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Nostalgia Drag Strip!
Posted: Wed May 14, 08 12:35 pm
by Ivor
Posted: Wed May 14, 08 12:46 pm
by jerry
Thats cool Ivor bit further than the pod though

Posted: Wed May 14, 08 2:09 pm
by Guy
I am sure I have been there about 12 years ago, I am certain it was an 1/8 mile track
Posted: Wed May 14, 08 2:38 pm
by latil
Imagine that with your house built on site.A nice all in business with a free dragstrip every day.
Posted: Wed May 14, 08 2:49 pm
by Dave-R
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.
Posted: Wed May 14, 08 3:08 pm
by Jeff
Near Cherokee, that place is worse than southend on a bank holiday!
Posted: Wed May 14, 08 3:17 pm
by Ivor
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?
Posted: Wed May 14, 08 3:55 pm
by Jeff
Blue ridge mountains... FANTASTIC! As you get toward the smokeys. It is still nice, But Cherokee? NAH!
Posted: Wed May 14, 08 4:05 pm
by Ivor
Well, I'll make sure I give Cherokee a miss next time I'm over!
Posted: Wed May 14, 08 4:07 pm
by Jeff
Ivor, Just drive through it, Anyway you be better off in Canada.
Posted: Wed May 14, 08 4:24 pm
by Ivor
Sorry mate, I didn't like Canada...nice scenery, but it was full of foreigners

Posted: Wed May 14, 08 7:28 pm
by Adam
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
Posted: Wed May 14, 08 8:01 pm
by Anonymous
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.

Posted: Wed May 14, 08 8:48 pm
by Anonymous
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!

Posted: Wed May 14, 08 9:01 pm
by Adam
Blimey Slick - that's the same bear in front of the same gift shop!