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Posted by Moldy Marvin
on 8/3/2009, 8:45 am, in reply to "Re: News as of July 30th Well it is at least something"
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Hey Mike,
Admittedly so and you make a good point, in fact when Tim went out there, that was a concern.
Some of these hand held GPS units have an altimeter and I was thinking that we might be able to find a sweet spot in the track and go from there. After all we are only talking 660' for the racing... There still may however be the concern with the run out so this is something that needs to be addressed.
We have been waiting for the folks at Willow Springs to get back to us for our next appointment but at this point it seems that they may be taking the ball and running with it under their own steam!
The other concern was the factor that they are only willing to do this on a Wednesday night. That's where the concept of weekend racing comes in with use of permitted City Streets and trying develop and actual program around it.
Regardless, the basis behind using the straightway is to just have a place that we can legally race for now and maybe get some kids off the streets while doing so!
This whole set up might not be for everyone but at least it is setting the awareness and keeping the subject alive within the community.
Like they say beggars can't be choosier. So we'll see........
--Previous Message--
: Dont want to rain on anybodies parade, but I
: just got back from willow springs today, and
: if they plan on using the front straight
: away, then its going to be down hill by a
: bunch. If they run the other direction then
: it is going to be up hill. Another thing is
: we will defenitly need timing equipment,
: cause street racers alone will not bring in
: enough money to make it worth while. There
: are alot of real race cars in this valley
: that really need a place to test n tune,
: after all LACR was basiclly a test track any
: way so it will be interesting to see how
: this all rolls. Just my 2 cents worth.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Please Note: Willow Spring is Not Building
: an
: 1/8th mile track,
:
: We confronted them back when I sent out the
: Inquire..
: We are just going to use the Straight Away
: on their Road Course..
: For now Wednesday Nights only!
: We can at least do that for the Test and
: tune as part of the street racing program.
: that i talk about in my letter of July 29th.
: Below is an article that was published by
: Brian Golden of the Antelope Valley Press
: this last Thursday!
:
: BRIAN GOLDEN
: Valley Press Staff Writer Thursday July 30th
: 2009 Page C1
:
:
:
: On the second anniversary of the closing of
: Los Angeles County Raceway, drag racing is
: coming back to life in the Valley.
:
: Bill Huth, the owner of Willow Springs
: International Motorsports Park, announced
: Wednesday his intention to operate a
: one-eighth mile dragstrip along the main
: straightaway of Willow Springs' fabled
: 2.6-mile road course. "Too many kids
: are getting hurt street racing," Huth
: said. "I drive down Avenue G, and I can
: see where someone has painted a start line
: and a finish line. It sours our young
: people's relationships with Sheriff's
: deputies when they're simply doing their job
: enforcing the law.
:
: "There are a lot of other drag racing
: fans in the Valley, too, and we have the
: facilities to do this."
:
: Huth instructed his son, Chris, Willow
: Springs' general manager, and Jim Hutchins,
: Willow Springs operations manager, to
: discuss with former LACR operatives the
: details on implementing a one-eighth mile
: drag strip.
:
: With its fully paved paddock area and high
: speed run-off lanes entering Turn One,
: Willow Springs already has much of the
: needed infrastructure in place for drag race
: staging.
:
: The main question to be resolved concerns
: whether to install electronic starting and
: timing equipment, or use hand-held flag
: starts.
:
: A month ago Emmitt Harrington, a Lancaster
: radio executive, arranged a meeting that
: included Willow Springs officials, former
: LACR operations director Tim Shpall, and
: SAVELACR.ORG founder Jeffrey Hillinger.
:
: Hillinger polled the former LACR drag racing
: community, and received hundreds of
: responses expressing support for the
: prospective Willow Springs project.
:
:
: That the news would come on the second
: anniversary of LACR's closing, when former
: owner Bernie Longhorn made the last official
: pass on the historic quarter-mile in a
: hearse, was appropriate. "The time is
: right for this," Chris Huth said
: Wednesday. "For years, out of respect
: for Bernie, we had no involvement here in
: drag racing.
:
: "LACR was a big loss to the Valley
: racing community. So this is going to be
: good for them, and good for Willow Springs,
: too."
:
: The move marked the second time in less than
: a week that the Huth Family stepped up to
: address a need in the Valley racing
: community.
:
: Last Friday, Willow Springs management
: agreed to pick up the sponsorship costs at
: Speedway Willow Springs to ensure it would
: be able to complete its Summer Heat Series,
: which runs through November.
:
:
:
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