|
|
|
|
|
Topic: Lodging for Possee Speed week...
|
Email this topic to a friend |
Subscribe to this Topic
| Report this Topic to Moderator
|
|
Page 1 of 1 of 18 replies
|
|
|
|
April 10, 2018 at
09:45:35 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
12/07/2006
|
|
Posts:
|
2355
|
|
|
|
On my bucket list for this season. More than likely will only do the last four races. Would Mechanicsburg be centrally located? If not, which location would be please? Doing Air b n b so motels are out..Been wanting this trip for years, thanks in advnce
Ascot was the greatest of all time..
West Capital wasn't half bad either..
Life is good...
|
|
|
|
|
April 10, 2018 at
10:41:28 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
11/24/2004
|
|
Posts:
|
93
|
|
|
|
Yes, Mechanicsburg/Carlisle would be pretty central to those 4 shows.
|
|
|
|
|
April 10, 2018 at
11:00:43 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
01/29/2005
|
|
Posts:
|
75
|
|
|
|
I'd say Carlisle or 'north Mechanicsburg' 17050 zip code. The I-81 corridor will get you to Port, S-grove and Hagerstown. Backroads or Turnpike to the Grove.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April 10, 2018 at
11:38:53 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
04/23/2015
|
|
Posts:
|
881
|
|
|
|
Robert Altman has rooms for rent
|
|
|
|
|
April 10, 2018 at
07:28:25 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
12/07/2006
|
|
Posts:
|
2355
|
|
|
Reply to:
Posted By: turn4guy on April 10 2018 at 11:38:53 AM
Robert Altman has rooms for rent
|
hahahahaha................think I will pass on that one...reminds me of SAVAGE from the old WOO message board in the early 90's
Ascot was the greatest of all time..
West Capital wasn't half bad either..
Life is good...
|
|
|
|
|
April 10, 2018 at
08:02:15 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
09/14/2010
|
|
Posts:
|
7607
|
|
|
This message was edited on
April 10, 2018 at
08:07:34 PM by revjimk
Definitely Carlisle, plenty of inexpensive motels, centrally located, & a scenic & relaxed back road to Williams Grove (I think its Middelesex Rd?) Look at hotels.com
If you take Pa. Turnpike, its tolls, traffic & semis. Middlesex Rd is pretty farms & roller coaster hills. Pa. country side is beautiful, IMHO
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April 10, 2018 at
08:21:47 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
09/14/2010
|
|
Posts:
|
7607
|
|
|
|
Nice back roads to Port Royal too. Look at a map, take your time, pick the smaller roads
|
|
|
|
|
April 11, 2018 at
08:35:33 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
12/07/2006
|
|
Posts:
|
2355
|
|
|
Reply to:
Posted By: revjimk on April 10 2018 at 08:21:47 PM
Nice back roads to Port Royal too. Look at a map, take your time, pick the smaller roads
|
thanks for the advice. like the backroads suggestion...going to do 4-5 shows and do plenty of sight seeing. suggestions on the sight seeing? Air b n b is much better than motels, private homes and the like. have a few for Mansfield coming up. old barn converted with rooms on acreage in Ohio. will probably do the same in PA
Ascot was the greatest of all time..
West Capital wasn't half bad either..
Life is good...
|
|
|
|
|
April 12, 2018 at
04:04:24 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
09/14/2010
|
|
Posts:
|
7607
|
|
|
Reply to:
Posted By: NWFAN on April 11 2018 at 08:35:33 PM
thanks for the advice. like the backroads suggestion...going to do 4-5 shows and do plenty of sight seeing. suggestions on the sight seeing? Air b n b is much better than motels, private homes and the like. have a few for Mansfield coming up. old barn converted with rooms on acreage in Ohio. will probably do the same in PA
|
Sightseeing is another whole topic, but has anyone mentioned EMMR ( dirt track museum not too far fron the Grove?) I think its as good or better than Knoxville museum, & if you're lucky, good chance Lynn Paxton could be there to answer questions, BS & tell stories. I was there one rainout day, started asking him stuff, about 10 people gathered round & he more or less gave us a guided tour.
I like to get some exercise every day, so I usually hit Lake Gifford Pinchot & swim, right between WG, Susky (whats it called now.. BAPS?) & EMMR. Maybe 45 minutes from the Grove, really close to BAPS, maybe 10 or 15 minutes. Or you can just hang out & barbeque
Gettysburg isn't far from Lincoln..... Hershey was disappointing, they don't even make chocolate there any more, more like a chocolate theme park. I'm not too jazzed about "Pennsylvania Dutch Country" either, lots of tourists, traffic & SLOW driving behind wagons....
Don't have the schedule in front of me, not sure which tracks you're hitting, but driving around back roads is a pleasure in itself!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April 12, 2018 at
04:19:12 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
09/14/2010
|
|
Posts:
|
7607
|
|
|
|
Just looked at the schedule. If it was me (& it will be) I prefer tracks first part of SW, depends on what you like. WG, Port & Selinsgrove are big, fast tracks. The one time I went to Hagerstown was slow as molasses, huggy bottom. Plus my dirt track hero from the 1960s had career ending & eventually lethal injuries there... never going back. First part of SW has the Grove, & 3 smaller tracks that are often more competitive (IMHO) : Path Valley, Lincoln & Grandview. Path is a really pretty drive in the hills, Cowan's Gap Reservoir is a great place to swim about 1/2 hr. away...
|
|
|
|
|
April 12, 2018 at
05:09:18 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
12/02/2004
|
|
Posts:
|
851
|
|
|
Reply to:
Posted By: revjimk on April 12 2018 at 04:04:24 AM
Sightseeing is another whole topic, but has anyone mentioned EMMR ( dirt track museum not too far fron the Grove?) I think its as good or better than Knoxville museum, & if you're lucky, good chance Lynn Paxton could be there to answer questions, BS & tell stories. I was there one rainout day, started asking him stuff, about 10 people gathered round & he more or less gave us a guided tour.
