Any racing series that tries to slow their vehicles down loses my interest quickly. I would submit restrictor plate racing in NASCAR. What a lame idea that created boring, dangerous racing. Let them go fast and then improve the facilities to handle it.

Top fueler top speed for 1/8 is 299. Thats crazy fast.
I used to watch Garlits and Force on TV but never had a desire to watch in person.
A friend of mine used to live just south of the Kennedale track but I never went in. My only big race was a Can Am event in Vegas when the Chapparal and Jim Hall were racing. That was long ago.

Spent many a Friday night at the Kennedale dirt track. Grew up with a guy named Jay Bransom who's dad owns the track now. Now his kids are winning trophies now.

Thunder Mountain between Jacksonville and Rusk was not your average dirt track.

Parking lot and pits were on a ridge with the track tucked down in a wide draw.

Track was barely flat in the middle of front and back stretch and had to be 15 feet higher at the bottom of the middle between 1&2 and 3&4. Inside line of track looked like a Pringle chip.

Those tracks up in the north east didn't have much of a shut down area and no room to extend them. Seems like that was what got it changed.

It's open again. I live about 5 miles from there. Races most Friday's, Saturday's and some Sunday's. Also some holidays.

We had a dirt track out between New Waverly & Willis. They have built a couple of rent only
subdivisions really close to where the track was and now looks like they maybe getting ready to
put some sort of housing development where the track was, probably the same type of rental subdivision.