll pick it up when I get a chance.BTW the alts. you mentioned here are way different from the ones I got off the track websites and fan guide.Gonna try Google Earth.

[Chuck Norton]

Ed,

If you need guidance getting to the correct layer on the Google Earth application, e-mail me at <cnorton7311@verizon.net>. I had to mess with it for a couple of minutes to get the display I wanted.

c

PS - When you sit down to drink a beer with my friend, Ed O., let me know. I'd like to sit in. I'll even throw in a 12-pack.

[Tom Goldman]

Ed, those altitudes are from an old book, maby 12-14 years old. The altitudes were probably measured with an altimeter. ........... The Google is much more accurate as it is GPS based. .........Btw, an interesting side note, todays barometer at the Las Vegas race is 27.84" as reported by Drag Race Central. ......This is a raw, uncorrected reading that most racers use with a weather station. ......The official NWS "corrected " baro reading at the Las Vegas airport is 29.98". .....Using a correction factor of .10" baro for every 100' of altitude , this is pretty close. .....Tom

[Isaac Zane]

try this. It shows some altitude numbers. Sometimes 80% humidity is a good day.

http://www.chasinracin.com/track-locator/bytype.shtml

[Ed Fernandez]

Thanks again to all.I'm getting conflicting altitudes so I'm going with Google.Now I hope this info and the new weather unit helps with dialing in next year.

Ed

[Muskratt2]

Can anybody tell me what the altitude is at Motor Mile Dragway at Radford,VA?

[FED 387]

dragway is @ 2050 FT +/- 50 feet---Comp 387

[Ed Fernandez]

I dont know how accurate Google World is but I found some interesting results by checking the shown elevations of the starting line and finish line at the tracks I checked.

Atco s/l 93' f/l 84'
Cecil s/l 309' f/l 291' (I always MPH well there)
Numidia s/l 865' f/l 880'

Just a few examples.

Ed F.

[Mike Voth]

Wow. If those numbers reflect a trend, that could explain a lot about a lot of different tracks. Wish I had time to put this info together for all the tracks. Would be interesting to see.