What was your impression of that track compared to Nat. Trail or 42?



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It's a decent older track with a friendly staff and well organized. Parking is mostly on grass but plentiful. The worst part is that access is via two lane rural roads for quite a distance. All in all a good track.

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MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Have not been to National Trails Dragway since 2015 but that track up until then was a very good track and always well organized. Prior to 2016, I had raced at National Trails twelve different years.  I do remember how short the shutdown area was compared to other ¼ mile tracks.  I have raced at Edgewater twice now and at Dragway 42 three times.  In comparing those two tracks, the Edgewater track is much closer for myself than the Dragway 42 track.  Going to Dragway 42 rather than Edgewater adds another 4 hours of total trip time to an already lengthy trip from Texas.  For my truck, that’s another 28 gallons of fuel.

Track prep at both Dragway 42 and Edgewater was good so no issues there.  Comparing the two tracks from this year’s perspective, the racing program itself was better organized at the Dragway 42 event than at the Edgewater event.  My understanding is that there was a new track director this year at Edgewater and that may have contributed to some of the delays and the lack of a Y Shootout on Saturday.  On Sunday, there was too much emphasis at Edgewater in getting the car count even in all the classes at the end of the day rather than keeping to a routine or more speedy schedule.  This caused long delays for those classes that did not have the same number of vehicles in their classes as in the more heavily loaded classes.  My opinion is that some of the classes, if not all of them, could have been completed before the rains came in had those classes with the lower car counts simply been run in a more sequential schedule.

The sound system at Edgewater was better as there is an echo between the speakers at Dragway 42 making it difficult to make out what’s being broadcast.  Portable radios tuned to the track specific radio stations helps at both tracks though.  Track prep at both was similar but for whatever reason, my car is noticeably slower at Edgewater than at Dragway 42.  Not sure why as it could be related to weather, altitude, or a variety of other factors. Great shade at both tracks if one is so inclined to park under the trees.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

I think my heart is in National Trail. It was the 1st track I ever went down, (at a blazing 21 seconds). We could test and tune all day Friday which was a big help for me. Plenty of motels and restaurants. I raced Ted the 1st time there, I saw him in my rear view mirror waaay back, so I hit the brakes at the finish line. Not knowing how really fast he is, I lost. Great memories there.

  Dennis in Lititz PA