ashcroft next weekend

[krisamata]

is anyone here planning on heading up to ashcroft next weekend for some racing thing?

just curious..

[Miss T]

my family used to always go when i was younger, cuz my dad's cousins always raced. don't know if they still race there anymore.

[wishbone]

i think the WCRA rally event is next weekend but I thought it was in merritt?

www.rallybc.com Mountain Trials event?
I typically volunteer at WCRA events but I don't have a car capable of gettign around the roads this year.

[krisamata]

^^^apparently theres one in ashcroft first weekend in june....so im gonna be there

[Cdn_Brdr]

There's a drag strip there and they do every other weekend.... the weekends they don't run is when the Mission striop runs events.... it's been that way for years now. My uncle used to race.....

[wishbone]

^ohhh wait that small strip right next to the highway?

[Cdn_Brdr]

yeah... it's got some weird first nations name.....

[wishbone]

if i recall is that not only an 1/8th mile track? maybe i'm wrong i've never been there just seen it as i drive by.

[Cdn_Brdr]

nope.... full drag strip

[Mangle]

I worked at the Nl'akapxm Eagle Motorplex (pronounced "n-cap-um" or "n-clap-cap-um") from 1988 to 2004. My dad, Robert Ranta, was a racer for a while and eventually the starter. It was basically just me in the tower and my dad at the line. It's a full quarter mile, won Most Improved Track three times, and Track Of The Year once. If I'm not mistaken, this weekend is the Graffiti Days race. It's probably my fave. Only vintage cars can race, there's a huge town barbeque, and some people dress fifties. If you only go to one event, this is the one. I haven't been back in a couple years now, though. Mission really hurt our track, but my dad still helped sort them out anyway.

[Mangle]