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| View Poll Results: How far would you drive to go racing of any form??? | |||
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2 | 3.23% |
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5 | 8.06% |
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5 | 8.06% |
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4 | 6.45% |
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6 | 9.68% |
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14 | 22.58% |
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26 | 41.94% |
| why drag when i got a Red Light Ricer Racer (tm) |
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4 | 6.45% |
| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 62. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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03-02-2006, 12:44 AM
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"Saddam your sooo emo"-JH
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Cairns, Qld.
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ok just wondering how far you would drive to go racing. whether its drag or curcuit or whatever.
p.s. my nearest drag race track is around 500 kms (townsville)  _ |
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03-02-2006, 01:05 AM
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Formerly au^ute
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: VIC
Posts: 1,032
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i dont know exactly how far away heathcote is, i'm guess it's less than 500k, but more than 200. Thats far enough away for me.
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03-02-2006, 01:31 AM
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DJR TM#54
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: on my p.c now with internet! ok i'll still use works internet too.
Posts: 2,248
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I travel about 50km to get to WSID for drags & over 100km plus to get to Wakefield Pk for curcuit.
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03-02-2006, 01:35 AM
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DJR Fan
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sydney
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Yeh, i drove from Sydney to Wakefield Park for a track day. Weeeeell worth it. The bad thing is, i cant remember driving home at the end of the day. I was buggered!!
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03-02-2006, 02:04 AM
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LPG > You
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posts: 4,277
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To get to Eastern Creek Raceway and WSID from my place is about... 5 to 7kms. Takes a few minutes, only hold up being a traffic light or two.
But assuming I wanted or had a car to race, and had to drive, 700km? To race it. I'd do it. Maybe only a few times a year, but worth it IMO. Little road trip holiday fun race thing... lol
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03-02-2006, 02:39 AM
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Has Blue Blood
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 1,551
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Jeese I hate having to go to the races up here ! Its such I long drive ! it is the NT ,and long distances are common place up here. But Im sure I can go with out a bundy for the 1.5 klms from my place to hidden valley !
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03-02-2006, 02:42 AM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Perth WA
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When you live in Perth and want to see motorsport you need to go for a lo-o-o-ng drive or catch a plane.
I've been to Bathurst 5 times but only driven there from Perth once - that's about 7500 km round trip plus sight-seeing extra (total 9500 - 10000kms). I have friends that do it (drive) nearly every year (and Hey, they are great Ford fans too!). I drove to 2 Adelaide GP's - thats about 5400km round trip each time. And I drove to Adelaide's 2000 Le Mans sports car race - best big event I have attended in recent years - none of the hype of the other events now, and reasonably priced as well. When you drive that far, its easy to say "its only 5 hrs extra drive to our friends farm near Port Fairy" (Victoria) and then "its only 3 hrs to Melbourne, we may as well go there too" so it becomes another 8000 km round trip. I never get tired of driving across the Nullarbor - its a great drive. In the 1970's my brother pulled his Cooper 'S' behind an AUSTIN 1800 UTE from Perth to Phillip Island to race it there. Thats a long way! And in answer to the next question - NO - the Austin 1800 ute did not make it home again - he ran it out of oil and dumped it somewhere in SA and took the Mini home on a truck. Cheers.
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03-02-2006, 02:56 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Brisbane
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03-02-2006, 07:06 AM
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Fairmont Ghia
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NSW
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I drove from NSW to Heathcote to go dragging with the E-series club a few years ago - was a bit apprehensive that something would happen to the car coz it's a damn long walk home.
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03-02-2006, 09:33 AM
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RIP Craig - 13/11/08
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Kilmore, 30 minutes from Heathcote Raceway
Posts: 3,571
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I regularly go to WSID and willowbank and have been to the USA a number of times just to watch the drags. Guess i am a junkie..LOL...
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03-02-2006, 11:35 AM
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Adapt or perish...
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dip!@#$
Posts: 7,954
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About 250km to get to Willowbank (at a stab) and roughly the same to Queensland Raceway and Indy.
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03-02-2006, 11:39 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Adelaide SA
Posts: 5,584
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Drove to heathcote last weekend, 800 odd kms at a guess, well worth it.
