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I was talking to my brother this weekend, who lives in Gardner, and
he said that it's being considered. It's the same outfit who tried to
put one in at the Orange Airport. My brother-in-law, who drags too,
was saying how nice it would be to have a drag strip across town. He
was saying that this strip would get a National race because for some
reason Epping can't host one. I couldn't believe him when I heard
this. It would bring alot of money to Gardner and it would bring in a
good show close to home.
Just my $0.02 worth,
Scott
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| I think it would be great to have a Drag Strip in Gardner, but
there are quite a few people in Gardner that don't want it. A lot of
people do not know all the facts and so they would vote no on it.
There has been a survey printed this past week in the Gardner News for
people to fill out and send to the paper. Maybe they will get a feel
for what the people think of the track. The man that now owns the land
went to a drag track and said that he was surprised that he saw the
track before he heard the noise from the cars. So many people think
that it going to be so noisy for the enviroment, but I do not believe
that it would be as bad as they think.
Sally
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| Unfortunatly, there seems to be "nowhere" to build a race track of any
type. It's either the environment people, bird lovers,tree huggers, of
somesuch. Not that those things arn't important....But enough is
enough. Why can't motorsports have a place....especially close to home.
TMW...Jim
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| I'd really love to see a new facility, in Gardner, Orange, or wherever,
but I can't imagine any strong sentiments in the local area *for* such
an endeavor.
Why?
It would seem to me that the local folks would like to preserve the "country"
atmosphere, and would be reluctant to screw this up unless there were some
significant advantages. One would have to put up with considerable noise and
significant traffic disruption, not to mention the clear possibility of
boy-racer histrionics both before and after any given event.
The only possible positive would be a significant swelling of the town coffers,
either due to usurious tax rates on the improved property, or revenue sharing
(as was proposed) from the event proceeds. The numbers would have to be very
significant.
Forget local business support, with the possible exception of the gas station
and towing guys. The track would have their own food shop (unless they're crazy),
and the only significant additional business would be in the event of a national
meet, which means additional revenue for only a few days out of the year. The
national meet chances are nebulous, at best.
I see where the promoters tried a bit of a scam recently, by way of having
race (?) cars rev their engines at strategic points around the area. Obviously,
this was intended to snow the locals into believing that noise wasn't a big
issue, but you know and I know that a race car going through the gears generates
a *bunch* more noise than revving in neutral.
I think that the locals know just what they're doing here, and it's pretty clear
to them that the obvious disadvantages far outweigh the *potential* advantages.
I personally have been trying to put together a case of some sort as to why
it would be *good* to have a dragstrip in your (my) area, but I'm completely
and totally stumped.
Bruce
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