Are there an road course or drag strips in or close to Austin. I will be moving there in the next couple weeks.

 

Road course in developement
http://harrishillroad.com/

1/4 mile track
http://www.sanantonioraceway.com/

 

Harris Hill is it, and its for streetcars only. Club track, but should have some "open" days/weekends. One of the guys involved used to post here. Not open yet, though, unless somehow I missed the memo.

There's also Thunderhill (oval) about half a mile from HHR.

 

Cool well as of today its official we will be moving to Austin what can you guys tell me about Del Valle thats where our new house is at. Right around Ross Rd and HWY 71.

 

I can tell you that it's *very* close to Harris Hill Road.

http://tinyurl.com/28dys8

I'm pretty sure if you take 973, it's more like 30 minutes to get there.

You're on the SE side, so you're pretty close to DT, depending on traffic. Closer to the drag strip than most of us, too. Obviously, you're very close to the airport. What else you wanna know?

Hi, Chris.

 

I was out there Saturday night. Good times. I think the kids are sometimes more fun to watch than the features.

Ozzman, there's also a few tracks you could overnight at (or make a loooong day trip to).

Texas World Speedway in College Station
MotorSport Ranch in Cresson (just south of Ft. Worth)
MotorSport Ranch in Angleton (just south of Houston)

Did you ever run at Hallett up there? Dunno what part of OK you're in.

 

Thanks Chris
I was wandering if it was a good area to live crime, gangs and such. I was trying to get as close to the airport as possable (thats where im going to be working).
Ive never ran at Hallet in my 7, but I have taken my CBR 929 RR there and had a blast. I live about 2 hours south of Hallet in Norman, OK.

 

I broke down in Norman once...long ago.

Hallett is one of my favs.

In regard to Del Valle, I'd say that (based on admittedly not much more than 'word on the street' - mostly speculation mixed with stereotypes, along with some facts) you're definitely not going to be in one of the nicer, safer areas of town. That being said...it's hard to find a truly bad place to live in Austin. Crime is very low here. Especially 'major' crimes. And to be fair, I'm not intimately familiar with Del Valle, so I don't know how much more help I can be (could I have offered less?). I actually looked at land out farther East of DV not long ago. Ended up elsewhere, though.

Depending on what your budget looks like, in the future if you wanted to move, you'll obviously figure out pretty quickly what else is close to the airport. With 71 being built up now, it's much easier to move around between Bastrop/Del Valle/SE Austin, and South Central Austin.

Welcome to town.

 

I think I knew the guy that owned that car before you, was a pretty cool dude. Met him at a meet in OKC when I was stationed up at Altus AFB(middle of nowhere). I'm at Randolph AFB(San Antonio) now. Let us know if you ever head down this way.

http://www.alamomotoring.com

http://www.texasrxs.org

http://www.texasracingscene.com (I stopped visiting this site a long time back, but a lot of Austin ppl on there)

 

oh man, texasracingscene is ugh, don't go there looking for real help, you'll get flamed and made fun of no matter what your intentions, it's best for entertainment purposes only

 

guys thanks for all of the input, we went ahead and put a deposit on the house in Del Valle 2300 sqf house seems like a decent neighbor hood talked a couple peaple seemed really nice. Will probally have a security system installed.. lol we should be moved in by the 1st June.
Kevin leaner was the original owner he's a pretty good guy.
Are there any good bike riding roads?

 

The other good thing about living in Del Valle is you're minutes from my shop, and the abundance of first gen/Miata parts I have. I'm not exactly sure where Ross Rd is on 71, but I would imagine you're no more than 10-15 minutes from me (I'm about 2 minutes from where SH130 intersects FM812).

And I forgot to mention the Rallycross course in my backyard.

As far as crime, it depends where in DV you are. If the neighborhood looks even remotely decent, crime shouldn't be too bad. Really the only bad places in DV are the trailer parks, and thats true anywhere.

 

See, I should've let Chris continue with this one from the get go.

Also, that rallycross course in his yard is badass.

 

cool I look forward to meeting you guys when i get down there.

 

well I made it down and started my new job today.

 

We finally started paving...

http://www.harrishillroad.com/blog.php

 

thats kool ur gonna be comin' back man. we can go to the horrible track in temple and Pwn some noobs or the guard rails. lol

 

yea I think im going to only do 6 months here in Hawaii

 

That asphalt is NICE and that track is friggin' FUN! Can't wait to take one of the SRX7s out next week or whenever we can organize another circus.

 

Sounds like a plan, Chris. They're calling for less rain starting Thursday or so, so I think it'll be nice again quicker than we thought.

 

And one still shot. Bo and I took some crappy photos yesterday.

 

Needs moar beater (and beaten) NA powersliding through 3/4 of the turn.

 

That looks like so much fun!

 

Few more shots for grins...