Quote:
Originally Posted by Swagger
I for one rarely went there for racing or events... Ultimately their issues were pretty simple.
1. The neighbors were fed up with the noise, traffic and people.
2. The city was under pressure from the neighbors, the county and state to do something with the noise and traffic.
3. The funds to keep fighting fines, lawsuits and legislation got to the point that it made no sense
They wisely found a compromise that allows them to use the road course, motocross and event features. I suspect they will be able to have private track days but no more drag nights and NHRA type events. The question is can they pack a schedule thats financially viable at this point. Frankly it seems inevitable that they will have to close and sell the land, developers will pay handsomely for the property. Too many expensive homes and land surround them. They're literally in folks backyards, who wants to have a weekend cookout and deal with the traffic/noise. Or on some random week night hear cars racing till 10 or 11pm? Sucks but the residential development around them was what created this issue.
|
Ughh no. While the residential complaints sucked that's not what closed the strip. A huge $75 million lease from Copart for the land did it....so all of this BS about the local residents winning, the township putting pressure on the track is exactly that...BS. It was all about the $$$.
__________________
2018 Redline Edition 2SS- A8, NPP, MRC, Recaro seats, ECS Novi 1500 tuned by EFX, cat deletes, Mighty Mouse Wild CC, GM STB, smoked ZL1 3rd brake light, Xpel XR Black 35% tint all around, Street Scene front splitter, C7 Carbon ZL1 side skirts Drake Muscle Car wicker bill, Adams Polishes Ceramic Coating
2010 Infiniti G37x Sedan for the DD.
|