I like to get some exercise every day, so I usually hit Lake Gifford Pinchot & swim, right between WG, Susky (whats it called now.. BAPS?) & EMMR. Maybe 45 minutes from the Grove, really close to BAPS, maybe 10 or 15 minutes. Or you can just hang out & barbeque
Gettysburg isn't far from Lincoln..... Hershey was disappointing, they don't even make chocolate there any more, more like a chocolate theme park. I'm not too jazzed about "Pennsylvania Dutch Country" either, lots of tourists, traffic & SLOW driving behind wagons....
Don't have the schedule in front of me, not sure which tracks you're hitting, but driving around back roads is a pleasure in itself!
|
At hershey you just didn't go to right place. Yes they do make chocolate there just outside the park. They have however like it seems everything else have moved some production to Mexico.
|
|
|
|
|
April 12, 2018 at
08:03:28 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
11/02/2015
|
|
Posts:
|
60
|
|
|
|
If you get to the tracks early take the time to walk around the campgrounds and have a beer or soda with the locals. Contrary to what you read on here we aren't all assholes lol.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April 12, 2018 at
12:09:31 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
07/29/2010
|
|
Posts:
|
759
|
|
|
|
Don't leave without visiting EMMR!
|
|
|
|
|
April 12, 2018 at
01:25:48 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
09/14/2010
|
|
Posts:
|
7607
|
|
|
Reply to:
Posted By: reklaw944 on April 12 2018 at 08:03:28 AM
If you get to the tracks early take the time to walk around the campgrounds and have a beer or soda with the locals. Contrary to what you read on here we aren't all assholes lol.
|
too funny!
Haven't met an asshole yet... oh wait, I didn't like it when some fans cheered when Fast Freddy crashed at PR a few years back.... 
|
|
|
|
|
April 12, 2018 at
01:27:16 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
09/14/2010
|
|
Posts:
|
7607
|
|
|
Reply to:
Posted By: longtimefan on April 12 2018 at 05:09:18 AM
At hershey you just didn't go to right place. Yes they do make chocolate there just outside the park. They have however like it seems everything else have moved some production to Mexico.
|
Thats good to know. I had always heard you could smell the chocolate as soon as you hit the town... didn't smell anything
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April 12, 2018 at
02:54:26 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
12/07/2006
|
|
Posts:
|
2355
|
|
|
Reply to:
Posted By: reklaw944 on April 12 2018 at 08:03:28 AM
If you get to the tracks early take the time to walk around the campgrounds and have a beer or soda with the locals. Contrary to what you read on here we aren't all assholes lol.
|
lol now thats funny but i understand. Im from Chico Ca. home of the young guns that are tearing it up. 6-8 of them will be met at Mansfield...met some great POSSEE at Eldora last year for the royal, had a blast...good people;;;Like all the suggestions here. Swimming, im in....literaly
Ascot was the greatest of all time..
West Capital wasn't half bad either..
Life is good...
|
|
|
|
|
April 12, 2018 at
05:57:56 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
07/24/2010
|
|
Posts:
|
637
|
|
|
Reply to:
Posted By: NWFAN on April 12 2018 at 02:54:26 PM
lol now thats funny but i understand. Im from Chico Ca. home of the young guns that are tearing it up. 6-8 of them will be met at Mansfield...met some great POSSEE at Eldora last year for the royal, had a blast...good people;;;Like all the suggestions here. Swimming, im in....literaly
|
Eastern Museum of Motor Racing in York Springs, Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle. Hershey Park, Zoo, Chocolate World, and Gardens. Ride the “Pride of the Susquehanna” riverboat in Harrisburg. Gettysburg Battlefield Park. King’s Gap Environmental Education Center. Pinchot State Park...picnicing, swimming, and boat rental. I think there are winery and craft bear tours out of Carlisle as well if that’s thing. Enjoy your trip.
|
|
|
|
|
April 13, 2018 at
07:42:13 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
11/02/2015
|
|
Posts:
|
60
|
|
|
Reply to:
Posted By: NWFAN on April 12 2018 at 02:54:26 PM
lol now thats funny but i understand. Im from Chico Ca. home of the young guns that are tearing it up. 6-8 of them will be met at Mansfield...met some great POSSEE at Eldora last year for the royal, had a blast...good people;;;Like all the suggestions here. Swimming, im in....literaly
|
Yeah a group of us are headed to Mansfield as well, going to be such a tough field I can't wait.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April 13, 2018 at
09:03:26 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
12/07/2006
|
|
Posts:
|
2355
|
|
|
Reply to:
Posted By: reklaw944 on April 13 2018 at 07:42:13 AM
Yeah a group of us are headed to Mansfield as well, going to be such a tough field I can't wait.
|
battle royal to say the least...intense
Ascot was the greatest of all time..
West Capital wasn't half bad either..
Life is good...
|
|
|
