Topic: This just in, ECTA found a track!

[Don R]

 It's not on the east coast, Blytheville Arkansas. They have events scheduled. Anyone want to try pavement top speed racing? Maybe Keith will stop by with the details.

[gschuld]

Funny that ECTA (East Coast Timing Association) found a track that is a 17 hours drive inland from me, and I live right on the coast of NJ.

George

[Don R]

 The irony of the name and location has been pointed out on their facebook post. And yes it is.

[Sam Green Racing]

It's not on the east coast, Blytheville Arkansas. They have events scheduled. Anyone want to try pavement top speed racing? Maybe Keith will stop by with the details.

Don, were you referring to Keith Turk ? he's not been active on here since the 30th August.
You've more chance of contacting him on Facebook like I did.
You can also contact the ECTA in the same way.

https://www.facebook.com/OhioMile/?fref=nf

https://www.facebook.com/keith.turk

Sam.


 

[Medyo Bastos]

That’s on the other side of the river from me


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[Don R]

 I bumped into Keith and Tonya during Dragweek, a half mile from my house at the first check in stop. We talked about the sohc guys.

[Sam Green Racing]

I met him on here Don, he was big into the CB500s, he had about 4 of them.
When I found out he was one of the organizers of the Maxton mile, I toyed with the idea of bringing my little 175 Honda over to show them how it should be done but the cost of shipping it was a little prohibitive, so I binned the idea.

Sam.

[dusterdude]

I miss maxton

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[Don R]

    Sam, I did my homework on doing a temporary conversion on my gas 567 CI dragster to lakester configuration for Maxton. A set of 12 bolt gears with legal tires and wheels with more cooling seemed cost prohibitive. A couple to a few thousand $$. I thought my powerglide would survive with it's 4% slip at 182 in the quarter mile. I have a tight converter laying around. Who knows, I might have held the record when it closed. 

[Sam Green Racing]

    Sam, I did my homework on doing a temporary conversion on my gas 567 CI dragster to lakester configuration for Maxton. A set of 12 bolt gears with legal tires and wheels with more cooling seemed cost prohibitive. A couple to a few thousand $$. I thought my powerglide would survive with it's 4% slip at 182 in the quarter mile. I have a tight converter laying around. Who knows, I might have held the record when it closed.

Don, when you look at it in depth, and this is only IMHO, Mile racing is only playing at LSR but it is the only way of doing it to keep the sport alive.
True outright LSR breaking under FIM and FIA rules is only for the very rich and if it wasn't for the various capacity classes it wouldn't be available to the likes of you and me, but saying that, I think the only way forward is to introduce a further break down of the class structure like has been done under SCTA and ECTA rules but without going to the silly extremes that they have taken them to. Before much longer, there will be classes depending on what color underpants you are wearing hahaha.
Your thoughts on this my friend.

Sam.

[Don R]

 The son of one of my union brothers went to Bonneville with friends and returned the next year with a small cc motorcycle and got his record. He got the bug bad. I hope he works on that combo while learning to go faster.

 There is a mile closer to me, it's at the former Chanute air force base here in Illinois. There's a museum there also. I'm not certain how smooth it is but I would love to have a go at the mile.