Had a dirt track date last night

[Dane]

I was at the Placerville, CA fairgrounds to attend a gold prospecting and mining summit and heard the sprint cars fire up in the evening. First time they nail the throttle after warm us is fu king awesome!

I'd forgotten how bad ass sprint cars are to watch on a dirt track, those guys have some serious driving skills and very large marbles.

It smelled like fried chicken and gasoline.

[The Fanthom]

....after my own heart! I love SCOTS and sprint car racing. Those of us in Cali and Indiana have some great racers!

[SAM123]

I saw the outlaws at placeville .... right after the 4-abreast parade lap the front couple rows of spectators put on goggles and cover the top of there beer cups .... yeee-yaw... mud everywhere!

[SlamIam]

Originally Posted by SAM123

I saw the outlaws at placeville .... right after the 4-abreast parade lap the front couple rows of spectators put on goggles and cover the top of there beer cups .... yeee-yaw... mud everywhere!

Yep, never get Nachos if you're going to sit at turn one.

[Russco]

Yep, thats real racing!

[GaryB]

does'nt get any better than dodging dirt clods,racing at it's best

[D-Russ]

I love me some Southern Culture.

I've been to my share of dirt track stock car races, but I've never seen sprint cars go at it. I don't think they run sprints around central Virginia.

[jeepers00creepers]

@ d Russ, they run at Virginia motor speedway. I know they have regular shows cause we have debated on bringing our 305 sprint down. Just don't like the promoter. Now he's got his hand in some of the races up here in our local PA series. If anyone wants to see the best drivers and the most amount of sprints, ya gotta come to central PA and see the "PENNSYLVANIA POSSE"!!!!!

[D-Russ]

Originally Posted by jeepers00creepers

@ d Russ, they run at Virginia motor speedway. I know they have regular shows cause we have debated on bringing our 305 sprint down. Just don't like the promoter. Now he's got his hand in some of the races up here in our local PA series. If anyone wants to see the best drivers and the most amount of sprints, ya gotta come to central PA and see the "PENNSYLVANIA POSSE"!!!!!

Thanks man, I took a look at their schedule and didn't see sprints listed at all. Are sprint cars usually listed under a different category name?

http://www.vamotorspeedway.com/schedule/

[oldguard]

.....eliminations start at 8.....

[greazy john]

ohio , pa , indiana is where you want to be for sprints, we used to go every weekend in ohio when we lived there....no sprints here in east tenn, miss them , nothing like the sound.....

[Hank37]

Ya, nothing like drivin in da dirt. Here's my vintage dirt modified after coming in fifth.

[retroridesbyrich]

SCOTS reference indeed, however; it was more likely that you smelled "Fried Chicken
and Methanol" Just saying.

[fordrat31]

There is nothing like that first sprint car slide through turn one...

[Gumpy1940]

our speedway wakes up the whole town nothing like hearing racing across town 2 miles away!

[aircoup]

yeah same thing here in lakeport ca ,,

[SAM123]

Originally Posted by aircoup

yeah same thing here in lakeport ca ,,

Lakeport is cool due to the "no wall" situation but if you get the chance hit Calistoga or Petaluma for the dirt scene

[MUNDSTER]

Originally Posted by SAM123

Lakeport is cool due to the "no wall" situation but if you get the chance hit Calistoga or Petaluma for the dirt scene

Yep, you beat me to it. Calistoga! I get tear-offs on my street. You gotta check out the Speedway page for the fairgrounds, they also have a nice vintage display at the last event of the summer. On Topic Offy's etc. Do it.

[OoltewahSpeedShop]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY4oE...eature=related

[Mr48chev]

The sprint car races are the only circle track races I go to anymore. They usually run during the State Fair at Yakima in the fall and there is a spot outside the 4th turn in the parking lot with big NO PARKING signs. The shiny El Camino that was power parked there wasn't too shiny after the races when one race was on. That Clay and mud flies a long ways.