Deadly wreck
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2023
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From: North Coast
FYI I also know Reed Kyrder who was the tire engineer for the Sledgehammer.
He said on the top run he said you could just hear the car and it went by like a jet. He said we knew it was a good run.
Reed today runs a Trans Am team here . They are back in a Corvette body.
He said on the top run he said you could just hear the car and it went by like a jet. He said we knew it was a good run.
Reed today runs a Trans Am team here . They are back in a Corvette body.
Team Owner
Joined: May 2001
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From: Western NY
Hey, Sting! You know what really pis_ _ es me off is when a dragstrip has been in the same location for decades, the owner is well off, with no desire to sell, and houses get built near it, and then they cry about noise. If ya dont like noise, who in the flyin' you know what moves next to a racetrack, then cries about noise?!! I know of a drag strip in Lapeer Michigan that was bought a few years back. Been there since 1968! Guy who bought it tore up the old track, then proceeded to pave the track with concrete(!), a full 1/2 mile-both lanes. The owner is a guy I worked with who won an $11,000,000.00 lawsuit against the sheriff's department. He's busted his *** fixing it up (can't imagine the $$$$$ 1/2 mile of concrete cost him!), and all these new locals are constantly trying to shut him down. Sucks.....
Race Director
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It's not just dragstrips, either. There's an oval track near me, that was opened for business in 1956......and was in the "boondocks" at the time. Same story, little by little, people built houses near the track, then bitched about the noise. The original owners died, others took it over, but now the track runs only 6 shows a year......
Team Owner
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From: Western NY
The original owner of Lapeer dragway used to offer free admission every weekend for anyone who lived within like a 1/2 mile(?) radius of the strip. This is really smart business thinking. It worked for him for a half century. I'll have to run this by Bill, the new owner. Nothing ventured, nothing gained......
Team Owner
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2023
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many left. Same for independent paint and body repair shops.
