Top 10 "can't find" drag strips

Randall Klein · 05-27-2016, 01:39 PM

Just for fun, maybe it's just me
1. Rusk, TX
2. Edgewater
3. No Problem (Jimmy Hoffa, must be there somewhere )
4. Houston (the first time)
5. Byron (2 in the morning)
6. Lawrence, KS (long gone)
7. Maple Grove (found it OK, just couldn't find our way out at 10PM)
8. Yello Belly, TX (didn't try too hard)
9. Gainesville ( it's a long story)

Jim Caughlin · 05-27-2016, 02:06 PM

The all time winner is the track in Acton Montana. Make a left turn at Billings, drive for about 30 miles until you reach the edge of the earth (which happens to be 5 miles down a gravel road).

Runner UP honors goes to Walla Walla dragstrip, we went to a National Open there a couple of years ago, it's down a side road, we got there in the middle of the night and there wasn't so much as a 25watt light bulb marking the entrance. We were starting to think that we had gone on the wrong weekend. Trucks and trailers were driving aimlessly up and down the road trying to figure out how to get in.

The other funny thing about Walla Walla is that if you turn right instead of left at the end of the track, you are on an active runway. Someone did it, we thought it was funny, apparently the FAA didn't.

Jim Caughlin
SS 6019

John Brimer · 05-27-2016, 02:39 PM

Scribner NE
Noble OK

Ed Carpenter · 05-27-2016, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randall Klein

Just for fun, maybe it's just me
1. Rusk, TX
2. Edgewater
3. No Problem (Jimmy Hoffa, must be there somewhere )
4. Houston (the first time)
5. Byron (2 in the morning)
6. Lawrence, KS (long gone)
7. Maple Grove (found it OK, just couldn't find our way out at 10PM)
8. Yello Belly, TX (didn't try too hard)
9. Gainesville ( it's a long story)

Funny story you had about Rusk in Topeka. Great car by the way. Good to me you.

TOM KASCH · 05-27-2016, 02:59 PM

Just went to Stugis, S.D.1/8 mile on our trip out west made it the 25 th
state where we went to a dragstrip.
Stop in Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake, city [# 26] ,
the stopped at Gateway in St. Louis [# 27], we had never raced their.

brian schuetta · 05-27-2016, 03:27 PM

Brown County Dragstrip in downtown Bean Blossom IN.

Mark Yacavone · 05-27-2016, 04:22 PM

Thorn Hill, Ky

JRyan · 05-27-2016, 04:40 PM

Thanks for the directions Jim! Lol! Dad and I are planning on going to Acton for the national open and on google earth it did look like it was pretty much at the end of the world. Haha!

John is right about Scribner Neb as well. That place was literally in the middle of the corn field.

Rick

Lee Valentine · 05-27-2016, 04:47 PM

Skyview,N. Y.

Skydog · 05-27-2016, 05:21 PM

While on vacation in Aruba, it was an adventure finding the dragstrip.
No street signs, goats in the road ,some pretty rough dirt roads.

05-27-2016, 01:39 PM	#1
Randall Klein Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 784 Likes: 45 Liked 317 Times in 66 Posts	Top 10 "can't find" drag strips Just for fun, maybe it's just me 1. Rusk, TX 2. Edgewater 3. No Problem (Jimmy Hoffa, must be there somewhere ) 4. Houston (the first time) 5. Byron (2 in the morning) 6. Lawrence, KS (long gone) 7. Maple Grove (found it OK, just couldn't find our way out at 10PM) 8. Yello Belly, TX (didn't try too hard) 9. Gainesville ( it's a long story)

05-27-2016, 02:06 PM	#2
Jim Caughlin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Woodburn, Or Posts: 635 Likes: 70 Liked 693 Times in 208 Posts	Re: Top 10 "can't find" drag strips The all time winner is the track in Acton Montana. Make a left turn at Billings, drive for about 30 miles until you reach the edge of the earth (which happens to be 5 miles down a gravel road). Runner UP honors goes to Walla Walla dragstrip, we went to a National Open there a couple of years ago, it's down a side road, we got there in the middle of the night and there wasn't so much as a 25watt light bulb marking the entrance. We were starting to think that we had gone on the wrong weekend. Trucks and trailers were driving aimlessly up and down the road trying to figure out how to get in. The other funny thing about Walla Walla is that if you turn right instead of left at the end of the track, you are on an active runway. Someone did it, we thought it was funny, apparently the FAA didn't. Jim Caughlin SS 6019

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John Brimer Junior Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 33 Likes: 69 Liked 9 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Top 10 "can't find" drag strips Scribner NE Noble OK

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TOM KASCH VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: TOLEDO,OHIO Posts: 1,735 Likes: 0 Liked 241 Times in 100 Posts	Re: Top 10 "can't find" drag strips Just went to Stugis, S.D.1/8 mile on our trip out west made it the 25 th state where we went to a dragstrip. Stop in Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake, city [# 26] , the stopped at Gateway in St. Louis [# 27], we had never raced their. Last edited by TOM KASCH; 05-27-2016 at 03:21 PM.

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brian schuetta Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: san antonio tx Posts: 255 Likes: 5 Liked 28 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Top 10 "can't find" drag strips Brown County Dragstrip in downtown Bean Blossom IN.

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Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,416 Likes: 2,582 Liked 4,453 Times in 1,694 Posts	Re: Top 10 "can't find" drag strips Thorn Hill, Ky __________________ We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for..... Will Rogers

05-27-2016, 04:40 PM	#8
JRyan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Aberdeen SD Posts: 642 Likes: 28 Liked 104 Times in 28 Posts	Re: Top 10 "can't find" drag strips Thanks for the directions Jim! Lol! Dad and I are planning on going to Acton for the national open and on google earth it did look like it was pretty much at the end of the world. Haha! John is right about Scribner Neb as well. That place was literally in the middle of the corn field. Rick

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Lee Valentine Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brookfield, CT Posts: 708 Likes: 13 Liked 322 Times in 68 Posts	Re: Top 10 "can't find" drag strips Skyview,N. Y. __________________ Lee Valentine 1661 STK

05-27-2016, 05:21 PM	#10
Skydog Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: LI, NY Posts: 35 Likes: 14 Liked 12 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Top 10 "can't find" drag strips While on vacation in Aruba, it was an adventure finding the dragstrip. No street signs, goats in the road ,some pretty rough dirt roads.