I received my monthly copy of Sport Compact Car (SCC) and promptly read it cover to cover. There were several items that struck me. First mitsubishi is bring a turbo lancer wagon to the United States that is damn sexy looking. Secondly it was implied that Road Atlanta will be soon closed due to noise complaints from the tracks neighbors. Several raceways, including laguna Seca, have had to battle to stay open. Road Atlanta closing before I have lapped it at speed would be devistating to me personally. Comments?
From Pg. 69 of the July issue, "Even our most historic racetracks are in jeopardy, with Laguna Seca subject to strict decibel restrictions and Road Atlanta rumored to be on the chopping block." It starts by saying Arizona Motorsports Park was refurbished and reopened only to be "silenced by local residents a few months later."
If you moved in after the race track was built you can fuck off as far as I'm concerned. You knew damn well what you were getting in for.
Did a few quick google searches, all I could find was this blurb on a corvette forum. Hopefully this means the magazine was reporting out of it's own ass
My dad used to auto cross in the paddock/parking area at Road Atlanta about 15 years ago and they could not start until a specified time on Sunday because of the noise. Arizona Motorsports park was closed because of noise. I saw something about the Arizona thing on SPEED, the cheif complainer was a man whom purchased the adjacent property during the renovation and was outraged once the track reopened. It is something we need to keep an eye on for sure.
Its been in trouble for awhile from what I have heard. It wouldn't be the first time, and sadly, won't be the last time a track closes.
Guess we need to fire up a petition, if there turns out to be any merit to the rumors..... screw the people that live next to the track, sell your house to me!
this is RIDICULOUS! You don't like the noise? MOVE! Tracks like Road Atlanta bring soooo much Revenue to Braselton. If anything, they should close Lanier Motor Speedway. I could hear them racing when we were at R.A. on saturday OVER all the goings on that night. What's that online petition site?
Like Matt said there is so much money brought in at RA closing is would be sofa king we Todd did! If they try to close RA I will start a potision to keep it open!!!
sounds more like some one needed something to complain about. that would be like closing the ren faire because of too many drunks or turner field because they are too loud at ball games, not gonna happen. Last weekend was my first time at road Atlanta and it seems that all the events are during the day time and we were outta there before 10pm so i dont see what people's issues are.
I don't see how they could close a facility that brings in countless millions of dollars to the area.
Well, if they want to put countless people out of work up there then more power to them. I wonder how many hundreds or thousands of people would be affected. Hotel closings, track personnel, race teams relocating(Panos and Panos driving experience), anything else that might be related to the track or benefit from it being open. It would just be stupid.
I'm thinking a huge gathering of blaring loud ass cars show up for the last track day, just to piss them off.
Road Atlanta has a half mile buffer of trees and its nothing but commercial land around RA. panoz owns all the land around there including the Hummer track behind RA and there is some thick vegitaion back there, I live 14 miles from road atlanta. I think its all the Rednecks who think nascar is the only race car sport that there should ever be NASCAR= Non Athletic Soprt Centered Around Rednecks So any car sport that makes nascar look like kids play they have to complain about it.
Rumor. Every racetrack faces this. Basically they have their lawyer get on board and tell everyone else to fuck off. Story time: Place called Charlotte Motor Speedway. Its a good 25 miles (20 by the way the crow flies) from the house where I grew up in. The track itself is in a somewhat built up area, mixed with residential and commercial shopping areas. On a calm clear day/night....you can hear the NASCAR/Busch/Truck race going. There's also the Concord Motor Speedway thats much closer, ~12 miles, you can hear it as well. Both places are in operation every fucking weekend, sometimes more.
Fixed that for you buddy. It might just be a rumor, but agian, it wouldn't be the first time a track closed from noise complants.
Yeah, Its Charlotte, not Lowe's. Just like Languna Seca is not Mazda Raceway. I can't stand all of these "sponsored" sporting venues. Give the damn places a name that reflects the places that they are built. Not a corporation that was willing to spend the most money for their name to be on it.
Just don't google it because this is the link unfortunately: Lowe's Motor Speedway Formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway. Tickets, event schedules and information on pit passes. Features Nascar Nextel Cup, Busch series, ARCA and Go-Kart ... www.lowesmotorspeedway.com/ - 35k - Cached - Similar pages Out of respect for WJM I am going With Charlotte Motor Speedway. Same thing happened to Kominsky Park home of the Chicago White Sox they call it US Cellular Park WTF, whatever, always be Kominsky Park to me. The US is officially for sale we are loosing our identity:eek3: Case and point http://www.econstrat.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=321&Itemid=59 People better wake up or get ready to start practicing Sharia Law and brush up on their Mandarin Chinese!
When deep space exploration ramps up, it will be the corporations that name everything: the IBM stellar-sphere, the Microsoft galley, the planet Starbucks.