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03-02-2006, 11:42 AM
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more posting less lurking
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: koondrook, northern victoria
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Not much change out of 200 to get to heathcote for me, and the distance doesnt worry me at all.
Have been to Phillip Island and back for V8's in 1 day and that would be about 750km round trip and quite enjoyed the day
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03-02-2006, 12:00 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: QLD
Posts: 1,255
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To Willowbank/QR is about 98kms the old Darlington Park was about 60kms each way BUT if they reopen Lakeside it would be about 10km but alas I can not see that happening in the near future if the council have their way
 : and when I lived in Sydney Oran Park was only 20kms away
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03-02-2006, 12:13 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
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For me it's 430k to Eastern Creek,I've been a couple of times since moving out of Sydney. It's 600k to Willowbank and been a coupla times. Its 700k to Bathurst and I go EVERY year,only missed 1 in 21. For a few years I didn't have the time to spend off work and or mates couldn't go so I would leave here on Saturday night around 11pm drive 7hrs to track sleep a few hrs,watch race and as soon as the cars finished I would hitail it back home catching a few ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZs along the way. BIG DAY.
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03-02-2006, 12:59 PM
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Can't get enough of this.
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Standing on the driveway sobbing because I don't have a PINK ute anymore :0(
Posts: 1,990
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I live approx 73.24kms from Willowbank and Qld Raceway and go up there semi regularly - will go more when the temps drop.
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03-02-2006, 01:41 PM
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"Saddam your sooo emo"-JH
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Cairns, Qld.
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ok so who keeps on selecting "why drag when i got a Red Light Ricer Racer (tm)"??
show yourself :P |
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03-02-2006, 01:58 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 3,647
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Queensland Raceway from Melbourne will be the longest one for me this year.
Will also be going to Barbagallo to race next year so that will be a decent hike. Luckily the car, parts & tyres are going on a truck and im flying over!
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03-02-2006, 02:28 PM
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the age of
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: in the sky
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Bathurst is the furtherest i have travelled and that would be about 700
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03-02-2006, 02:51 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Newcastle, NSW
Posts: 3,926
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The nearest Drag Track to me is WSID (Western Sydney International Dragway) and its about 200Ks from me.
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03-02-2006, 04:14 PM
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Just Super Happy now :)
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 1,569
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I went from Brisbane to Heathcote although I didn't drive. It was well worth it, will be doing it again!
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03-02-2006, 04:36 PM
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03-02-2006, 04:42 PM
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XR8 v Lee. love you Lee
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Bathurst nsw
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Im sort of lucky i suppose,
1/2 hour to bathurst 2 hours to Eastern creek First time to wakefield park 3 weeks ago to race the old girl and took about 2 hours. wont be the last time either :sm_drool:
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03-02-2006, 05:18 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: mcdonalds college of hamburger knowledge
Posts: 901
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sydney to bathurst is the furthest i drive.
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03-02-2006, 05:19 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 668
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I drove 200km's to Symonds Plains for the V8's. And would probably think about going to the drag track up there IF we got some decent cars there (Funny Cars etc)
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03-02-2006, 07:43 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Victoria
Posts: 1,007
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Sandown Park roughly about 15-25minutes drive from here.
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05-02-2006, 08:52 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 1,503
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Drove to WSID for the EC Nats about 1200 odd k`s, now going to Willowbank for the Winters about 24 hrs give or take and yes we luv it
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05-02-2006, 10:04 PM
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Slide Baby Slide
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: SA - The Drift State
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Calder is about 15 minutes away and Heathcote is around an hour away. God i love it, going to Heathcote is awesome, just when ya wanna get away from it all and all the bad stuff in life, the drive there helps ya think about it and the drags just drown it out. I LOVE IT!
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06-02-2006, 08:06 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: sunbury
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calder is less than 5km away , but I seem to still drive 200+kms round trip to Heathcote if I want to Race , hope to attempt a wsid or wakefield round trip this year
the time travelled to and from event is never noticed (by me atleast),because you cant wait to get there ,and you cant stop thinking of it on way home. |
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