After being shot down time and time again we're trying again, please join the facebook group so local enthusiasts can get at least a good 1/4 mile track without having to drive 2+ hours to get there, we have a road course and 1/8 mile track about an hour away, but a 1/4 strip would be awesome between Lincoln and Omaha
Facebook Link
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=116705279461

 

A certain incident that involved "street racing" has rekindled an awareness for needing a drag strip in our county

http://www.kolnkgin.com/news/headlines/50904922.html
Watch the video too. Andy is a good friend of mine, as is Mike (who was not on the video, but was the other ticketed driver)

Now, this is not to condone street racing, but rather to give us an outlet to which we can enjoy our hobby legally. For those of you who aren't aware, a gentleman by the name of Greg Sanford was willing to foot the entire bill to have a dragstrip put in a small town just outside of lincoln. He had the land bought and everything. Only needed approval to have a motorsports complex built specifically. After a few hearings (one of which our own local forum flooded with members to show for support), ultimately it was shot down. Not only do I and many of my fellow peers/gearheads disagree with this decision, but we will not give up on trying.

I created this facebook group to help raise awareness again that there is tons of support to have a dragstrip built. I understand that none of you will probably be local or effect you in any way, but I'm sure some of you rotorheads can understand our plea for something that many of us find necessary to have. There are a lot of benefits to having this drag strip built, one of the biggest being money pumped into our city/county/state.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=116705279461

Feel free to voice your opinions or stories!

 

Full support here, I joined.

 

I grew up in Lincoln. Back in the early 70's there used to be a drag strip that ran under I-80 just south of Omaha. It was there before the interstate and they simply built an overpass over it. Never did know what happened to that track. Good luck with your endeavor.

 

That closed 30+ years ago now. It's a series of warehouses and industrial locations. You would never know what USED to be there if you weren't around then. That track used to be relatively isolated, Omaha is now contiguous nearly out to Gretna.