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Except the owners have said multiple times they can not work beyond the walls there as they do not own the land there. And there are restrictions in that area as well due to noise and watershed concerns. Just going by statements made by track officials and discussions I have been lucky enough to be a part of being at the track early with officials and actually asking questions about why things are the way they are. And have requested a few things they have said are in the works. The area outside of 8 has storage and equipment within it, and one of the garages full of old signage and advertising.
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What you need to look at is COTA, They figured they could crank out high prices for rental. It took about 1 year for COTA to figure out that an F1 track does not mean, F1 prices for all. They tried and found themselves sitting around with nobody using the facility. In the end, don't mistake having a better facility to mean bigger prices and the lower level guys going away. There's too much competition out there. The market dictates the price. Even a big place like Daytona still runs anything they can find. |
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The fact that you believe that is a 100 percent accurate statement of property lines means you have never dealt with Georgia online deed maps. I have, and even in the current tax record and deed maps lines are WAY off and have to be resubmitted constantly. I have to request surveys weekly to determine ownership boundaries. Plus they may not be able to build on that land as part of a covenant on their deed. I have no way of knowing that information and neither do you without requesting a legal copy of it through a record request, usually with a justification for such request.
As for VIR, that track has used the condo and allowed living space on the track to fund themselves. Road Atlanta would not be allowed rezoning as they have enough trouble with the county and new residents already. I know a few people who own there and it's NOT cheap at all and rates have gone through the roof. There was an early attempt to offer deals to those who moved in to Chateu Elan country club similar deals for track access and it was laughed at by most. COTA is supported by millions from the state of Texas still. Check back in 10 years on that one, but apparently they are concerned about their rental future. But I've only read a few things as I find the track completely distasteful and repulsive with 100k 'camping spots' |
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Gloom and doom? Check the ratings for the Daytona 500. Worst. Ever. |
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22 Feb 2018, 15:27 (Ref:3803183) | #31 | |
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Sounds like Road Atlanta is going to close then. Better enjoy it now. I never realized it was so bad at that track. I thought Lime Rock was bad but they are lenient as compared to Road Atlanta.
Petit needs to move to Barber ASAP. The developer there knows how to deal with the local government. I know because he rented a car from me one year and we had a nice talk about their battle with the watershed and just about every environmental group you can imagine. With that, they have expanded the whole area and turned it into a tax revenue machine for the county. If any of you went to Barber when they opened and then today, you'll see what they have done is quite impressive. |
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I gotta agree with this statement. People were discussing the possibility of a land sale in this thread, I thought the discussion was good personally. People expressed their opinions and gave reasons for their way of thinking. That's why Tenths exist.
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As for Rod Atlanta, that place has many memories for me and I like the facility too. It's that it could be updated with some other business opportunities to make it even a better facility and be part of the area. Not something fighting it. It seems that the gloom and doom is that RA is going to be sold when I don't see that at all. On the other hand, if the people in the area keep up with the attitude that it's doomed, then it will be. BTW: Road Atlanta, Road America and Mid Ohio were sentimental favorites for me in 2014 because each of those tracks, became the 40th year since I first was there. It was nice to see how they have changed in certain ways but still kept the character (technically Mid Ohio is completely different because 1982 was the major overhaul of that facility). |
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Over the last 40 years here are the permanent facility sportscar tracks that I have been to which are now closed:
1. Bridgehampton 2. Ontario 3. Riverside 4. IRP 5. MAR Here's what has opened: 1. Barber 2. NOLA 3. Homestead 4. VIR (it reopened) 5. NJMP 6. Monticello 7. New Hampshire 8. Miller 9. Atlanta Motorsports Park 10. PPIR (it closed for a bit but is open again) 11. Iowa Speedway 12. Kansas Speedway 13. Topeka 14. Fontana 15. Carolina Motorsports park 16. Pittsburgh International Race Complex Just for me, there have been 3X the amount of tracks open as compared to the ones that have closed. Certain ones I honestly thought they would have been gone because they were POS facilities yet have turned their act around: 1. Nelson Ledges 2. Summit Point (how this place survived is a testament of someone knowing what to do because it was a dump in the 70's and the major celebration was they finally repaved it 8 months ago. It literally became the gold standard of the worst racetrack for at least 30 years). 3. Blackhawk Farms 4. Hallet 5. Grattan 6. Waterford Hills In the end, if Road Atlanta can't survive, it's their own fault. |
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Nascar isn't going to be sold. I don't see any doom and gloom, just mostly joking. I'm not sure who your argument is with? |
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Barber is a beautiful facility that doesn't produce the greatest ontrack product and is not very fan friendly, imho. |
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23 Feb 2018, 15:00 (Ref:3803417) | #38 | |
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Post #3. Start of the gloom and doom.
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Forget Barber. Then we will go back to the early GA days and finish off the year at Daytona. We start Saturday with a 2hr PC race from 8-10am. Then we have a 6 hour MTSC race from 12-6. After that, the WT race from 11pm to 9am. That way there's a boatload of racing, no sound ordinances, it'll most likely be warmer and lots of camping space. Everyone gets a treat to have the big race run mostly at night. Fans then can leave on Sunday and go home to be at work for Monday. The awards banquet can be held at the Motorsports Hall of Fame Of America Museum at the track.
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On a Road Atlanta related note: turns out my brother-in-law recently purchased a property literally around the corner from the track (after being relocated for work to the ATL area)! Last weekend he was reorganizing stuff in the garage when he noticed car noises coming from the north - his neighborhood is right behind turns 6 and 7 - if a car goes in the gravel at 6 violently enough, the rocks might hit his roof! The guy had no idea that he is so close to the race track so I gently brought the upcoming Trans Am event at the end of March (for starters) to his attention... |
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There were a few other ones that were not really racetracks. Sunflower Aerodrome in Hutchinson KS (an old airforce base). Lake Afton (a park) and Ponca City OK. luckily youtube was invented and people post old films: Ponca City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3EFnBYxCRE Lake Afton (my friend in the 280Z is Morris Clement): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZPv6jHOoMc |
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