OFFICIAL: Pacific Raceways For Sale

SSDiv6 · 09-27-2014, 11:02 AM

My fear is the Tree-Huggers and politicians get involved and the track is sold to a developer for new homes or a mall!

http://www.pacificraceways.com/index..._For_Sale.aspx

http://www.auburn-reporter.com/news/277274671.html

Jared Jordan · 09-27-2014, 11:32 AM

If only me and Powerball got along better.

Harry 6674 · 09-27-2014, 11:37 AM

I agree. That's some pretty choice land. A developer would probably pay more for it then a track operator. Maybe it's too polluted to be used for residential. Lots of mysterious liquids dumped in that place over the years.

FireSale · 09-27-2014, 11:59 AM

I'm exactly half way between Pacific Raceways and Bremerton, but I still would love to see this track stay as a racing venue. With Spokane going back to IHRA, NHRA would have to take it's Nationals and the Lucas Oil Series out of Washington State without the facilities provided at Pacific.

One ace in the hole is the use of the road coarse by State and local police for pursuit training. We'll see how this plays out. The track has good car counts for the S/SS Combos and a lot of great bracket cars there too. It's no dead zone.

Dale

Rory McNeil · 09-27-2014, 01:09 PM

I certainly hope that if the track does sell, it continues as a race track. Pacific is the only track in the Northwest that I am aware of that has enough parking and pit space to host a NHRA National event, and with Sonoma so far away from the greater Seattle area, there would be NO nat`s in Div 6, while most other divisions have several.

Geerhead55 · 09-27-2014, 03:46 PM

I can remember standing on the starting line in '78 at a driver's meeting and signing a petition to keep the track open at that time as homes were closing in already. I'm surprised it has lasted this long. I'll keep my fingers crossed,, but I'm not holding my breath this time around. I would definitely hate to see it go away, being in "my back yard".
Danny Durham

Dave Noll · 09-27-2014, 04:15 PM

Definitely would hate to see it go to a developer. Though I'm east of the cascades these days (@ goathead central), I grew up just down the road from there. I know people have complained about the place being a dump & not worthy of a national event, I LOVE racing there.

Carl Weisinger · 09-30-2014, 10:50 PM

No need to rush if you want to buy a track. Shop around. I bet there are a lot of them for sale. Perhaps this is an exception. But, most tracks that go away is mainly because the property becomes more valuable for another use.

farmco r/sa · 09-30-2014, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carl Weisinger

No need to rush if you want to buy a track. Shop around. I bet there are a lot of them for sale. Perhaps this is an exception. But, most tracks that go away is mainly because the property becomes more valuable for another use.

Truly depressing..

Bimbo Jones · 10-01-2014, 11:30 AM

After NHRA let Dallas Intl. close without making an offer and loosing one of the best facilities in the nation in a large motorsports marketing region one would think NHRA would consider purchasing the Seattle track. After all they are a not for profit organization and could use funds there as they did at the Indy and Gainesville and several other NHRA owned tracks. It's hard enough to keep smaller venue local tracks open but to loose a major track is almost impossible to replace.

09-27-2014, 11:02 AM	#1
SSDiv6 VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Glendale, Arizona Posts: 3,036 Likes: 710 Liked 1,538 Times in 575 Posts	OFFICIAL: Pacific Raceways For Sale My fear is the Tree-Huggers and politicians get involved and the track is sold to a developer for new homes or a mall! http://www.pacificraceways.com/index..._For_Sale.aspx http://www.auburn-reporter.com/news/277274671.html

09-27-2014, 11:32 AM	#2
Jared Jordan Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 611 Likes: 195 Liked 523 Times in 117 Posts	Re: OFFICIAL: Pacific Raceways For Sale If only me and Powerball got along better. __________________ Jared Jordan 9 B/SA 2024 Jeg's D7 All Star - Stock

09-27-2014, 11:37 AM	#3
Harry 6674 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 589 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: OFFICIAL: Pacific Raceways For Sale I agree. That's some pretty choice land. A developer would probably pay more for it then a track operator. Maybe it's too polluted to be used for residential. Lots of mysterious liquids dumped in that place over the years.

09-27-2014, 11:59 AM	#4
FireSale VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Lakewood Washington Posts: 1,407 Likes: 29 Liked 237 Times in 126 Posts	Re: OFFICIAL: Pacific Raceways For Sale I'm exactly half way between Pacific Raceways and Bremerton, but I still would love to see this track stay as a racing venue. With Spokane going back to IHRA, NHRA would have to take it's Nationals and the Lucas Oil Series out of Washington State without the facilities provided at Pacific. One ace in the hole is the use of the road coarse by State and local police for pursuit training. We'll see how this plays out. The track has good car counts for the S/SS Combos and a lot of great bracket cars there too. It's no dead zone. Dale

09-27-2014, 01:09 PM	#5
Rory McNeil VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: from Vancouver BC Canada, now in Nova Scotia Posts: 1,306 Likes: 309 Liked 1,081 Times in 297 Posts	Re: OFFICIAL: Pacific Raceways For Sale I certainly hope that if the track does sell, it continues as a race track. Pacific is the only track in the Northwest that I am aware of that has enough parking and pit space to host a NHRA National event, and with Sonoma so far away from the greater Seattle area, there would be NO nat`s in Div 6, while most other divisions have several. __________________ NHRA 6390 STK M/S 85 Mustang

09-27-2014, 03:46 PM	#6
Geerhead55 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tacoma, Washington Posts: 1,632 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: OFFICIAL: Pacific Raceways For Sale I can remember standing on the starting line in '78 at a driver's meeting and signing a petition to keep the track open at that time as homes were closing in already. I'm surprised it has lasted this long. I'll keep my fingers crossed,, but I'm not holding my breath this time around. I would definitely hate to see it go away, being in "my back yard". Danny Durham

09-27-2014, 04:15 PM	#7
Dave Noll Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Div. 6, Eastern, WA Posts: 709 Likes: 2,637 Liked 238 Times in 111 Posts	Re: OFFICIAL: Pacific Raceways For Sale Definitely would hate to see it go to a developer. Though I'm east of the cascades these days (@ goathead central), I grew up just down the road from there. I know people have complained about the place being a dump & not worthy of a national event, I LOVE racing there. __________________ Dave Noll, EF/S ,?/SA 6526

09-30-2014, 10:50 PM	#8
Carl Weisinger Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 98 Likes: 5 Liked 12 Times in 5 Posts	Re: OFFICIAL: Pacific Raceways For Sale No need to rush if you want to buy a track. Shop around. I bet there are a lot of them for sale. Perhaps this is an exception. But, most tracks that go away is mainly because the property becomes more valuable for another use.

10-01-2014, 11:30 AM	#10
Bimbo Jones Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 109 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: OFFICIAL: Pacific Raceways For Sale After NHRA let Dallas Intl. close without making an offer and loosing one of the best facilities in the nation in a large motorsports marketing region one would think NHRA would consider purchasing the Seattle track. After all they are a not for profit organization and could use funds there as they did at the Indy and Gainesville and several other NHRA owned tracks. It's hard enough to keep smaller venue local tracks open but to loose a major track is almost impossible to replace.