Here's another one in Virginia under costruction
http://www.dragonsridge.com/
Marty Hutto
Lola T-324
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Meis" <s800racer@earthlink.net>
To: <JAshburne@aol.com>; <Hsrrace@aol.com>; <proettjer@charter.net>;
<vintage-race-digest@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 1:16 PM
Subject: New road race tracks.
> on 10/16/02 11:37 AM, JAshburne@aol.com at JAshburne@aol.com wrote:
>
> > (e.g. VIR, the Shenandoah circuit at Summit Point, Englishtown, NJ; the
> > track outside of Pittsburgh to name a few)
>
> Joe's comments on the track owners/vintage club relationship are well
> taken from somone who has been there, done that and knows what he is
talking
> about. Fortunately he is inaccurate about the lack of new road race
> facilities. Along with the above listed courses, you can count Carolina
> Motorsports Park (Kershaw, SC), and the new course being prepared at the
> Barber Museum in Birmingham.
> It appears that the demand for track dates and track time has fueled
the
> construction of excellent new facilities. New Road courses are being
built
> to very high standards and old facilities are being renovated. While we
> complain about being squeezed out of a date here and there, we should
> remember that when track dates were plentiful, the tracks suffered from
> neglect lack of funds (remember the 1980's?). On the whole we are
> benefitting from this growth & prosperity with new & better facilities.
> --
> Doug Meis
> Team Escargot
> s800racer@earthlink.net
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