just curious where would be the best place to live in florida that's reasonable,safe,centralized to all the drag strips and maybe the beach?
is there such a place?

Florida's full..........

Seriously though. Bradenton, Orlando and Gainesville are the 3 big tracks. Then there is SGMP about 50 miles into Georgia.

As far as location somewhere north of Orlando/Tampa and south of Gainesville would be the most centrally located.

I live in Ocala. It's 150 miles to Bradenton, 120 to Orlando Speed World, 45 to Gainesville and 150 to SGMP.

hmmm
you may be my new neighbor!!

Only if you bring your crew chief....

There are great tracks all over Florida. I am staying just north of Ocala and it is very nice. I have been to Immokalee, Orlando, Gainesville, and plan on West Palm.

I stayed at the northern tip of Lake Okeechobee a few years back and it was a nice area. 30 minutes to West Palm and 80 minutes to Immokalee.

Just remember the Alligators and the fire ants. Both are just as dangerous.

If you like racing maybe once a month, then Florida may just be the place for you. Bradenton/Sarasota area is growing and getting heavily populated. I would think north of Tampa to Gainesville would be nice area to live. One thing to consider for racing, its to hot and very good chance of rain everyday from roughly Memorial Day to Labor Day.

Shane Carr

i live in new port richey fl. got room to keep all my junk here at home and a workshop. it’s about 2hrs 15 min to gainsville. 1hr 45 min to bradenton and 3hrs 30 min to immokalee. but like sugar shane said, the summer time is like winter time up north no racing happening. most tracks are a once a month bracket race.

I live in Melbourne on the Space Coast...45 minutes to orlando, 1:30 to palm beach, 2:30 to bradenton and gainesville...I am 1 mile from I-95 to get anywhere and 4 miles from the beach...

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Originally posted by jenavet:
best place to live and race in florida?

there is none! Talk to bracket racers that used to live in flordia.

ed
I'm that guy that would fly down on weekends from January through april.then stay up north for the summer.

you can fly to florida now from our airport for 59 to 89 bucks.

that's crazy cheap! what airport, what airline and how far in advance do you book?

Niagara falls international airport
spirit airlines and allegiant airlines

they really only have a regular schedule from December through april

rest of the year if you fly out of buffalo on say jet blue its around 108 dollars

great deal and great place to hang out for a weekend during those months but live there? NEVER

for sure ed...would be a weekend deal during the winter months for racing,then rent her out the rest of the year.

I think 1/2 the population of NY is down there in the winter---can't blame them

Mike.....rent who out?.......bahahaha.....Doing any D1 racing with us this year?

Coral Gables, Florida... south of Miami. Back in the 1950’s we lived on Andalusia Blvd. near the “Miracle Mile”. Great area to live in, or at least it was back then. Different World, loved it!

Bob