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Phoenix Area Drag Strips

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I recently moved to Phoenix and was wondering if anyone had any opinions or experiences with the drag strips in the area. Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park is less than 10 miles from me so I'm pretty close. Anyone ever raced there?
 
Nice facility. I personally haven't been there yet. I've been here for two years
 
I recently moved to Phoenix and was wondering if anyone had any opinions or experiences with the drag strips in the area. Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park is less than 10 miles from me so I'm pretty close. Anyone ever raced there?
It is like you have died and gone to heaven....that track only 10 minutes away.....wow. Great Track.
 
I recently moved to Phoenix and was wondering if anyone had any opinions or experiences with the drag strips in the area. Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park is less than 10 miles from me so I'm pretty close. Anyone ever raced there?
Has a road course so thats even better.
 
I've been down that track a time or two. Decent surface, sucky pits. If you go on a Friday night try to have your car ready to go when you get there. You'll be parking on a dirt lot so getting under the car is a lousy time.
 
I've been down that track a time or two. Decent surface, sucky pits. If you go on a Friday night try to have your car ready to go when you get there. You'll be parking on a dirt lot so getting under the car is a lousy time.


Hey Chris, how's it going
 
Hey guys, I moved here in November. We rented in Mesa til we bought a house in Gilbert. I'll have to look up that track. I don't know if you have heard of the Mopar club here. They meet the first Thursday of every month at Bill Luke Chrysler Jeep Ram, I joined, unfortunately I've only made it to one meeting. Great group, I've got to make time to go.
 
Hey guys, I moved here in November. We rented in Mesa til we bought a house in Gilbert. I'll have to look up that track. I don't know if you have heard of the Mopar club here. They meet the first Thursday of every month at Bill Luke Chrysler Jeep Ram, I joined, unfortunately I've only made it to one meeting. Great group, I've got to make time to go.

There's also a group of us that meets for lunch every Thursday in Goodyear.
 
Unfortunately Thursday's for lunch are out for me. Like I said I haven't been able to make it once a month on Thursday nights. Starting a business especially here is time consuming to say the least. I'm driving the wheels off the van, jobs are 50 miles away. Of course the lovely traffic and accidents don't help!
 
I use to run at the ol' Firebird International Raceway in Chandler,
before it closed down & became the Wild Horse Pass,
now owned by some Indian reservation/group & casino IIRC

Use to run there in late Jan.-Feb. always nice, mid-hi 80's
well prepped track, knowledgeable tech guys...
Ran Super Chevy Sundays events
Door-slammer stuff & NHRA Warm Up/testing
I'd hate to run there in the heat...
Went 8.98 @ 156, with a 468ci single 4bbl
on real treaded DOT M/T 31x 18 street-tires
for an event back in the early 90's, won my class...
Ran the same car in Pro-Gas same vent,
went 8.50's @ 170-ish with slicks...
Had to slow it down even for Pro-Gas,
It'd run mid to hi 7's easily it was a while still before
Super Eliminator class 7.90 ET was formed...

Nice track surface back then, long shutdown area IIRC
clean pits etc., albeit it has been a while...
It closed June 2013 IIRC,
just recently reopened under new ownership...

Air there always sucks, especially when the heat goes up,
it is at slight altitude too like 2000' before any corrections,
nice track when it's night too, or use to be anyway...
I think they shut us down at like 10:00pm IIRC
 
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I recently moved to Phoenix and was wondering if anyone had any opinions or experiences with the drag strips in the area. Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park is less than 10 miles from me so I'm pretty close. Anyone ever raced there?
Since the tribe took over Firedbird (Wild Horse Pass) I can't stand the place. Speed World closed a few years ago so unfortunately it's the only game in the valley. When I need my fix and want enjoy a day at the drag strip, I make the trek to Tucson Dragway. Great track and personnel.
 
Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and insight of this track. I will be trying it out once the weather starts to cool down here. It's so close and convenient for me especially since I drive my car to and from the track to race.
 
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