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Old 01-14-2010, 09:42 PM
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Default Re: Memphis motorsports park

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Does that leave Memphis without a local dragstrip? I know that there is 1/4 mile oval dirt track in W. Memphis AR. The Memphis area has been a good source for high performance parts mfg for many years. It's a shame for the area and racing in general to lose that quality facility.

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Yessir...there are 1/8 mile strips in Holley Springs, MS (about an 1? hour away), Newport, AR (hour or so?), there's that I57 strip up in the IL/KY/MO corner which would probably be a couple hours away, George Ray's hole in the wall in Paragould...but a decent 1/4 mile track is few & far between in this part of the world I believe? I mean, MMP has had "the big show" there with the NHRA Mid-South Nationals for a while now, and it always looked like it drew really well...MMP is on par with some of the nicest facilities I've ever raced at...and I can see why the railroad is interested, because it's nothing but industrial/ghetto around the track, which means the neighborhood SUCKS. You don't wanna stop for fuel until you've put some miles down...we had our truck/trailer shot with a bb gun by some "locals" after leaving the track one time...
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