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 Re: Remember back when…
[Re: Curt0407]
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06/26/22 12:49 AM
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Bigbob_FTW
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I made many a 1/4 mile pass at the Kennedale strip. Had to hide the trophies from my parents. This was back in the late 60s. Good times. It became on 1/8 mile in the 80's. Spent lots of time there.
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Re: Remember back when…
[Re: Sawhorse]
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06/26/22 12:50 AM
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steveiam
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C’mon out to Ennis, they are live and well off of Hwy 85.
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HOW you react to what happens to you DOES!
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Re: Remember back when…
[Re: Sawhorse]
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06/26/22 12:51 AM
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Moto-Moto
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Dirt track racing is lame.
Find a track that has left and right hand turns as well as elevation changes.
That's real racing.
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Re: Remember back when…
[Re: Sawhorse]
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06/26/22 12:53 AM
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gregpaul
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Enid, Ok, early’80s. Good times, byob
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Re: Remember back when…
[Re: Sawhorse]
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06/26/22 12:55 AM
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HasBen
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I lost interest in some of the local drag strips when many went to 1/8 mile. I’m sure there were reasons, but I really never got it. Texas motorcross tracks were exciting in the 60s and 70s.
“ When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.”. Steve McQueen
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Re: Remember back when…
[Re: HasBen]
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06/26/22 01:16 AM
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Moto-Moto
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I lost interest in some of the local drag strips when many went to 1/8 mile. I’m sure there were reasons, but I really never got it. Texas motorcross tracks were exciting in the 60s and 70s. 1/8th mile is like watching paint dry
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Re: Remember back when…
[Re: Sawhorse]
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06/26/22 01:25 AM
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Jman
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The Sanger drag track closed sometime ago. I got to take one of my boys up there a few years back and we really enjoyed it.
Now (or was not that long ago) a parking lot for unfinished Peterbilt trucks.
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Re: Remember back when…
[Re: Sawhorse]
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06/26/22 01:40 AM
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V-Bottom
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Myerland Speedway / Houston in the 50's. Loved them destruction derby's
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Re: Remember back when…
[Re: Moto-Moto]
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06/26/22 01:55 AM
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SteezMacQueen
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I lost interest in some of the local drag strips when many went to 1/8 mile. I’m sure there were reasons, but I really never got it. Texas motorcross tracks were exciting in the 60s and 70s. 1/8th mile is like watching paint dry The cars were getting too fast for 1/4 mile. Paint can’t dry in 3 seconds @ 250 mph.
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: Remember back when…
[Re: Dave-0]
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06/26/22 02:00 AM
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Mudshark
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Kennedale and Boyd raceways still going strong. Kennedale race tracks are long since gone, sadly. Shut them down because of the noise. And then comes the Tesla racing.
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Re: Remember back when…
[Re: Moto-Moto]
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06/26/22 02:23 AM
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Dave-0
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Dirt track racing is lame.
Find a track that has left and right hand turns as well as elevation changes.
That's real racing. 
Laws won't fix a sin problem. What this world needs is a revival, change of the heart. ~The Skipper
Age is a number. Old is a lifestyle.
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Re: Remember back when…
[Re: Westside.]
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06/26/22 02:32 AM
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Dave-0
DYSON
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DYSON
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Kennedale and Boyd raceways still going strong. Kennedale race tracks are long since gone, sadly. Shut them down because of the noise. I just looked at the Kennedale speedway Park schedule, shows to have races tonight,  Holy Carp! They moved it! I did not know that. I had driven by the old Cowtown Speedway and saw where there was a old abandoned mobile home there, just a couple of months ago. I thought the noise variance got them too. Did not know they moved down the street and around the corner. I grew up on the old Cowtown Speedway and the old Texas Raceway. The girls were cute and the dads knew how to boat ramp a young man with wild eyes. Chit I might have to go out there again! Thanks Westy!
Laws won't fix a sin problem. What this world needs is a revival, change of the heart. ~The Skipper
Age is a number. Old is a lifestyle.
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Re: Remember back when…
[Re: SteezMacQueen]
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06/26/22 02:34 AM
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Dognot
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I lost interest in some of the local drag strips when many went to 1/8 mile. I’m sure there were reasons, but I really never got it. Texas motorcross tracks were exciting in the 60s and 70s. 1/8th mile is like watching paint dry . Paint can’t dry in 3 seconds @ 250 mph. Had a longtime friend killed at a 1/4 mile track earlier this month in Kansas.
As God as my witness, I thought Turkeys could fly!............. Arthur Carlson........WKRP
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Re: Remember back when…
[Re: SteezMacQueen]
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06/26/22 02:49 AM
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Moto-Moto
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I lost interest in some of the local drag strips when many went to 1/8 mile. I’m sure there were reasons, but I really never got it. Texas motorcross tracks were exciting in the 60s and 70s. 1/8th mile is like watching paint dry The cars were getting too fast for 1/4 mile. Paint can’t dry in 3 seconds @ 250 mph. That's the point!!!  Extend the shut down area. Not shorten the track. Jesus.
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Re: Remember back when…
[Re: Sawhorse]
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06/26/22 06:09 PM
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onfirecrappie
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Grayson County Speedway was always fun. When I was a kid but I haven’t been in a long time.
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