racetrack

[FocusTunr]

i had an idea that i formulated by reading other posts. i read more than once that noise and traffic would both be issues in having a racetrack in the 757. what if instead of trying to get a trak in Norfolk or VaBeach people looked at williamsburg area or somewhere that has more rural land. near fredericksburg there is an 1/8th mile strip called sumerduck. that track makes tons of money and no one complains about it because it is in te country. with the exception of a few homes there is no one to complain about the noise or the traffic from it. if a track was built in a more rural place it could bring in revenue from land that is either not in use or is making no revenue. also if its in a rural setting there a few people to complain about noise or traffic so there would be less issue out of building the track there. and the track out there would cost a little bit less to build since a good portion of the land is already flat it would be less labor in terms of making the land perfectly flat to pave. it is just my idea just let me know what you think.

[jskizzle]

Great idea man but its not only noise and traffic its having a person with deep enough pockets to want to finance this kind of thing i mean we dont need another 1/8th mile track we need a full 1/4 mile and people these days arent going to want to put up enough cash to build it thats why we dont have one yet great idea though and i would go from vb unfortuneatly unless you have bookoo cash doubt that it will ever happen

[murphy660]

[QUOTE=FocusTunr] near fredericksburg there is an 1/8th mile strip called sumerduck. that track makes tons of money and no one complains about it because it is in te country. with the exception of a few homes there is no one to complain about the noise or the traffic from it. QUOTE]
its a good idea and all but pretty sure sumerduck aint fredericksburg cause fburgs central park, downtown and all houses, and none is reallt rural isnt it a different county?

[steeltoe]

your best bet is Suffolk or Isle of Wight County.

[FocusTunr]

its a good idea and all but pretty sure sumerduck aint fredericksburg cause fburgs central park, downtown and all houses, and none is reallt rural isnt it a different county?

i said NEAR Fredericksburg. not in fburg.

[TRBO SUX]

there is a full race course in pre production in new kent co.. its going to be dope as crap

[Tarzan Bakerada]

there is a full race course in pre production in new kent co.. its going to be dope as crap


:stupid:

[murphy660]

wheres that?

[FocusTunr]

there is a full race course in pre production in new kent co.. its going to be dope as crap

yea i know about tht but that is still almost an hour from where i live. and what about the people who live on the far side of the water. norfolk or vabeach for example. they would have to drive like two hours just to race? i dont think that would really happen at all.

[Eikswobal]

you cant expect there to be a track everywhere though a 2 hour drive isnt as bad as the 3 hour drive to dinwoody. i mean you are going to have to make compromises on this stuff. Plus the guys that i know i harrisonburg they will travel up to 5 hours to go to a track somewhere.

[SpeedJunkie]

you cant expect there to be a track everywhere though a 2 hour drive isnt as bad as the 3 hour drive to dinwoody. i mean you are going to have to make compromises on this stuff. Plus the guys that i know i harrisonburg they will travel up to 5 hours to go to a track somewhere.


How is VMP a three hour drive from Newport News?


It takes me less than two hours from Norfolk.

[Deirdrea ccchr]

yea i know about tht but that is still almost an hour from where i live. and what about the people who live on the far side of the water. norfolk or vabeach for example. they would have to drive like two hours just to race? i dont think that would really happen at all.


OK, i have listen to the track debate since the track in suffolk closed in the 70's.The original racers from suffolk drag strip have tried since then and we have had new strips open.

To those that think va beach might build a strip, HELLO, aint gonna happen, Creeds strip is 40 yrs closed, is state owned. All those strips within an hour or two!!! I have the perfect answer, "MOVE", to where one is close. For crying out loud, its a car or truck, DRIVE it! Unless you have close to a million to put a strip in, and get the permission of the city, aint gonna happen, I worked with one of the top drivers from suffolk drag strip for years, and we are not one step closer.

Most of you dont know me, but I have been involved in car shows as an owner of an antique VW, she is 33 yrs old, I have held office in the council for 15 yrs. I have 200 or more shows under my belt, i know what will work and what will not.

