[Land-speed] Fw: ECTA news flash

[Jerry Foster]

Speaking of Keith......looks like he and Joe Timney have found a new venue for
the ECTA.  This site is between Cincinatti(sic) and Columbus.  Should draw
huge crowds.  This is a forward of an email from Jim Price.  Jerry in Dallas


Subject: ECTA news flash


ECTA Will Be Speeding Again
On the strength of a 5 to 0 vote, Ohiobs Clinton County Port Authority has
approved a proposal by the East Coast Timing Associationbs (ECTA) to hold
four or five land speed-racing events at Wilmington Air Park, owned by the
Port Authority.

Joe Timney and Keith Turk, who own ECTA, spearheaded the pitch for moving the
event, which will be held on one of the Air Parkbs unused runways. For
fifteen years, ECTA formerly held one-mile land speed racing events at an
airfield near Maxton, N.C. and needed to find a new location.

The casual atmosphere of their events finds spectators sitting in their own
lawn chairs in a safely designated area watching as racers near top speeds
around the 250 MPH mark. The local Convention & Visitors Bureau estimated a $2
million economic impact on the local economy in the first year, for the five
events, especially effecting hotels and restaurants. The first ECTA event is
expected in early 2012 and it should be a bargain with an expected $10 buck
ticket. [09/22/11]