Top 10 "can't find" drag strips - Page 2

jwsamuel · 05-28-2016, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Lee Valentine

Skyview,N. Y.

I've always thought Skyview was easy to find.

HR9121 · 05-28-2016, 10:57 AM

Piedmont Dragwa y is a good one too.

Lee Valentine · 05-28-2016, 11:45 AM

Jim,was easy to find driveway.First time we went got there middle of the night very foggy.Climming the mountain asking each other where's the track?

Mike Schwartz · 06-05-2016, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by HR9121

Piedmont Dragwa y is a good one too.

Piedmont's not hard to reach from I-40/85. From the east take Exit 138 to NC-61 south, then right on Holt's Store Rd. From the west take Exit 132 to Mt Hope Church Rd south, then left on Holt's Store Rd.

Now, Wayne County Dragstrip in Nahunta/Pikeville NC was hard. I've been there and it still takes me forever to find it again on a map.

BTW, at Sumerduck the sand trap is at a 45 degree angle to the strip; you have to follow a long left-hand curve after the finish in order to reach it.

Dan Bennett · 06-06-2016, 03:48 PM

Carolina Dragway mainly because I couldn't find it in clear, broad daylight. It's off a main highway but I circled three or four times before I saw the sign. At that time, it was the same size and height as a realtor's for sale sign. It was on a regular county road, but was next to a gas station and looked like a service road. It's a great track, though and I wouldn't have any trouble finding it once I'd been there.

Also Englishtown and Maple Grove. Somehow I have a lot of trouble with roads in the eastern US. Having two lane roads marked like 115, 117, 152, 151, and 511 all intersecting within a few miles made me think I was a bit dislexic.

Maple Grove was less of a problem the more I went there. But it's the only track that I heard more than one Pro transporter driver say they had never taken the same way in or out - without trying to do so.

I am not blessed with a sense of direction so GPS systems changed my life.

HR9121 · 06-06-2016, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Schwartz

Piedmont's not hard to reach from I-40/85. From the east take Exit 138 to NC-61 south, then right on Holt's Store Rd. From the west take Exit 132 to Mt Hope Church Rd south, then left on Holt's Store Rd.

Now, Wayne County Dragstrip in Nahunta/Pikeville NC was hard. I've been there and it still takes me forever to find it again on a map.

BTW, at Sumerduck the sand trap is at a 45 degree angle to the strip; you have to follow a long left-hand curve after the finish in order to reach it.

Mike the first time I ever went there the GPS actually carried me to Julian at 10 o'clock at night with motor home and trailer in tow. Not very many places to turn around there so I guess I never forgot that one, now I could get there with my eyes closed but that first trip was a real treat.

Chris1529 · 06-01-2016, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by jwsamuel

I've always thought Skyview was easy to find.

yes...you just go up the hill until you can't go any higher and there it is.

Kevin McKenna · 05-28-2016, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Thorn Hill, Ky

Agreed.
Went there many years ago. Don't recall it being close to anything.

Ok stocker · 05-28-2016, 01:13 PM

I just drove by Yellow Belly no one there but I did have an Hsa blue Duster pass me on . It is not in a great area.

Mike Jones · 05-28-2016, 03:09 PM

I don't think the turn (right turn for us) was marked leading to Conn. Dragway
Maybe Lee or Mark remember

Mike A114
P/SA

05-28-2016, 10:57 AM	#2
HR9121 Live Reporter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: New Bern, NC Posts: 3,467 Likes: 146 Liked 3,363 Times in 731 Posts	Re: Top 10 "can't find" drag strips Piedmont Dragwa y is a good one too. __________________ James Williamson W200 J/SA. SS/JA

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Lee Valentine Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brookfield, CT Posts: 708 Likes: 13 Liked 319 Times in 68 Posts	Re: Top 10 "can't find" drag strips Jim,was easy to find driveway.First time we went got there middle of the night very foggy.Climming the mountain asking each other where's the track? __________________ Lee Valentine 1661 STK

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Dan Bennett Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 439 Likes: 853 Liked 595 Times in 136 Posts	Re: Top 10 "can't find" drag strips Carolina Dragway mainly because I couldn't find it in clear, broad daylight. It's off a main highway but I circled three or four times before I saw the sign. At that time, it was the same size and height as a realtor's for sale sign. It was on a regular county road, but was next to a gas station and looked like a service road. It's a great track, though and I wouldn't have any trouble finding it once I'd been there. Also Englishtown and Maple Grove. Somehow I have a lot of trouble with roads in the eastern US. Having two lane roads marked like 115, 117, 152, 151, and 511 all intersecting within a few miles made me think I was a bit dislexic. Maple Grove was less of a problem the more I went there. But it's the only track that I heard more than one Pro transporter driver say they had never taken the same way in or out - without trying to do so. I am not blessed with a sense of direction so GPS systems changed my life. Last edited by Dan Bennett; 06-06-2016 at 03:50 PM.

05-28-2016, 01:13 PM	#9
Ok stocker Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 139 Likes: 20 Liked 100 Times in 24 Posts	Re: Top 10 "can't find" drag strips I just drove by Yellow Belly no one there but I did have an Hsa blue Duster pass me on . It is not in a great area.

05-28-2016, 03:09 PM	#10
Mike Jones VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,125 Likes: 1,179 Liked 684 Times in 289 Posts	Re: Top 10 "can't find" drag strips I don't think the turn (right turn for us) was marked leading to Conn. Dragway Maybe Lee or Mark remember Mike A114 P/SA Last edited by Mike Jones; 05-28-2016 at 03:39 PM.