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[Dan Fahey]

Originally Posted by Jimbo17

I had a customer of mine who lives just a few miles from E-Town tell me that the family told him even if they do reopen the drag strip at some point in time that they will never deal with the N.H.R.A. again.


Sounds like there is bad blood between them.


Jimbo

What is going on here?
What angry at NHRA?
The track was a revenue producer for the town.

D

[340Cuda]

If they are upset that NHRA sued them after abruptly breaking their contract I don't feel sorry for them.

[Chevy55]

Originally Posted by Dan Fahey

What is going on here?
What angry at NHRA?
The track was a revenue producer for the town.

D

I believe that I read the the NHRA sued the family for closing because they had signed contract for the Summernationals. Never heard anything more about it, maybe it's still in litigation.

[Tom P]

Serves them right though. They should have given notice, maybe saying they are closing the end of that season or told them before the schedule was decided.

[Ed Wright]

Back in the late ‘90s, mine was a performance street car (sometime street race car) I was contacted by a writer for GM High Performance Magazine (he was going to school here in Tulsa, and had seen me run it at the track here), about taking it to Englishtown for a magazine article they were doing about an “EFI” race they were putting on. A lot of talk at the track then about it closing down soon. Man, that place was much faster than anything I have found in Div 4! I had not had my weather station long then. First 30” Baro I had ever seen. Mostly high 28”s at Tulsa in the summer. 29.92” is considered a standard day at sea level. I don’t have to worry about hitting the “Second Under” AHFS trigger in a 28” Baro with my car. :-)

[Mike Schwartz]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Man, that place was much faster than anything I have found in Div 4! I had not had my weather station long then. First 30” Baro I had ever seen. Mostly high 28”s at Tulsa in the summer. 29.92” is considered a standard day at sea level. I don’t have to worry about hitting the “Second Under” AHFS trigger in a 28” Baro with my car. :-)

E-Town is just 20 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, and only 50' elevation. The area is still well-wooded, so the oxygen levels are good. There's a reason why it was a record-setter.