Lapeer dragway has a new owner

[dline]

Was rumored

Than confirmed on the facebook page

New owner

 

[DennisH]

I don’t see anything about it on their FB page. Who’s the new owner?

Dennis

 

[dline]

Its buried in a post on fb.....bill jennings is the name

 

[1BADAIR]

its aways been said that if it was sold it had to be closed??

 

[DRAG-ULA]

its aways been said that if it was sold it had to be closed??

Yeah. That's what I thought too. Grandfather'd in or something.

 

[nitrousrick]

Yeah. That's what I thought too. Grandfather'd in or something.

That’s what I heard too. A while back I saw a”forsale” post for it so figured what I heard all those years had to be wrong. I hope the new ownership spends some money, I’d love to see it improved.

 

[DeFormula]

That’s what I heard too. A while back I saw a”forsale” post for it so figured what I heard all those years had to be wrong. I hope the new ownership spends some money, I’d love to see it improved.

I agree. Needs a capital infusion.

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[my89notchback]

Well, it was “OK” while it lasted.

I took my wife there to run the car. Her words were “Don’t ever bring me back to this Hillbilly Hell”.

 

[svopro]

It was great for setting up a car for the street, 20 bucks run all day

 

[dline]

Yep would rather go there than milan, and closest track for me

 

[Beigg]

just adding asphalt to the pits would be a great improvement.

 

[DRAG-ULA]

just adding asphalt to the pits would be a great improvement.

But then we can't call it the "dirtway"

 

[mustangmike6996]

Been there a couple times, the first was janky. The track wasn't great but it was affordable. Either way, it was fun. Hopefully it gets a renovation and stays open

 

[lucky7]

Well, it was “OK” while it lasted.

I took my wife there to run the car. Her words were “Don’t ever bring me back to this Hillbilly Hell”.

Just keep going a little further up the road and shoot some guns instead. Lmao. Even that was ruined though.. "paper targets and clay only...." F that!

 

[orangejuiced86]

Well, it was “OK” while it lasted.

I took my wife there to run the car. Her words were “Don’t ever bring me back to this Hillbilly Hell”.

Sounds to me like you just got some free days for yourself! Congrats!

 

[ultradriver10000]

I went there last year, just like running on the street lol.

 

[DRAG-ULA]

Man, one summer it seemed like I was there almost every weekend. Had some good times, my little brother hot lapping the shit out of his stone stock 97 Thunderbird, hanging out, messing with my Coronet trying to get every last tenth out of it. This was back when the 1/4 panels were flapping in the breeze...

Oh yeah, and the one time I thought I was gonna die on the way up there. Got caught in a downpour on some rutted out two lane road with no shoulder, had my slicks on the car, driver's side wiper arm flew off, couldn't see shit, no where to pull over, good times, good times....

 

[nitrousrick]

Man, one summer it seemed like I was there almost every weekend. Had some good times, my little brother hot lapping the shit out of his stone stock 97 Thunderbird, hanging out, messing with my Coronet trying to get every last tenth out of it. This was back when the 1/4 panels were flapping in the breeze...

Oh yeah, and the one time I thought I was gonna die on the way up there. Got caught in a downpour on some rutted out two lane road with no shoulder, had my slicks on the car, driver's side wiper arm flew off, couldn't see shit, no where to pull over, good times, good times....

I was right there with you! I enjoyed Lapeer a lot until the car go fast enough for it to seem like a bad idea. :lol:

 

[DRAG-ULA]

I was right there with you! I enjoyed Lapeer a lot until the car go fast enough for it to seem like a bad idea. :lol:

Yeah. Good times. My car never really got fast enough to make Lapeer a bad idea haha.