OK! Here's my idea.
The Silver Dollar Raceway(1/4 mile) reopens on that date. Wouldn't it be great if 10 or 20(?) of you nawth Georgia Lightning guys & gals were to 'convoy' down to Reynolds, Ga. on Saturday morning, January 26, 2002, to arrive at the track around 12pm and then start running our beautiful beasts down the 1/4 mile at 1pm until 5pm?
SDR is NHRA sanctioned/certified. Big parking(grass or dirt) area, restaurant(eat before you get here), restrooms(and porta-pottys), free compressed air, 'easy' tech(sub 14 sec L need helmet, trousers & shirt--sub 13 sec L need above plus driveshaft loop, but they've never checked for mine, and sub 12 sec. needs a roll cage), $20 per driver[as many runs as you can line up for] to run & $5 for spectators[assuming prices haven't changed from this yr,], line-up lanes[8 of them] slope downhill, 'covered stadium-type' seating, race gas(100 u/l, 104-110 leaded) and good people with a relaxed atmosphere.
It would take about 2hours to get to Reynolds, but it's easy to get to it. Drive South on I-75, take I-475 by-pass around Macon, rejoin I-75 below Macon at mile marker 155, exit at m/m 149(Byron, Ga, fast food, Texaco, Shell, & Chevron available here). Take(turn right) H'wy 49(good 4 lane) South for about 8 or 9 miles(look for a small golf course on your right) and turn right at Junction-49 sign. Drive about 3 miles to H'wy 96. Turn right(West) onto '96--Reynolds is about 9 miles from here. Be on the lookout for DEER and watch for the active R/R crossing. Follow 96 thru(dog-leg) Reynolds--the track turn-off is about 1 mile West of town. Look for lighted, small billboard sign on the left.
Can't you see it? A dozen or more Lightnings lined up next to each other--just 'waitin' to 'bolt' down the track. If you have questions, you can call me between 8:30am-10:30am and from 12pm-3:30pm on week days at 1-800-926-2136--ask for Dan.