If you want to get something you have to work for it, what needs to be worked on are cruz in spots that are hassel free for the younger drivers. You need to work on gaining respect from these cities, poker runs, car shows to benifit charity are a great place to start.

No one gives you respect, you earn it by giving respect. Do you think our car club council just happened, no, it took everyone gaining respect to make it happen, we now have 5 councils in va. Our members number in the thousands! Took us 15 yrs to be very well respected in virginia.

So, my input, is put that energy in helping each other, get together and make the changes needed to promote your style of vehicles and support your
members, you have a loud voice, but with everyone talking at once no one is heard.

Good luck and I have already offered my help, wisdom and experience and will help in anyway. I have got the state police to back you in any positive plans you have to reduce street racing, and will go these cruz in spots with you to help get you a cool place to hang. And if you dont think this is not already happening, ask ricky of neighborhood dreamz and how the council in hampton VPCCC stepped up ask them to come to their meeting and results, they never have to worry about a place to meet or being run off any more! Dee

[Eikswobal]

How is VMP a three hour drive from Newport News?


It takes me less than two hours from Norfolk.

I didn't mean that vmp was 3 hours away i was just guessing how long it would take from southside becuase peolpe were complaining that the to new kent was long. Sorry if i was wrong about the time.

[Alwayslast]

there is a full race course in pre production in new kent co.. its going to be dope as crap


any idea when this track will be operational ?

[HondaSupremacy]

Yeah bro that's a good idea.But I live in the burg and they threw a fit when hooters opened up.This place is full of old people who want this place to stay boring.I hope it does happen someday but I seriously doubt it.

[koibitokenta]

the idea is great, and its true. there will never be a track in va beach. norfolk is actually the worse place to put one considering there really isn't any room. suffolk and portsmouth would be an ok location. the best place like the original statement said is rural area with basically no one. my co worker mentioned something about a track in williamsburg that is founded by some company or club. it does cost money sadly to race but it allows a race to happen. another place would maybe in chesapeak? it is a good ways to go from va beach where i live, but for a race, it is worth it.
Has anyone thought though, that a good reason as to why there isn't a track anywhere? there really isn't anything here that attracks track builders and companies to want to do that. we really don't have a population of racers to them i supose. as in ones that are company sponsered nor company owned. almost all the racers are free lancers using up there own money and to builders they'd want something out of it like top drivers and sponsers. unless we can actually put in a word or something i don't quite think it'll be happening for a track here.

[Slimsta Jimsta]

I have an idea, just drive the exta 30-45 minutes and shut teh fuck up


if a track was to be built, how long do you think it would take for it to be completed? In the mean time, where are you going to go? OK then

[spnamnt]

i live 20 mins from dinwiddie and i can get to oceanfront in less than 2 hrs, only doing about 5hrs over the speedlimit so it shouldnt take any longer than 2 hrs to get to the track for all of you in the 757, take 58 to 460 to 95N/85S, get off at exit 63a and its like 5 miles down, doesnt take that long. i used to race motocross and have driven over 7 hrs to a nice track, and it was well worth it. VMP is not a very good track for some reason, but since they re-did the surface this year it should be great. if you want to go to a really nice track, spend the extra hour or hour and 1/2 and go to budds creek. you will love that track, hooks like no other and u will get in a ton of runs. they clean the track very fast also. just putting in my opinion after being in the scene for over 5 yrs now and racing almost every friday vmp is open;)

[FocusTunr]

i live 20 mins from dinwiddie and i can get to oceanfront in less than 2 hrs, only doing about 5hrs over the speedlimit so it shouldnt take any longer than 2 hrs to get to the track for all of you in the 757, take 58 to 460 to 95N/85S, get off at exit 63a and its like 5 miles down, doesnt take that long. i used to race motocross and have driven over 7 hrs to a nice track, and it was well worth it. VMP is not a very good track for some reason, but since they re-did the surface this year it should be great. if you want to go to a really nice track, spend the extra hour or hour and 1/2 and go to budds creek. you will love that track, hooks like no other and u will get in a ton of runs. they clean the track very fast also. just putting in my opinion after being in the scene for over 5 yrs now and racing almost every friday vmp is open;)

budds creek is a sweet ass track. somethin about that track makes your tires hook like crazy. i had my best 60' time ever at that track. my thing is that it is just the principle that we shouldnt be denied the pleasure of our hobby just because the cops don't like it.

