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09-09-2010, 03:54 PM
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If you're interested in racing with turns, my wife & I autocross with SCCA in Joliet (next to rt66 dragstrip) & occasionally with Salt Creek at Maywood Park.
We race my daily driver, so it's completely safe.
We race my daily driver, so it's completely safe.
09-09-2010, 04:34 PM
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Strats is one of the only places.
except it gets worse every year.
the cars get worse, the people get worse, it just sucks.
most of the cars are all bolt on cars, no one wants to bring out their "race cars" because the police are everywhere now thanks to people streetracing in the area, doing burnouts when they leave, people fighting etc.
except it gets worse every year.
the cars get worse, the people get worse, it just sucks.
most of the cars are all bolt on cars, no one wants to bring out their "race cars" because the police are everywhere now thanks to people streetracing in the area, doing burnouts when they leave, people fighting etc.
09-10-2010, 07:08 PM
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Found the car scene out here in Chicago thanks to my friend Keith Brown from work and I must say it was nice seeing a mix of Domestic and Import cars having a good time just hanging out!
09-10-2010, 07:12 PM
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Although I've never been there before, my buddy told me about Strats and it doesn't sound like a place I want to hang out.....to much drama from what I've heard. I'll just stick to hanging out at the Dominicks off of Roosevelt.....definitely a laid back atmosphere and people are there just to hang out.
09-10-2010, 07:33 PM
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Yep in Chicago. Right down from UIC. If you're heading north on 94 from the southside as soon as you get to the downtown area you get off on Roosevelt and make a right then head down a couple lights and it's on the right hand side.
05-12-2011, 10:03 PM
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Anybody been to Strats lately? Thinking about heading there in a couple weeks....still getting my tC together. Just was wondering how its been.....last year when I went it was pretty cool and laid back. Didn't run into any rude people or see any fights like people were saying but that could be because I went towards the end of the racing season.
05-20-2011, 01:25 PM
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I'll probably swing through there next week and see how it is. If it does turn out to be terrible I'll just head downtown to the Dominick's where I usually hang out.
07-12-2011, 05:58 PM
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Looks like I'll be seeing you there! I just joined JDMC last week too! You may have noticed my tC before.....had bondo all over it due to some haters but I just sanded everything and primed it so I'm no longer the bondo king anymore! Will definitely be heading to Strats saturday night so looking forward to seeing another scion there!
07-12-2011, 06:05 PM
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Looks like I'll be seeing you there! I just joined JDMC last week too! You may have noticed my tC before.....had bondo all over it due to some haters but I just sanded everything and primed it so I'm no longer the bondo king anymore! Will definitely be heading to Strats saturday night so looking forward to seeing another scion there!
07-12-2011, 06:34 PM
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Sweet! Looking forward to meeting up. What time do you all usually get there?....PM me when you are heading up there and maybe we can meet up somewhere and cruise there together....would be sweet to roll up there scion's deep when usually I'm the only one, lol!
03-08-2012, 12:34 PM
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03-26-2012, 01:36 PM
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You'd be shocked at what a good driver in a 100hp car can do on a course with 4x more turns than an F1 driver encounters...
I wouldn't be surprised if he's beaten 400hp mustangs on raw time.
We'd all like to be the next Sebasian Vettel, but autocross costs a third to a quarter of a track event, not to mention a competitive track event.
By the way, autocross school is this coming weekend. You get half a day of classroom instruction, and a day and a half of track time with in-car instruction. $130. Can't beat that!
The only people who knock autocross have never tried autocross...
I've dragged before also...
I wouldn't be surprised if he's beaten 400hp mustangs on raw time.
We'd all like to be the next Sebasian Vettel, but autocross costs a third to a quarter of a track event, not to mention a competitive track event.
By the way, autocross school is this coming weekend. You get half a day of classroom instruction, and a day and a half of track time with in-car instruction. $130. Can't beat that!
The only people who knock autocross have never tried autocross...
I've dragged before also...