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Ron Ortiz · 06-06-2016, 05:54 PM

This may not qualify as a "can't find" drag strip, but I believe that it is note worthy to Gainesville Raceway.

We used to stay at a campground north of Waldo on US301, had a little restaurant there with railroad tracks and a train on the ceiling. Across the street was a place called Bobby's Hideaway.

If you headed south on US301 to get to SR24 (Waldo Road) which leads to the track (via CR225) you would have to take a right on SR24. Of course you would have to leave early in the morning (dark thirty) to get to the track in time for Q1 at 8:00 AM. After a full day at the track and some frosty beverages we would head back to the campground in the dark again. Well, when you come to the intersection of US301 and SR24 you have to take a right to go north, not a left, but a right. It can be very confusing going the wrong way when you know how you got there. We renamed the area as The Twilight Zone. Couldn't figure it out until we saw it in the daylight. See, there is more to Waldo than speeding tickets.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA I'm so confused.

06-06-2016, 05:54 PM	#6
Ron Ortiz Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Englewood, Florida Posts: 989 Likes: 35 Liked 317 Times in 103 Posts	Re: Top 10 "can't find" drag strips This may not qualify as a "can't find" drag strip, but I believe that it is note worthy to Gainesville Raceway. We used to stay at a campground north of Waldo on US301, had a little restaurant there with railroad tracks and a train on the ceiling. Across the street was a place called Bobby's Hideaway. If you headed south on US301 to get to SR24 (Waldo Road) which leads to the track (via CR225) you would have to take a right on SR24. Of course you would have to leave early in the morning (dark thirty) to get to the track in time for Q1 at 8:00 AM. After a full day at the track and some frosty beverages we would head back to the campground in the dark again. Well, when you come to the intersection of US301 and SR24 you have to take a right to go north, not a left, but a right. It can be very confusing going the wrong way when you know how you got there. We renamed the area as The Twilight Zone. Couldn't figure it out until we saw it in the daylight. See, there is more to Waldo than speeding tickets. Ron Ortiz U/SA I'm so confused. __________________ Ron Ortiz 2102 STK