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  • Looks like Tulsa Raceway Park is done.

    Word is it has sold and it is not known if it will remain a racetrack or not.

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    Last edited by BBR; November 18, 2011, 01:30 PM.
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  • #2
    That will probably impact where Drag Week will be held in 2012, what other tracks are near Tulsa and Grand Bend ( and NO Amarillo is not a racetrack!!)
    DocFox

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    • #3
      im pretty bummed...its not looking good... there are a few tracks around the area..but they are 1/8 mile. ..tulsa has alot of history.. i hope something happeneds....

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      • #4
        Losing any track SUCKS
        Neal

        Drag Week 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

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        • #5
          Originally posted by drilr View Post
          ( and NO Amarillo is not a racetrack!!)
          It takes all kinds! Plus it's all we got here!
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          • #6
            Amarillo is a carnival ride, I had fun
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            • #7
              Originally posted by drilr View Post
              That will probably impact where Drag Week will be held in 2012, what other tracks are near Tulsa and Grand Bend ( and NO Amarillo is not a racetrack!!)
              First of all, Tulsa is a kickass facility and it will truly be a shame if it is closed. Damn...


              Second, Grand Bend is a LOOOOONG way from Tulsa (it's in Canada, eh). Possibly you meant Great Bend?

              Noble, OK is just outside Oklahoma City and is a kickass track. Now that St. Louis & Memphis are back up and running, maybe we could consider St. Louis, Noble, Memphis, Bowling Green and back to St. Louis?


              Ron
              It's really no different than trying to glue them back on after she has her way.

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              • #8
                Maybe start at Great Bend and then Noble,Ardmore etc and circle back to GB.My first visit to Tulsa was in 1979 for the AHRA SpringNationals.Went with Dan and Dave Neely.Partied in the holiday Inn lounge with Bob Brandt and some othe Prudhomme crew guys.Hate to see ANY track close.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Ron Ward View Post
                  Noble, OK is just outside Oklahoma City and is a kickass track.
                  Ron
                  I will be there on the 15th for the Ford v. Buick shootout.... head gaskets locked and loaded.
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                  • #10
                    heh.....

                    As an announcer, I have an especially fond memory of Tulsa. In 2010, TRP hosted a bikini contest and a Pro Mod / Outlaw 10.5 race broke out. While on the microphone, a stunning, young, well endowed young blonde gal sat on my lap, wearing nothing but some well placed strands of dental floss. Throwing caution to the wind, I turned on the microphone and did my best Santa Clause impression....


                    "So, young lady, what would you like Santa to bring you for Christmas," I said.

                    I stuck the microphone in her face, and without flinching, pausing or checking her whereabouts, she replied, completely and absolutely amplified for all to hear: "A great big dildo."


                    Never, and I mean NEVER have I been at a loss for words on the microphone (ask anyone who has been to a race I have announced) but this particular response left me looking like a deer in the headlamps.


                    Later that night I consumed MASSIVE quantities of Jaegermeister!



                    Ron
                    It's really no different than trying to glue them back on after she has her way.

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                    • #11
                      ROFLMAO! You speechless? WOW!

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                      • #12
                        I stuck the microphone in her face, and without flinching, pausing or checking her whereabouts, she replied, completely and absolutely amplified for all to hear: "A great big dildo."
                        That's what happens when you try to get cute.
                        Act your age, not your shoe size. - Prince

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                        • #13
                          Ron, you should have said "Will a, uh microphone suffice?"
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                          1973 F-250 BBF Turbo Truck http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...uck-conversion
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                          • #14
                            Ya know, when we were leaving Amarillo I was thinking, "how can these guys be so excited about this track?"

                            Well, now I know, and I feel like an idiot for ever thinking it.

                            ANY track is better than NO track.

                            I'm still at a loss thinking that one as nice as Tulsa's would better serve anyone by not existing. I guess that's how it goes.

                            Let's don't forget Mokan when talking about Drag Week....
                            Professional Co-Pilot, Pit Grunt, Window Bitch, & Dick Joke Slinger of the "BulletProof" 53 Ford Gasser.
                            Drag Week Survivor 2011, 2012.

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                            • #15
                              WOW!!!! mokan on drag week would really upset the unlimited guys!!!!! but its home to me !!!!
                              COBEY..... franklin, kansas

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