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Where did you practice?
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:36 am
by TheBears54
You had to practice somewhere.
So where was it?
Parking lots?
Open streets?
Or are there special tracks near most big cities for people like me?
I live in the Chicago area btw.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:45 am
by Leedeth
First parking lots, then residential streets, then side streets, then main streets.
Highways came a bit later.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:04 am
by VTECaddict
parking lot to get down the basics of getting moving. then in my driveway perfecting my hill starts (it was pretty long and steep).
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:14 am
by Leedeth
Oh wait, I just noticed this is in the Drag Racing section...why is it here?
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:55 am
by Johnf514
Practice driving stick? Or practice . . . drag racing?
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:01 pm
by TheBears54
where'd you practice drag racing!?
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:33 pm
by AHTOXA
Hey to a fellow Chicagoan.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:38 pm
by VTECaddict
oh wth...drag racing.
definitely not streets or parking lots.
tracks usually have days where you can do 1/4 mi runs for a small price.
but drag racing is for retards anyways. real racing involves turns.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:41 pm
by Nychold
VTECaddict wrote:but drag racing is for retards anyways. real racing involves turns.
People who say that can't do it.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:55 pm
by six
Oooo!! I smell a race coming on!
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:44 pm
by TheBears54
Well basically I just wanna go somewhere near the chicago area where I can legally race with friends, strangers or just against the clock.
I tried googling dragstrips in the chicago area but I couldn't find what I was looking for.
Anyone know of any places like this, or any website that might have a list?
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:56 pm
by six
Is Joliet near you? If so, there is a huge drag strip called Route 66 Raceway next to Chicagoland Speedway.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:07 pm
by TheBears54
Thats a little over an hour away... I'll have to check that out.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:27 pm
by hockeystyx16
racewarz road, about a mile from where i work.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:31 pm
by comingbackdown
Nychold wrote:VTECaddict wrote:but drag racing is for retards anyways. real racing involves turns.
People who say that can't do it.
In many cases, yup. It's all difficult though.