W are getting a new drag strip

[KENTON]

Check out our new strip and watch it be built on this link. https://www.facebook.com/Sageraceway
Hope the link works. Like the page too.

 

[Endangered Species]

Nice! It's good to see them building one and not closing. Support your local track.

 

[GetX'd]

You lucky dog! In SoCal we have so little access to race outlets. It's great someone is beefing up the sport - must be private $$.

 

[Riverdawg]

That's very cool. They have been trying to reopen Onandaga Dragway here in mid Michigan for the past couple years. Unfortunately they have been in a court battle. I haven't heard anything lately. I think they were able to open for a little bit in late 2013. My brother was running the tech inspections. He's been a big supporter and really want to see it allowed to open up. Give them a like on there facebook page to show your support. Thanks, Ken

https://www.facebook.com/onondaga.dragway.3

 

[KENTON]

Yes it's private $

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Hope you get it open.

 

[fwi]

Another one is being built in Lake Havasu City AZ:


Raceway expected to open by 2016


By BRANDON MESSICK Today’s News-Herald | 22 comments
Construction for the London Bridge Raceway Park shifted into a higher gear now that all of the permitting has been completed, but Raceway President Denny Cissell says the project won’t reach the finish line until 2016.
The raceway will comprise 100 acres of land leased from Lake Havasu City, near the Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport. While the project will begin as a quarter-mile drag-strip, Cissell plans a full motorsports facility including a circular course and a motocross track.
There will be scheduled nights, Cissell says, when visitors will be able to run their own cars and race their friends. The facility will host auto-cross races, motorcycle races and outdoor concerts.
“We’re trying to put together full motorsports park. It’ll start as a drag strip, and mushroom out to accommodate every kind of motorsport available.”
From start to finish, Cissell estimates a final cost of $10 million, following three phases of construction. Phase One will involve laying the full concrete track, building a tower, paving a 14-acre pit and building the parking utilities. The strip will be ready to race after Phase One, Cissell says, and the later phases will add on to the park’s periphery, adding a museum and other features to the facility.
Before the raceway is ready, however, organizers will have to cross a lot of red tape.
“It’s going to be really big for this town. Construction is going along really well, but people have to realize that it’s a time-consuming process.”
Bill Doner, the raceway’s CEO, anticipates a great deal of enthusiasm from the Havasu community once the project is complete.
“This is going to be a huge deal for Havasu,” Doner said. “It’s going to be a big motorsports facility that’s going to attract people from all over the world.”
Doner has been active in motorsports for 40 years, and says that he has never seen the enthusiasm for hot rods that he’s seen in Havasu. “Just in this town, the amount of interest is so much that it’s hard to measure. This will attract people from all over Arizona.”
The denser air at Havasu’s relatively low altitude will allow more power for racing vehicles while burning fuel, and the full concrete track will give drivers a great deal of traction while racing. This, Doner says, will provide racing that will be better than anywhere most spectators have ever seen.
Doner says that the project has received tremendous city support, and has six major investors at the moment. Organizers will complete a hydrology study next month, followed by a $2 million grading project before construction begins.
“(2015-2016) seems like a long time,” Doner said, “but a lot of work goes into it.”
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[67440chrg]

Congratulations. There has been only rumors about a track in KC area for the last few years I wish they would do it.

 

[Budnicks]

Great to see some opening/re-opening & not closings

thanks for sharing guys