[Land-speed] Fw: ECTA news flash

[Neil Albaugh]

Does anyone know how long this runway is?

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

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From: "Jerry Foster" <fosterap at flash.net>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 5:10 AM
To: "LSR" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Land-speed] Fw: ECTA news flash

> 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]