Dragstrip Days

General Discussion
#37

Yep $12! Ouch on the sticks… I live in Concord which is 30 minutes east of Cleveland, Thompson is another 15 minutes further east… It’s actually a very nice area but rural… I wanted to buy farther out that way as you can get a ton of land and huge house cheap where as Concord is much much pricer but the wife didn’t want to live that far east as we both work downtown…

Any track we pick is going to be a hike for most of us… just trying to find a mid point based on where everyone is and if we can do it cheap, why not… If we could get 50 cars at $20-$25 and the total price is around $1,500 I’ll eat the rest since it’s my home track and I will only need to drive 15 minutes… Will also gladly host a get together at my house after if anyone is interested…

Why doesn’t everyone who is interested post their city, state and we can figure out the best location… Oh and you northeners can post your province! LOL

#38

I was just joking about the sticks…it’s definitely a drive for a bunch of guys no matter what. I just meant the cost is so cheap because where you are is not really near a large city. I don’t consider cleveland a large city. It’s not even larger than Hamilton or Mississauga which are both 9 minutes from me (population of 700,000 each)…nevermind Toronto which is only 20 minutes driving to the downtown core…and is 4 million people. The closer you are to big population centres, the more expensive everything gets. That applies to dragstrips and definitely to real estate (it’s about $500,000 for a townhouse on a 30x89 foot lot here in my town lol). Supply and demand. I’m totally jealous of your $12 wednesdays. If I was 20 minutes from Cayuga and it was $12 I’d go weekly.

#39

Saki, I knew you were joking, it’s all good… Cleveland is actually the 45th biggest city in the US so it’s not too bad… Also, those stats are very skewed because it is based on how the city limits are defined and given the issues of most big cities, people tend to live outside the city as I am sure you are aware… Hey it’s home for me and other than some winters it’s a much nicer area then people give it credit for but I digress…

Now maybe you understand why I go to the strip all the time, not only do I enjoy it, but it’s cheap! LOL

#40

that’s an awesome deal. Looks like right on Lake Erie. Ever see Bald Eagles around the area? There are a bunch out your way. It’s only about 4 hrs from where I live.

#41

Only 120mi for me… as the crow flies. Stoopid lake.

#42

to Thompson Raceway? No way…really?

#43

Hey everyone… I spoke to Mary today man she is a super nice lady and woudl love to have us she gave me a few dates and it is 2500 for a day so 35 cars 50 bucks a person, so its a good deal. I have been there before a few times and it is a great track. They ahve good gas there and nitrous refill stations. Anyway here is what the email read…

Hello Hunter,

Nice talking to you today. Happy that you are interested in doing business with the Motorplex. As we discuseed the open dates available for your track rental would be:

SUNDAY JUNE 3 SUNDAY JULY 8 SUNDAY AUG. 26 OR SAT. SEPTEMBER 8 SAT. SEPT. 22

THE COST WOULD BE $2500 FOR 10 - 35 CARS OVER 35 CARS COST WOULD BE $50 PER CAR. TIME: 10AM 4PM

WE WILL HAVE TRACK SCRAPED, SPRAYED 2 LANES, HAVE A STARTER, BURN BOX, COMPUTER OPERATOR, ET SHACK PERSONAL.

INSURANCE LIABILITY, AND 1 EMT.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO RESERVE A DATE FOR YOU.

ALSO NHRA RULES WILL APPLY FOR ALL CARS & DRIVERS. CONTACT ME BY EMAIL - FACEBOOK - PHONE 989-831-5447 UNTIL MARCH 25TH.

THANK YOU

MARY LEDFORD/RASMUSSEN

What do we think of any of those dates???

#44

I guess Mary didn’t study math in school lol

personally I’d prefer a cold month. Everyone should. Hot thin air is not conducive to good times.

#45

2500/35≠50…we need 35 cars to get it down to 71 a person. Not too bad.

Will they charge for passengers? My strip charges $15 per passenger for a “spectator” fee. not sure if that’s standard or not

#46

On days when you rent the track only the people that run pay because that is fair!

#47

Concord is a few miles from the lake but I grew up literally right on the lake… I haven’t seen any bald eagles but they are around here mostly at the metro parks, as we have a ton of nice parks… My brother has 5 acres that butt up to a metro park so he sees tons of critters at his house including a bear last summer… My house is built into the side of a cliff that overlooks a ravene and creek so I do see quite a bit since my decks are at the top of some really tall trees(several hundred feet)… The animals travel along the creeks for food and water so we have seen foxes, coyotes, wild turkeys, tons of owls, etc… Had a damn bat get in the house last fall and my dumb ass tried to catch it only to get scratched and then it got away so I had to get rabies shots along with my wife and at the time 6 month old son…

4 hours isn’t too bad… Anything within 4 hours allows you to drive up, make passes, and drive home in the same day… makes a long day but still doable…

#48

Well to Cleveland Airport. Not far. This place? http://www.thompsonracewaypark.com/ No lake 120mi, drive around lake 300mi lol.

#49

Yep that is the place… It is east of the city where as the airport is west so it would be a little closer, assuming you come from the east…

#50

we’re all staying in your basement.

#51

Not a problem… Have 2 extra bedrooms as well and the wife is a great cook… Grey goose in the freezer and some other party favors…

#52
#53

This weekend at Autorama I am hopefully going to meet with the summit raceway peeps and speak to them about track rentals, I am starting to get excited about this!!!

Hey SackofMojo I am going to be up in Toronto soon how do I get ahold of you IRL, grab a bite at Moxies and check out that RS4??? I will either have the S6atron or the S4.

huntercoe@gmail.com is my email

#54

Lol @ sack of mojo!

#55

Moxies … mmmmmmmmm /drool!

#56

Earl’s > Moxies for hot staff.

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