Sycamore Speedway

[Outlaw]

Has anyone here ever been to sycamore speedway for the dirt track racing? A group of my friends have been going there for awile and they have two cars racing up there in spectator... Well, I went this past saturday and I'M HOOKED! It's fuckin awesome, by far the cheapest racing out there. It seems kinda stupid in concept, but when you see it for real, you see the skill involved in getting a front engine rear drive boat around a track made of clay lol.

I just got back from picking up my "race car" a 1991 Mercury Grand Marquis. 5.0 DOHC V8 w/ a 4 speed auto. Runs and drives great too but the body is beat up... SOOO, the perfect car for this type or racing. Throughout the week i'm going to be gutting the car, removing all the windows, cutting the exhaust off and just generally getting it ready to race... I'll be working on it from 8pm-Midnight if anybody wants to come on over and give me a hand with the deconstruction. My first race is this saturday, July 3rd, at the track in Sycamore.

And for those of you that have never seen the racing, this is a video from the races last year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7X7gM6Rg8Y

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[Hubbard 0]

I want to do the races where you bring your own street car to the track.

 

[Handsome Jesus]

Sycamore is awesome. I always said we should get a TCG compact shitbox and race it around. GTPMikes saturn would have been perfect.

 

[99PONTIACGP]

I actually just heard about this over the weekend. Sounds like a good time though.

 

[JDHedman]

I love sycamore. I had a Spectator/ derby car years ago. I had a 90 caprice picked it up for $200 and drove the shit out of it in 5 races and 2 demo then sold it to the junk yard guys walking around for $125 .. it was a blast. I wish I had the time and money to do it this season

I would suggest relocating the battery to the trunk and weld the doors closed dont chain. the weld makes the car stronger

 

[bluzohh6]

I have been out there to spectate but not racing. I saw a video of this dude with a brand new srt8 jeep I think get smashed by a crappy car, so if youre thinking about taking your dd street car out there I would think again

 

[SRT41320]

i used to race there back in the day - had to quit when they stopped enforcing the rules and people were totaling the cars and flipping every weekend

also saw a MINT crx si slam into the wall one time in the DD race - he was too drunk to care though

 

[SirMarco]

Go there all the time.

 

[SRT41320]

i do think we need a TCG meet out there one night

 

[Outlaw]

We should... I'm going to be there every saturday night. They have this deal where you can keep the car at the track if you race EVERY weekend... you miss a week, they crush it lol. Any saturday you guys want to come up let me know, I'll put on a good show...

 

[Outlaw]

annnd update. got the car stripped out, all the glass out (still have to vacume it out). I still have to remove the airbags, weld the doors and remove the fan shroud so that if it gets jolted there's less a chance it takes the fan with it lol, paint it (blues mobile) and cut the exhaust off past the cat.

 

[SirMarco]

Frank you are turning into a regular hillbilly

 

[SRT41320]

electric fans FTW

 

[Outlaw]

electric fans FTW

yah, but that costs money lol

 

[skeezer]

i sent this dude outlaw40 a PM yesterday and he didn't even respond

 

[Outlaw]

cause this dude had to get to work to use his carfax login, all in due time my friend.

 

[Euro]

I haven't been there in years. It's definitely pretty awesome haha.

 

[GIMPY]

i live 10 minutes from there and use to race motocross with the owners family.. anyways good luck man...

 

[Outlaw]

Thanks! Yah, first race is saturday, should be a fun time for sure.

 

[KnightFan26917]

Has anyone here ever been to sycamore speedway for the dirt track racing?

Sadly, no. I was at Sycamore once ... MANY years ago ... but haven't been back recently.

I have, however, been to the dirt track races in Freeport IL, where a friend's cousin races.

Nice Mercury. Did you rip off the vinyl top, too?



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