Last night was the first wednesday of the month, so it was time for an
Intermountain Vintage Racing meeting. We were just 10 days out from
having our first event of the season, at a facility in Tooele, Utah
(pronounced too-will-ah). Too bad the new owners of the site had a
board meeting a couple of days ago and decided they wanted nothing to do
with racing of any kind. Drat. No site, no event.
Once again, the area is without a road racing facility of any sort.
We were so close, having held one event there last fall, and we were
building up a fair bit of interest among various clubs in the area.
So, like has happened several times over the last 20 years, since the
old road course out by the dragstrip saw its last SCCA regional, hopes
of a new and better facility have risen up and gotten dashed to the ground.
Maybe I'll come up with a way to scrape up ten or twenty million, buy a piece
of desert and start laying down some asphalt. Hey, I just thought of one
side benefit - I won't need to buy a full face helmet if SCCA Solo events
are all I'm going to do. That might save me a few bucks.
Actually, we are looking into what it will take to make some sort of driver's
school and time trial course out at the Wendover airport, so IVR can still
hold a few events this summer. It could be fun out there, but it just won't
be the same. Sigh.
mjb.
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