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The RacerRoller coasterMinimum height to ride: 44 inches About The RacerThis coaster opened in 1972 along with the park itself. It was designed by the famed coaster builder John Allen, and is often credited for launching the coaster wars that we are still experiencing today. The racing coaster presents both a smooth ride and a classic feel. Both sides travel forwards, although the Southern Racer featured backwards-facing trains between 1982 and 2007. [Update this description | Read previous versions] Photos from The Racer
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While I realize that this ride deserves plenty of credit, I don't enjoy this ride as many people do. After many airtime filled rides on Blue Streak (Cedar Point) it's hard to enjoy the Racer as much. The Racer is short on airtime and thrills, and works more as a family coaster than something to satisfy enthusiast. Not the airtime coaster it could be. - Chris Gottschalk This coaster is credited with saving the wooden roller coaster from certain doom back when it opened in 1972(it was NOT the first, by a long shot)and after riding it I can see why. This coaster dishes out more airtime than any other coaster in the park besides Diamondback, and is just good old classic fun. The Blue Side, however, does have a bit of roughness and less airtime than the Red. - Jon Williams Decent Ride. Its the poorer cousin of the Rebel Yell at Kings Dominion - Will Chilcote The first coaster(s) to be built in the park, the racers are classics that shouldn't be missed by any age group. Lines are never bad and the two cars generally race eachother with good timing. Better when one car was backwards. - Byron Smith Blue or Red -- it doesn't matter. Both are good rides. Not much airtime, but more than the Beast (surprise!). An oldie but a woodie! - Larry Zimmerman why do people say its gay its the first roller coaster there and i still ride it everytime i go there - Nathan Dapper A Great classic roller coaster for all ages! - Mike Mills While the Blue Racer is a tad rough at points, the Red Racer is amazingly smooth and offers an abundance of air-time. The lines for these two racing coasters is often short, allowing for easy re-rides. - Ty Mullins Classic ride, although I wish they hadn't gotten rid of the backwards side. - Derek Potter Classic roller coaster with hardly any wait. beats a 90-minute wait for firehawk any day - David Kildal a nice starter roaler coaster (forward) very smooth although I recently went on it and they were both forward the worker said that it was for some anneversary and it used to be that way so its not as fun but still a good traditional ride - kalb smith
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