Pits At Drag Strips

nickh · 04-10-2018, 01:37 PM

RPR Baytown, sportsman parking is a sippy hole to say the least. Shame because Owner could take off spec concrete and asphalt giving sportsman racers decent pitting. But that must be a pipe dream...LOL

Chevy55 · 04-10-2018, 05:07 PM

Used to be a lot of complaining about the pits at the tracks on Long Island but not any more!!!

Jeff Stout · 04-10-2018, 07:11 PM

I counted 23 different tracks I have raced at. These are the ones I liked.
Vegas =great asphalt
Tucson=great asphalt
Seattle = great under trees in grass/dirt

Rory McNeil · 04-10-2018, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Stout

I counted 23 different tracks I have raced at. These are the ones I liked.
Vegas =great asphalt
Tucson=great asphalt
Seattle = great under trees in grass/dirt

I`m guessing its been a while since you raced at Seattle. Although the pits that were under the trees WAS great, the trees were cut down several years ago and taken from pit space to overflow tractor trailer parking. I suppose every National event track has good and bad pit spots, sometimes you just gotta work with what you are given.

Don Kennedy · 04-19-2018, 10:34 PM

What are the pits like at The Four-Wide Nationals at Charlotte?

GarysZ24 · 04-19-2018, 11:52 PM

I loved Bandimere Speedway for their cool down island (10 door cars can cool down side-by-side there just south of the et shed), and their down-hill staging lanes. I don't care much for their "North 40", due to it being on dirt/gravel, and being far removed from any of the racing surface/shutdown area.

I too love Las Vegas for their down hill pit area to the staging lanes, but there's a rough section in the pits, that I noticed few racers pitted in. However, their permanent rest rooms are great!

What I'm concerned about is once this season's over and D7 no longer has Rocky Mountain Raceway in West Valley City, Ut., to host two of their seven points races, is Bakersfield, Ca., going to get one of them? I hope not, because although I loved the north-going-south direction of the track, I despised the part of their pit area that you more-so need an off-road vehicle to navigate through....granted I've only been there once, and it was 10-11yrs ago, but I won't forget that rough section of the pit area and I thus am concerned as to which track(s) is going to pick up those two points races next year?

04-10-2018, 01:37 PM	#1
nickh Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Houston,Texas Posts: 838 Likes: 3,740 Liked 691 Times in 205 Posts	Re: Pits At Drag Strips RPR Baytown, sportsman parking is a sippy hole to say the least. Shame because Owner could take off spec concrete and asphalt giving sportsman racers decent pitting. But that must be a pipe dream...LOL

04-10-2018, 05:07 PM	#2
Chevy55 Banned Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 324 Likes: 625 Liked 179 Times in 89 Posts	Re: Pits At Drag Strips Used to be a lot of complaining about the pits at the tracks on Long Island but not any more!!!

04-10-2018, 07:11 PM	#3
Jeff Stout VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: phoenix Posts: 1,491 Likes: 66 Liked 708 Times in 285 Posts	Re: Pits At Drag Strips I counted 23 different tracks I have raced at. These are the ones I liked. Vegas =great asphalt Tucson=great asphalt Seattle = great under trees in grass/dirt

04-19-2018, 10:34 PM	#5
Don Kennedy VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Near Portland TN Posts: 1,590 Likes: 3,876 Liked 904 Times in 237 Posts	Re: Pits At Drag Strips What are the pits like at The Four-Wide Nationals at Charlotte? __________________ Don Kennedy 7701 SS

04-19-2018, 11:52 PM	#6
GarysZ24 VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Tempe, Az. Posts: 1,284 Likes: 950 Liked 256 Times in 103 Posts	Re: Pits At Drag Strips I loved Bandimere Speedway for their cool down island (10 door cars can cool down side-by-side there just south of the et shed), and their down-hill staging lanes. I don't care much for their "North 40", due to it being on dirt/gravel, and being far removed from any of the racing surface/shutdown area. I too love Las Vegas for their down hill pit area to the staging lanes, but there's a rough section in the pits, that I noticed few racers pitted in. However, their permanent rest rooms are great! What I'm concerned about is once this season's over and D7 no longer has Rocky Mountain Raceway in West Valley City, Ut., to host two of their seven points races, is Bakersfield, Ca., going to get one of them? I hope not, because although I loved the north-going-south direction of the track, I despised the part of their pit area that you more-so need an off-road vehicle to navigate through....granted I've only been there once, and it was 10-11yrs ago, but I won't forget that rough section of the pit area and I thus am concerned as to which track(s) is going to pick up those two points races next year? __________________ Gary Hampton '86 Z24,173 V6 CF/S #5824 (#78 in 2021)