Instant Dragstrip

[Tony Curcio]

With twin runways that are three miles long each, they could have a few land-speed events, much like the Maxton Mile in North Carolina, also situated on an old military airfield. They have no barriers, just a wire & post fence to direct people away from the track, and a wooden timing tower that looks like a garden shed on stilts. No grandstands either.

The article also mentions wind tunnels. Wind tunnels and land speed racing go hand in hand- wonder if it would be practical to have a tunnel day for racers- for a fee, of course, sort like when a group of racers rent a dragstrip for testing.

A short term lease will help cash flow while the NASA figures out what to do with it. SCTA could sanction it, the promoter would not need to spend much money for improvements, so the short term lease is not a problem from the tenant point of view either.

[7423]

Glad to hear you mid west and east coast guys (Pa) pushing for a new west coast track. We could use the help!! I would swap most of what we have for Maple Grove in a heartbeat, I really miss the east coast tracks.............