1stLight707 Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 Hello, There is a very good chance that I may be moving to the SA area from North Texas and I have never been to San Antonio. I have a couple of general questions. What tracks would you recommend? I have run dirt modifieds in the past. However, I currently have a metric SS that I will most likely bring with us. Also are these areas ok for raising children, are racer friendly and within reasonable commuting time/distance to North SA: Helotes Boerne Fair Oaks LaVernia Thank You for your response, 1stLight707 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiTech Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 la vernia has a few drivers liveing there . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REBELRACER Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 la vernia is a great place to raise a family.........i would stay away from san antonio for sure, but the out laying areas you mentioned are ok.........well except for helotes until they get the mulch fire out......lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiTech Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 that fire is still burning .. i used to work for zumwalt . operated heavy equipment and operated that shovel loading yutes in the rock quary.. in 86 . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kn1ghtblade Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Hey Mulchie is cool... LoL You drive by it at night and it looks like a small valcano... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stLight707 Posted February 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Two votes for La Vernia. It appears like you can get a good value for your dollar there. We are flying out this week to look at a few homes. Any recommendations on the dirt tracks? I think these look close: South Texas Speedway Tri-City Speedway Hill Country Raceway. I have 8 & 10 inch rims for the street dirt stock. Thanks for the tips! 1stLight707 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kn1ghtblade Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 The closest track to La Vernia as far as dirt is concerned is Tri-City... If you concider Asphalt, then you have THR and SAS as options, with THR being just a bit further to get too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97car Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Consider Schertz/Cibolo area,we are about the same distance to THR and SAS from here,good school district also,plus will be out of Bexar county. Rookie49 is partial to Cibolo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelracewriter Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Boerne's not a bad area either. If you're interested in going pavement racing you have the Barker brothers in the area. If you still want dirt, Randy Yount lives out there and you're not to far from Chris Swenson's race shop in Comfort. There's probably a few other people who's names escape me at the moment. Damned old age!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hray Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Reb, You are slipping. Chris built a new shop at Boerne Lake and moved his operation there a couple months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiTech Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 move on down to cc .you have ocean .sand .lakes . small town 350.000 ..me them and us ...two race tracks withend 4 .6 miles or so from each other . quarter mile asphault . quarter mile dirt ..both banked .i quess you can say the texas two step for sure ......hey i suppose there is no other city in texas or other close by states that can claim ownership of two short tracks .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97car Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 OT you forgot about Waco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiTech Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Didnt know wacco had to quarter mile tracks . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartracn19 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 within reasonable commuting time/distance to North SA: What part of North SA are you going to be commuting to? East side, West Side, right in the middle? SA's traffic is not bad at all compared to Dallas, or Houston, but can still play havoc with the nerves at certain hours. Close to a track is a good thing, but closer for the daily grind may be a better choice. A Saturday commute to a track can be much further when you are not exhausted from driving M-F going to work. Depending on where that is will depend on what area you should look at... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbinsSr Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Waco has a quarter mile (Heart of Texas) and a 3/8 mile. (Bellmead raceway) If it opens this year, I hear its up in the air. Didnt know wacco had to quarter mile tracks . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stLight707 Posted March 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 We just returned from looking at 15 or more places in a day and a half. My wife has an offer from an employer in NW SA so we concentrated our search there. We were shown properties primarily in Boerne, Bulverde, Helotes and a place or two a little North of 1604 and West of 281. There are several nice ones to choose from. I'm not extremely particular, especially if the place a shop, but my wife keeps me in check on making sure the house is up to her standards. I guess its not hard to notice a lot rock on the land in the some of the areas we looked. We did however made it out to La Vernia but it was after sunset so I couldnt tell much about the area. The house in La Vernia that we looked at wasn't bad and I liked the sandy soil. The return trip was 40 minutes or more with light traffic to where she would be working. So I'm not going to be able to sell her on going out too far East. At this point I'm not positive that we are going to move in the SA direction but thank you for your kind replies. 707 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartracn19 Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Well good luck on what ever you choose. You are very correct about the solid bedrock in north SA. That is the area we are at. But atleast you know stuff is built on a solid foundation - no sinking !! There are some really good deals on houses in the 1604 & 281 area that are not too old (5-10 years). Go north of that (where it sounds like they showed you) and the prices start going up, but they are really nice homes, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie49 Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Cibolo probably has the best bang for the buck if you are looking for a new home but, working on the northwest side might be a rough commute over the next several years as 1604 starts getting worked on and expanded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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