[TRU]

we shouldnt, but its going to happen. people view ALL car enthusiasts as street racers or somehow tied into illegal activities. a strip in VA Beach isnt gonna happen, but anyone ever think about Yorktown, Mathews, Glouster or somewhere up in that area? is pretty rural up there, and not too far of a drive. Racetracks are expensive to build, and most places wouldnt want to fund it, but maybe we could have something like they have in Cali, like the legal drags? just have the govt. build a nice, paved mile long strip, no tree, no PA, no none of that. Street racing atmosphere, but its still legal....

and btw, whoever said summerduck was nice....sorry to break it to you but Summerduck is a bad track, but they make money cause theyre one of the few tracks around. the lanes arent even, and theyre not even level...

[SinceNine19]

racing all up hill and shit. 24.1 1/4 mi. in a 600whp vehicle. shit is whack as fuck.

[SloRSX]

yey for rac3tr4cks!

YEEYY!

[kwracing20]

that track yall are talkin about in new kent is proposed to be on my hunting property and is no where close to being started idk if it has even been cleared by the county and its gonna be a road coarse and wont be all that long un less they get more land i dont think itll be that great!!

[Deirdrea ccchr]

we shouldnt, but its going to happen. people view ALL car enthusiasts as street racers or somehow tied into illegal activities. a strip in VA Beach isnt gonna happen, but anyone ever think about Yorktown, Mathews, Glouster or somewhere up in that area? is pretty rural up there, and not too far of a drive. Racetracks are expensive to build, and most places wouldnt want to fund it, but maybe we could have something like they have in Cali, like the legal drags? just have the govt. build a nice, paved mile long strip, no tree, no PA, no none of that. Street racing atmosphere, but its still legal....

and btw, whoever said summerduck was nice....sorry to break it to you but Summerduck is a bad track, but they make money cause theyre one of the few tracks around. the lanes arent even, and theyre not even level...

You are very wrong there on the" people view "all" enthusiasts as tied into illegal activities or street racing." That is a pretty broad statement.

When the people see a stock 1929 ford going down the road do you think for one min they are thinking' AH HA a street racer!", No, wait they must be running crack!!!, wait could be pot!!!

I suppose all the people that go to Jenros at the "beach" are rounded up and searched for nitrous, or drugs?

Before you start your mouth you should engage your brain, do some reasearch and then mabe you will be able to hold an intelligent conversation

As I have stated "many" times in drag, Drive to a local track and support them, quit ya bitchin' and race!!!!! :cool:

[Dan1356]

another place would maybe in chesapeak? it is a good ways to go from va beach where i live, but for a race, it is worth it.
So now Chesapeake is too far to go from the Beach, exactly how many tracks do we need to make everybody happy? We go to Hertford 1/8th mile track and it takes about 45 min from GB, granted, it's not the best rack in the world, but it lets you practice, and most of us need that more than anything.
If there was a track, people would complain that it costs $25 to test and tune. There will never be a good enough solution for everybody. Two hour drive (avg) to a 1/4 mile, too far, 1/8th mile, too short.
Oh well I guess I am done with my rant now.
D

[91TurboLS]

that was awesome dan.. good speech lol

[benflagg]

wheres the Hertford track at ? if u dont mind me asking I would love to have a place to push it legaly even if its not top of the line. I live in vb

[Dan1356]

Hertford NC,
Northeast dragway. They have a website, and I'm pretty sure it will give you directions.
HTh
Dan

[Griffin]

Granted it would be nice to have a track in your backyard......but then eventually that would get boring.....I grew up goin to tracks/shows 2-5 hours away adn I actually enjoyed the drive there sometimes you can actualy see some interesting things its real fun when you roll with a big group. And like some said just support other tracks and gain respect in your area and see what happens.:thup: