Nostalgia Drag Strip!

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Wed May 14, 08 12:35 pm

Anyone got a bit of spare cash?
http://www.racingjunk.com/post/1181407/ ... -Key-.html

jerry · Post by **jerry** » Wed May 14, 08 12:46 pm

Thats cool Ivor bit further than the pod though

Guy · Post by **Guy** » Wed May 14, 08 2:09 pm

I am sure I have been there about 12 years ago, I am certain it was an 1/8 mile track

latil · Post by **latil** » Wed May 14, 08 2:38 pm

Imagine that with your house built on site.A nice all in business with a free dragstrip every day.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed May 14, 08 2:49 pm

I really wish Silloth in Cumbria could hold drag racing again because it is only a couple of hours drive from mine and is pretty central for the UK as a whole. Including N.Ireland.

It needs a new surface though. The old concrete has broken up badly now. Me and Mrs Woodhead had a drive on it in the Challenger a few years ago. It was pretty bumpy with the grass growing between the cracks.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Wed May 14, 08 3:08 pm

Near Cherokee, that place is worse than southend on a bank holiday!

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Wed May 14, 08 3:17 pm

Jeff wrote:Near Cherokee, that place is worse than southend on a bank holiday!

Hey Jeff, I thought that neck of the woods was supposed be great?

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Wed May 14, 08 3:55 pm

Blue ridge mountains... FANTASTIC! As you get toward the smokeys. It is still nice, But Cherokee? NAH!

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Wed May 14, 08 4:05 pm

Well, I'll make sure I give Cherokee a miss next time I'm over!

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Wed May 14, 08 4:07 pm

Ivor, Just drive through it, Anyway you be better off in Canada.

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Wed May 14, 08 4:24 pm

Sorry mate, I didn't like Canada...nice scenery, but it was full of foreigners

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Wed May 14, 08 7:28 pm

Yeah, we stayed a night in Cherokee once. Pretty tacky, unless your idea of fun is seeing stuffed wild animals.

English Mountain dragstrip is actually much nearer to Sevierville TN - now that is a cool place, if only for Garrett's Muscle Car Museum

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed May 14, 08 8:01 pm

Hey Ivor give it a look man, Pigeon Forge is not my cup of tea but the road over the mountains from Pigeon Forge to Cherokee is great. Never ever seen a lot of people at Cherokee, drove threw many times, you then need to drive to the Maggy Valley and then onto Chimney Rock.......

Hey Mark (Newport 100) do you recognise the Fat Boy.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed May 14, 08 8:48 pm

Dave wrote:I really wish Silloth in Cumbria could hold drag racing again because it is only a couple of hours drive from mine and is pretty central for the UK as a whole. Including N.Ireland.

It needs a new surface though. The old concrete has broken up badly now. Me and Mrs Woodhead had a drive on it in the Challenger a few years ago. It was pretty bumpy with the grass growing between the cracks.

Thats a good idea, we need a strip in the north!

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Wed May 14, 08 9:01 pm

Blimey Slick - that's the same bear in front of the same gift shop!