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Gentlemen I was at the second Calgary motor sports Association meeting last night at the Glenmore inn. Our goal is to lobby the city and province into setting up a new facility for race enthusiasts as Race city is slated to become water run off for the city dump in 2010. Below is what happened. We all stood up and introduced ourselves and listed the types of motor sports we represented. I solely represented the import track drag and drift venues for everyone on this board. They are trying to raise the awareness of the good things that a local race facility provides to the city. We also need to band together as a common group of motor sports enthusiasts Drag, Track, Oval, Drift, Cars and Bikes karts alike to make this work. We had Rally and dirt bike enthusiasts there to help support the cause. They don't typically use the track but are concerned motor sport activists that know the importance of a racing facility.

If there is any thing that I can say we need to do it is initially to sign the petition see bottom attachment, and please make an effort to represent our cause at the next Calgary Motor sport association. Through this soon to be bonnified association we can lobby the city and Province to assist us in a new proper racing facility!
Please go to the following to sign the petition.

http://www.calgarymotorsportsassociation.ca/

RacerJason

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There are a few new tracks that would be good models for such a proposal.

Calabogie: A partnered venture with (mostly) public support, the founder is a regional racer and frequents the CASC board (where you should also post the link to the petition) and would be happy to share some of his own experience as it would pertain to your plan.

http://www.calabogiemotorsports.com/


Thunderbolt: "The New Jersey Motorsports Park will be a multifaceted complex with a 3.98 mile road circuit raceway as its focal point. The facility, essentially a Motorsports Resort, will have design features and characteristics similar to those of the legendary Virginia International Raceway (VIR) that opened in Southern Virginia in 1957 and was revived in 1999 by Harvey Siegel.

Unlike the original VIR Raceway, the Millville, New Jersey version will be driven by an assortment of automotive industries and complementary businesses that will include, but not be limited to: high-end antique or classic automotive clubs; private garages; research and development campus with warehouses, distribution and sales facilities; All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) or ORV course; nationally renowned schools for more advanced driving techniques and training for defensive or military evasive driving skills; specialty car gallery for the display and sale of antique or classic automobiles; hotels designed for different price points; special Motorsports country club and clubhouse; multiple restaurants; villas or condo-style resort houses and conference center designed especially to accommodate the automotive industry. It is estimated that, at completion, total project costs will exceed $100 million.

At its completion, the New Jersey Motorsports Park will be a powerful magnet and catalyst for smart growth throughout the Millville and Cumberland Country region. The goal of this concept is to provide a park-like setting geared to family entertainment and broad-based Motorsports education. It will encourage business activities for those interested in the automotive business and its ancillary industries and is projected to employ approximately 1,500 full and part-time employees when fully completed.

Employees will range in experience from part-time seasonal help to highly trained and specialized instructors, managers, teachers, professors and technicians. General fields of employment will include, but not be limited to, maintenance, security for events, EMT and medical services, track officials, restaurant and accommodations staff, office and support staff, teachers and driving specialists, communication, marketing and public relations staff, landscapers, automotive mechanic, account personnel and management executives. Nowhere else in Cumberland County will there be such a concentration of so diverse a workforce.

Overall, the New Jersey Motorsports Park will be a unique development project geared to complement the surrounding environment with natural open spaces and significant natural buffers. It will employ approximately 1,500 workers with a wide range of experiences and disciplines and will provide for tourist entertainment as well as educational facilities that will enhance or support the existing scholastic infrastructure of Cumberland County. The New Jersey Motorsports Park will be a powerful catalyst for regional development and job creation."

http://www.njmotorsportspark.com/


If successful such a facility in Canada would surely draw interest from national series like the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship and perhaps SCCA events.

Black91n/a

There's also Portland International Raceway, which is in a park in the middle of the city and is run by the park board, which goes to show that racing, parks and city life can live together.

Maybe one of those big oil companies would be interested in being the title sponsor of the track? It would seem to be a natural fit, with motorsports using lots of fuel and all those big corporate offices in the city. They could maybe have an exclusive fuel supply arrangement or something like that, with a card lock type station in the pit area? Maybe add some pumps for race gas too, that'd be nice and conveniant.