i've been to deland several times and i cannont believe how many people on here hate the site. yes it's not as grippy as the concrete runway at whitehouse. but so what? everybody will be running on the same surface as you. at deland you just get to throw your car around a little more and get it sideways. in fact, i believe getting the car sideways quite a bit is a must if you want to get a good time at deland.
the last few times i went, i thought we got an average # of runs and we did all our runs at once. i believe it was either 4 or 5 runs. and the 1/4 mile patch of dirt road is really not that bad if you stay all the way to one side.
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Abhishek