EIGHTH

Tracks

17 eighth-mile strips. Prep, air, and concrete all lie differently.

Nightfall Motorplex

Nightfall Motorplex

South Georgia

Friday-night home track. Decent spray, honest air.

asphalt · prep 78% · 280 ft

House of Hook

House of Hook

Aiken, South Carolina

Carolina Dragway. No-prep cash days and grudge cards. The hook decides.

asphalt · prep 52% · 490 ft

Macon Dragway

Macon Dragway

Jeffersonville, Georgia

Old 1/8-mile in the pines. Tight, loud, the southeast's weekday grudge hole.

asphalt · prep 70% · 430 ft

Virginia Motorsports Park

Virginia Motorsports Park

Petersburg, Virginia

Big East Coast plant. When the Midwest cars come east, they come here.

asphalt · prep 80% · 130 ft

Maryland International Raceway

Maryland International Raceway

Mechanicsville, Maryland

Woods, humidity, and a starting line that has ended more egos than engines.

asphalt · prep 76% · 120 ft

US 41 Dragstrip

US 41 Dragstrip

Morocco, Indiana

Midwest no-prep church. Off the trailer, no excuses.

no-prep · prep 16% · 670 ft

Beech Bend Raceway

Beech Bend Raceway

Bowling Green, Kentucky

Sticky, historic, and the $100k cars still show up.

asphalt · prep 82% · 500 ft

Texas Motorplex

Texas Motorplex

Ennis, Texas

One of the first all-concrete strips. Small-tire cars leave like they mean it.

concrete · prep 88% · 530 ft

Bristol Dragway

Bristol Dragway

Bristol, Tennessee

Thunder Valley. Hills hold the sound in. The air is honest.

asphalt · prep 84% · 1,680 ft

Atlanta Dragway

Atlanta Dragway

Commerce, Georgia

Georgia's House of Speed. Radial cars come here to eat.

asphalt · prep 80% · 910 ft

zMAX Dragway

zMAX Dragway

Concord, North Carolina

The only four-wide. When the card is loaded, it looks like a war.

concrete · prep 90% · 700 ft

Riverbend Dragway

Riverbend Dragway

Louisiana

Thick air, slick after midnight, money talks in the pits.

asphalt · prep 70% · 40 ft

Concrete Jungle

Concrete Jungle

Houston

Raw slab. If you leave, you already won half the race.

no-prep · prep 12% · 80 ft

High Desert Eighth

High Desert Eighth

New Mexico

Thin air. MPH falls off. The turbo cars still pull.

asphalt · prep 62% · 5,340 ft

Pine Ridge Raceway

Pine Ridge Raceway

North Carolina

Sticky concrete launch pad. Small-tire cars love it.

concrete · prep 86% · 920 ft

Steel City Grudge

Steel City Grudge

Ohio

Old municipal strip. Inconsistent, mean, packed stands.

asphalt · prep 54% · 760 ft

Gulf Coast Raceway

Gulf Coast Raceway

Florida

Sea-level air and a long shutdown. Radial cars come here to eat.

asphalt · prep 74% · 12 ft