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Old 30 Sep 2003, 15:54 (Ref:735511)   #1
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2005 ALMS race in Edmonton?

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permanent road course to be built in Edmonton on the grounds of Northlands. Northlands Park built, maintains, operates and owns each of the following facilities on behalf of the citizens of Edmonton and North Central Alberta _ Skyreach Centre (home of the Edmonton Oilers), Northlands AgriCom (a large convention center), Northlands Spectrum (horse racing), Northlands Sportex (an older hall), and the Silver Slipper(bar/casino).

A group of people have approximately $18 Million for the development of the track. The track will consist of 1.3 mile driving school course and a longer 2 mile course. Track is slated to open in 2005.

The track is to be 40 feet wide with 80 feet on the front straight. I assume that includes the pit lane.

And here is where this rumor gets interesting:

Track will be a FIA licenced facility
The IRL has contacted the group when they heard of the FIA licence regarding a possible race here.
The group has been in contact with Molson regarding replacing the Vancouver race if it is lost.
The group has a race date for a Trans Am/ALMS in 2005


The group has approval from Northlands board of directors and is waiting approval from the City of Edmonton.

Visit this link to view maps of the area.http://www.northlands.com/maps.html
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Old 30 Sep 2003, 16:09 (Ref:735523)   #2
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Sounds great....hope that all of our Canadian friends keep us posted on the latest news on this new venture....
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Old 30 Sep 2003, 17:59 (Ref:735633)   #3
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What about the track that already exists up there?
They ran Can-Am and Trans-Am races there.
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Old 30 Sep 2003, 18:21 (Ref:735662)   #4
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Edmonton International Speedway was closed in 1984 IIRC.

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They built a housing estate on it.
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They always do, don't they? Brooklands, Riverside, Edmonton, soon Brands...

Northlands is kind of in the middle of the city - I wonder how they'd handle the noise?
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Old 30 Sep 2003, 21:17 (Ref:735909)   #10
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Just to add:

looking southeast, note the houses bordering the site:

http://www.globalairphotos.com/large...ast/2001/219/2

looking southwest, a view of the whole area.

http://www.globalairphotos.com/large...ast/2001/242/2

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Are those photos of the site for the proposed road course, Paul? Their website tells that they also own a horse track, casino, arena, ect.
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Old 30 Sep 2003, 23:49 (Ref:736058)   #12
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Those are of the general vicinity of Northlands Park. You can find the same thing in Mapquest - but it shows no buildings or internal roads. It does, however, show the railway tracks (for reference).

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Old 1 Oct 2003, 02:51 (Ref:736146)   #13
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Fantastic! Alberta's been the center of the sportscar void for too long. Im about 600km from Edmonton and if they have any sportscar race's i'll be there for sure. Actually ive been thinking about moving north to Calgary or Edmonton for a long time... this may seal the deal as they say.
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Is $18 million enough to get a track built, that is up to snuff?
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The strange thing is I haven't heard anything about this proposed track here at northlands. It would probally make a lot more sense for that group to invest the money into the new planned roadcourse for Budweiser Motorsports Park-it's right beside the International Airport.
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There's an Edmonton near here that is ripe for redevelopment as a racetrack....

(just don't tell the residents)
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