Raceway Park

[Chevy454]

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The track had no airhose which isnt the end of the world,but the icing on the cake was when the gas attendant up and left at noon,and his solution was to tell racers they couldnt have any gas.One of my friends towed almost 100 miles to get there and arrived at 1PM only to go home without any runs because the track had no gas.What kind of crap was that??

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That's common...Martin, Mid-Michigan, Gateway, Memphis MP, those are just all off the top of my , and all big facilities, and none have air on the grounds, and you can generally only get fuel for the first hour or two that the track is open...I've learn (the hard way) that if I'm gonna need it at the track, I'd better bring it with me...

[Xplantdad]

Here in Arizona, land of open space...we had the Arizona Motorsports Park..a road racing facility close abruptly due to noise concerns from residents (who had only been living there for a few years)...and this raceway is right down the street from Luke Air Force Base, where they fly all hours of the day and night!

On the other hand we have a local track, other than Firebird Raceway called Speedworld...that has racing every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday...and just had a race that was "no lights on at the track, no Christmas tree, etc."
It was like the old time street racing, run what ya brung...with flag men as starters! This race started at 11pm and ran until after 3 am...and this track(Speedworld) is only about 10 miles from the other track!

[427TJ]

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Here in Arizona, land of open space...we had the Arizona Motorsports Park..a road racing facility close abruptly due to noise concerns from residents (who had only been living there for a few years)...and this raceway is right down the street from Luke Air Force Base, where they fly all hours of the day and night!

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Luke AFB is a huge cash cow for the state. That, plus a huge retired military community, adds up to government dollars on a massive scale. Local residents can holler all they want about F-16s in afterburner (among the loudest of fighters) but Luke brings in far too much "gummint" money and money from retiree spending to be closed due to jet noise. It all depends on the politics of who is making the noise vs. who is complaining. I lived on Laughlin AFB when I was a USAF pilot and I loved all that noise. Luke would even be better because an F-16 in "blower" is an incredible sound. I'd love to live next to Luke.

[Xplantdad]

We live in the "training area" for Luke. The pilots go into afterburner frequently...after they clear our neighborhood.

I don't mind the sound at all...it let's me know that they're keeping themsleves "sharp" for if and when they need to go into battle

I just found it ironic that they closed Arizona Motorsports PArk due to noise, and Luke AFB is <u>right there!</u>

And the other dragstrip/motocross park is only 10 miles from there!

[MagicRatt]

I love racing at E-town. It is a great facility. The people are friendly, the track is always in great shape and my car always performs its' best there. Win or lose, I always leave with the intentions of returning soon.
Now the bad....I only have one complaint and that is parking. I don't understand why they allow spectator parking in the pits. I don't know how many times I would make a run, return to my pit only to find some idiot parked their SUV right behind my trailer. Other than that, the place is great!!!