Inde Motorsports Ranch Track Day 04-05

[LRRCobradreamer]

I am on the wait list. But have a good chance to get in, at least that is what I was told. Looks like a great track.

Lee

[Fast289]

I'm in, I hope we get more in.

Dave from Chandler

[ItBites]

How did you get in? I haven't even seen the contact information and thought they were full-up...

[Fast289]

To make a long story short, I had hunters email from a previous track day that I was to late signing up for. Once I saw that only eight spots were left I emailed Hunter and got in this time.

Dave from Chandler

[motordean]

I'm dying to go, but it just can't happen logistically. One of my buddies is the man over there and he keeps asking me to fly out.

[LMH]

Something to keep in the back of our minds is that we could set up a track day like Hunter does. If we had enough people together, I think we could make it work. A friend of mine is a member there and might be able to help us get it going.
Just throwing that out there.
Larry

[LMH]

For those of you who didn't make it to Saturdays event, we had a great time. Got to meet a nice couple with their late CSX. Really nice people too, so they won't fit in very well with the rest of us!
Dave came down from the center of the universe with his fast289. The greasy tires made for some interesting driving at times and the broken side pipe hanger didn't help, but he did get back on the track after some help from the Inde track shop.
All in all, it was a great day. Hope more of you can make it the next time!
Larry

[Karl Bebout]

Who was that masked man?

I went there with Mesa Mike a few months ago and was really surprised and impressed with the facility. Whoda thunk?

If they had a drag strip, I'd be there in a heart beat with my car.

[Fast289]

Larry, thanks for posting the pictures,well at least the one when I'm on the track.

It was a great facility, really good people.

I highly recommend driving this track.

Dave from Chandler

[buddyg]

Great pics any videos? I am looking forward to getting my Cobra on the track this year! But a little closer to home.

[Fast289]

I have video, but I am either spinning, going straight at a chicane or in the garage! If I can figure out how to upload it, I will. Despite the greasy tires, it was really a blast!!!

Dave from Chandler

[mikiec]

Glad, those that went had a good time.

Larry, if you set something up, create a class where the max speed is 30MPH and I'll be there.

[LMH]

I'll keep you in mind Mike if I can put something together!

Dave, I don't know how to post videos but it would be cool to see what you have! I tried shooting video from inside the car but the camera was bouncing all over the place and it looks like the worst earthquake ever seen by man!
Larry

[rlrileysr]

We may have another option for open track time in a few years (2017) in Tucson. From the Tucson (RED) Star:

ARIZONA DAILY STAR

Pima County has reached a lease agree*ment with a group that wants to build a mul*timillion- dollar auto racecourse next to the Pima County Fairgrounds.

The Board of Supervisors approved an agreement Tuesday with Southern Arizo*na Raceway LLC to build the course on 400 acres south of the fairgrounds.

The developer will be required to spend at least$15 million to build a racetrack, lighting, pit road and pit area, and meet any other require*ments mandated to qualify for a French-based Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile Grade 2 license. Southern Arizona Raceway also must provide amenities such as grandstands, rest-rooms and concessions in exchange for a long-term lease with the county.

The agreement also includes the group building the Arizona International Motor-Sports Museum, which the company hopes will rival the Pima Air and Space Museum.

Rent will be about $137,000 a year or 2 per*cent of gross revenues, whichever is greater.

The raceway will feature a lighted 2.8-mile course with 14 turns.

The developer will have up to 18 months to design and begin construction, and to line up investors, county documents say. The track is expected to open no later than spring 2017.

Richard 'Andy' Anderson, who will co-manage the project with Charles Quiroz , approached the county with some project partners in 2011 with plans to build a pro*fessional course next to other racing-related venues at the fairgrounds. The fairgrounds already has Tucson Speedway, a paved NAS*CAR track, Southwestern International Dragway and the Musselman Honda Circuit.

Anderson said his group expects to invest $67 million within the first 10 years of opera*tion, which the county projects will generate $264 million in revenue and create more than 150 high-paying full-time jobs.

The total economic impact of the raceway during that time is expected to be about $1.2 billion, according to county documents.

Southern Arizona Raceway is expected to host organizations and events such as Indy-Car, TUDOR United SportsCar Champion*ship Racing, Superbike racing and Historic Sportscar Racing, which are projected to draw between 15,000 and 50,000 spectators.

The course will have other uses when pro*fessional drivers aren't racing, including a racing school, which would teach everything from defensive driving to advanced high*speed courses.

Private car clubs, like those for Porsche owners, might also use the course for special events, Anderson said.

[LMH]

Yeah, I hope it actually goes somewhere. When he dragstrip was built a few years ago, I saw plans for the proposed expansion that included a road course and bleachers kind of like Firebird had. It never came about though but maybe this one will.
Larry

[mikiec]

That sounds great. At least you guys do not have the anti-racing politicians down there like up here.

[LMH]

If it follows other Tucson projects, it'll be covered in potholes in a year! Then the Jeep guys can use it!
Larry

[rlrileysr]

Originally Posted by mikiec

That sounds great. At least you guys do not have the anti-racing politicians down there like up here.

You are right....they are not anti-racing politicians. They are anti-everything politicians. Progress, development, and growth are measured in millimeters. How this will go down is that the add-on restrictions for noise, environmental impact, pollution (exhaust fumes), land use, county regulations/inspections, community hearings/written mitigation plans, required infrastructure improvements and lawsuit by the Center for Biodiversity will drive the developer into bankruptcy or out of the track building business in Tucson. Of course, how the same county built one of the best outdoor gun ranges I have ever seen down by the same fairgrounds escapes me. Maybe they were afraid of being "targets" for the gun nuts like me.