Need help picking a race.

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Here is the deal. I have been knocking off one or two tracks a year that I have never been to before. Next year the wife and I are going to make a vacation of it. She needs warm weather, as in you can sit next to the pool and enjoy the warm temps. I need good racing. :D

My time frame for next year is February through mid April.

I am leaning towards Phoenix, Texas or Las Vegas. We nearly froze to death at Daytona a few years ago so that is out.

All input is welcome.
 
Phoenix is an awesome track , saw the Trucks and Cup cars there a few years back, Spring should be good weather, although it can be a little rainy that time of year there.
 
I have been to Vegas and actually was at the track but not for a NASCAR race. I have already checked the weather. I am really looking for the little nuances that make a track "special". Kinda like Richmond, Talladega or Bristol.

Local eateries and the such if you get my drift.

Keep the input flowing.

Thanks!
 
Smoke14 said:
I have been to Vegas and actually was at the track but not for a NASCAR race. I have already checked the weather. I am really looking for the little nuances that make a track "special". Kinda like Richmond, Talladega or Bristol.

Local eateries and the such if you get my drift.

Keep the input flowing.

Thanks!
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There's more excellent places to eat in Vegas than in any other city. Also, dirt track oval the same weekend as the Cup race :D
 
Smoke14 said:
Here is the deal. I have been knocking off one or two tracks a year that I have never been to before. Next year the wife and I are going to make a vacation of it. She needs warm weather, as in you can sit next to the pool and enjoy the warm temps. I need good racing. :D

My time frame for next year is February through mid April.

I am leaning towards Phoenix, Texas or Las Vegas. We nearly froze to death at Daytona a few years ago so that is out.

All input is welcome.
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Homestead.
 
Smoke14 said:
Not yet but it is on my bucket list. The weather is one thing that concerns me. My bride needs warm weather. Pool weather.
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Even tho' it's Texas, it still isn't pool weather outside just yet. Unless it is an indoor pool. :D Although, I WILL be at the races this weeked. As a matter of fact, we will be heading to the track tomorrow afternoon!!!! WOOHOO!
 
majestyx said:
Even tho' it's Texas, it still isn't pool weather outside just yet. Unless it is an indoor pool. :D Although, I WILL be at the races this weeked. As a matter of fact, we will be heading to the track tomorrow afternoon!!!! WOOHOO!
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I was bout to say the same thing. It gets frigid for the cup race...can be anywhere from 40 to 85.
 
majestyx said:
Even tho' it's Texas, it still isn't pool weather outside just yet. Unless it is an indoor pool. :D Although, I WILL be at the races this weeked. As a matter of fact, we will be heading to the track tomorrow afternoon!!!! WOOHOO!
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What is there to do there on a wednesday?
 
toledo47 said:
What is there to do there on a wednesday?
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You'd be shocked. Things get brutal in the camping areas if you don't keep an eye on them. Haulers rolled in today but gates dont open till thurs i think
 
I hope the weather is better for you guys out in Fort Worth than it was in Martinsville. There wasn't a single car that left that place clean, they were all covered in the red mud. They don't have any paved parking there, it was a mess! I feel bad for the people that camp out in tents there, that couldn't have been much fun.
 
toledo47 said:
I hope the weather is better for you guys out in Fort Worth than it was in Martinsville. There wasn't a single car that left that place clean, they were all covered in the red mud. They don't have any paved parking there, it was a mess! I feel bad for the people that camp out in tents there, that couldn't have been much fun.
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We were there once and it rained really bad and a couple of drunk women were mud wrestling in the parking lot wearing bikinis.:eek:

For about 15 years we went to both races at Martinsville. Love it.
 
majestyx said:
There is quite a lot to do, albeit not inside the track. :D You have to get your stuff all situated at the campsite and all, then the fun begins!
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I couldn't find much to do on Friday at Martinsville except watch the cars that were stuck in the parking lot try to get unstuck. Although I was not camping at the track, my campground was the sheetz gas station down the road in my small car.
 
toledo47 said:
I hope the weather is better for you guys out in Fort Worth than it was in Martinsville. There wasn't a single car that left that place clean, they were all covered in the red mud. They don't have any paved parking there, it was a mess! I feel bad for the people that camp out in tents there, that couldn't have been much fun.
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I'll let Maj and TRL fill in in, on was it one of the 2004 races? back before bruton put down a bunch of gravel out in the lots.
 
BobbyFord said:
There's more excellent places to eat in Vegas than in any other city. Also, dirt track oval the same weekend as the Cup race :D
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Yeh we have had tickets to Vegas since 1998, great place to see racing, 3/8 oval, half mile dirt, then the big track. You can't beat the atmosphere of Cup week at Vegas, probably only a few other tracks around where there is more to do. I would think that Bristol would be on your list of priorities, I'm going to the Modified and Truck race this year. Figure seeing how it is genereal admission I can check out different seats for future reference on the Cup side. I have always wanted to do the party scene just once at Dega and of course Daytona Speedweeks is wicked awesome, I know a couple of guys from work who went this year and had a blast.
 
Smoke14 said:
Not yet but it is on my bucket list. The weather is one thing that concerns me. My bride needs warm weather. Pool weather.
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It's usually hot as hell for the September race. The May race is iffy. It used to be warm then - but the past couple years, it's been 30 degrees colder than average (Global Warming:sarcasm:).
 
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