I have always joked about this with friends and wondered if it was ever done. Here it is!

 

Amazing, if we could have something like this today....

 

This would be a pretty cool thing to have in todays era, imagine how big the building has to be!!


Cool pics

Marc P

 

Wow thanks for sharing that. I have always said it would be so cool to have something like that. The ventilation would have to be insane to keep up. Anyone seen those huge warehouses along the NJ Turnpike that are always up for lease? One of them is about a 1/2 mile long....hmmm

 

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/646945..._speed_record/

 

I wonder what kind of ventilation they had with all that leaded gasoline back then...lol

 

Cracked open a window...lol


Thanks for sharing the pics, super cool.

 

Probably none.

People are pussies today. And aren't living any longer.

That's badass. It's a bit scary though driving through the garage door openings at the end of the track.

 

Will someone build one of these already prefferably in the chicagoland area haha

 

Thats badass! I bet it was super loud in there. Too bad we dont have anything like this. those garage doors are pretty sketch tho lol

 

New england should do something like that to race all year long

 

The day I win the lottery I'm building a track just like that.

I wonder what would happen if a funnycar ran in there. The fumes would kill everyone.

 

Wow good find

 

Thats soo sick

 

Its funny, me and a buddy were talking about this very issue the other day. we were looking up the longest buildings in the world. If i remember it was a science propulsion lab at one of the major california universities.

 

there is money to do this (outdoor track) but the permits on getting it done are difficult. LIMA has been fighting for a track on Long Island, NY for years now. Not just a 1/4 mile track but a whole motorsports arena.

and indoor track would be even more expensive to build and to up keep. but it would be able to be run all year.


An indoor track would be nice. with a/c lol

 

This is totally rad!! i wonder how they would keep the place well ventelated.

 

Those pics are absolute gold!

Seems like everyone who deals with winter has thought of this at one point or another :p. I always thought dubai would be the first place to do this considering their indoor sky hills how hard could it be to put a drag track inside only dificult part would be ventilation as everyone said and the electric bill for all that ventilation constantly running.

You could always try and run the ventilation on solar panels of some sort to reduce the bills.

 

Indoor drag racing will happen again. Once Hybrid cars/setups start becoming popular in drag racing.

 

That's because it is 3 years old

 

You don't even need a indoor track, just a huge "carport" type roof covering the track. Like a hangar with no sides. No ventilation or even electricity needed.

 

Just spread it out on the sides enough to cover up concessions and stands so no matter what the weather can't touch the track. Would make maintaining temps way easier!

 

Detroit has some big *** abandoned buildings to race in and police wont even give a ****.

 

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