We looked very seriously into promoting a race there. The promoter (who's name escapes me at the moment), was more than willing to work with us, and a nice guy. There was BIG problem though. The light poles are on the outside of the track, and I don't mean way outside, I mean a mere 3ft (and less on some) off the top of the wall! The poles are located entering turn 1, turn 2, all the way down the back strecth (3 poles if I remember, maybe 2??), entering turn 3, and turn 4.
The promoter had indicated that the promoter before him, had installed them there, a few years before he took possession of the track.
This guy was even willing to possibly help with building some catch fence before the lights, but they are sooo close to the track, that that wouldn't work either. Then add the fact that it is a looong and steep way down, if you go over the wall (no catch fence) in turn 1! We truly just felt that it would not be to safe of an enviroment for Sprint Cars.
I want to reiterate that the promoter is great guy, the track in itself is just fine, but it is
my opinion that it is not a safe place to run open wheel cars. I also want to say that I am all for the steel block series, and wish I could help support it with a car
, but that's just not in the cards for us at the moment. If whoever is running the series has not visited the racetrack, you should. Unless something has changed in the last 2 years, the chances of a car meeting one of these poles, or landing in a creek that is a long way down over turn 1, are very real.
Thanks for reading
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Not sure if this works, but try this:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...03895&t=h&z=18
You can see the pole locations from the shadows. You can't really tell how big the drop off (turn 1) is by the pic, but I promise you that is significant.