Track Days?

[ItBites]

Not that anyone's car is going to break down at the track, but I'll always trailer mine out and would be happy to help folks out with a ride on a trailer in a pinch.

Now when (if?) mine breaks, I ride first, but would be happy to make multiple trips to help fellow car folks out any time I can...

See y'all at the track soon.

BTW, does anyone have plans for events you'll be attending yet?

Also, Brian - How far from me are you? I'd like to see the green car sometime...

[mikiec]

E.W.

When you finally see Brians' car bring the darkest pair of sunglasses that you own with you. Actually a good pair of welders goggles will be the best.

Man, that thing is BRIGHT!!!!

Mike

[BPWilliams]

Just of ellsworth and north of rittinhouse very close to ya!
Brian

Mike it's not that bright! It's just the 15 coats of paint that make it look that way!

[Karl Bebout]

Brian, the nerve of that Mikie, harrassing you about your non-every-other-Cobra-on-the-road-color. Its a great color and goes so well with your wife's red hair. I guess the one bad thing is for both of us, there's no other Cobras around in either your color or mine. Makes it hard to disavow someone saying that they saw a particular color car going a tad over the speed limit.

[mikiec]

Karl,

There is one other Copper colored cobra in town. He does not get out much.

As for Brians color. I've seen a couple of low riders that have the same green. No ricers yet.

JB,

Any new news on the status of AMP?

Mike

[JB34]

Ask and ye shall be rewarded...

Racetrack files
multimillion claim vs. county

Arizona Motorsports Park asserts property rights violations

by Darryl Henning
assistant managing editor



Arizona Motorsports Park has filed a notice of claim against Maricopa
County alleging that its special use permit was revoked illegally.
A notice of claim is a prerequisite to filing a lawsuit against a
government entity such as Maricopa County. The claim alleges numerous
violations of the racetrack's property rights, and seeks millions of
dollars in damages.

In short, AMP argued in the notice of claim that the board's action to
revoke its special-use permit was unfair, in violation of county zoning
ordinances and property rights and unconstitutional. Among the reasons
cited why the board's actions were illegal were:

The special-use permit unanimously approved by the board in December
2001 included no stipulations about noise levels. Therefore, AMP did not
violate the permit by whatever noise was generated at the track.
Nevertheless, AMP engaged neighbors, developers and others in the area
to find ways to address their concerns, and notwithstanding spending
tens of thousands of dollars on community outreach, studies, open houses
and other efforts to achieve a compromise with those opposed to its
operations.

A July 2003 report by county staff found that AMP was generally in
compliance with the terms of the special-use permit, which limited the
vehicles allowed at the track to "street-legal" vehicles and
implementing new noise standards. The report, however, did not specify
how "street-legal" vehicles were defined or what noise levels would be
acceptable. That incomplete report was part of the basis of the board's
decision.

AMP hired a noise expert to determine the actual impact of its
operations on existing neighborhood noise levels. The study found that
the track's operations had very little impact, especially when compared
to activities at the adjacent Luke Air Force Base.

County staff engaged in "bizarre and questionable activities," such as
random and unannounced site visits and providing their findings to the
board of supervisors only 20 minutes before the January 2004 meeting at
which the board revoked the special-use permit - a timeframe that did
not allow sufficient time for a proper response by AMP.

The Maricopa County Planning & Zoning Commission recommended that the
special-use permit be modified with new stipulations, not revoked.
However, instead of considering those stipulations, the board voted for
revocation of the permit without providing a single reason for the
decision.

The Board of Supervisors does not have the authority to revoke a
special-use permit - county zoning ordinances do not provide the board
with an option to revoke such permits.

"It's highly unfortunate that this matter has come to this point, but
the county has clearly violated our property rights and in rather
unseemly ways," AMP owner Dan Maloney said. "We have invested millions
of dollars in this facility because we were given a special-use permit
by the board [of supervisors] that was supposed to guarantee our right
to operate and provide the guidelines for use of the land. The board's
unfair and illegal decision to revoke the permit has cost us dearly. We
had no other choice but to move forward with this claim."

[mikiec]

Outstanding...

I hope they win. Give that Wilcox b$t$h a well deserved up yours...

If they open I think a cobra event out there would be terriffic.

Mike

[need4speed]

Seems like Wilcox is always mixed up in a bunch of unethical and big government schemes. One of these days everyone will have enough and get her out of office.

[Mulv]

Well well

This is an interesting turn of events indeed. Notwithstanding my position on using the DeathMobile at the track, I will make an exception in the case of AMP re-opening and re-think my decision for the day. It behooves us to get out there on the very hour that they get their permit back to add to the general din in the area. As an added martyrdom on my part (and having been a pro racer in the past) I will volunteer to take the lovely lady that Mikie refers to for enough laps until she becomes catatonic and no longer a threat to our fun. I should expect that it will be les than two.

Fight for your right to play! Why lose the best part of childhood?

Steve

[Karl Bebout]

I doubt that Mary Rose (I never saw a tax I didn't like) Wilcox's hind quarters could fit into the snug confines of a Cobra. All the pork-barreling she's done must surely have added some poundage. Then again, maybe the surgeons helped her out when they treated her for being shot in the rump a few years ago by some marginally deranged citizen.

[BPWilliams]

Hey there goes a blue Cobra, is that Mike, Stewart, Steve, or......................... Nothin wrong with a low rider color that stands out in a crowd. I wanted it to be blue but the wife had that detail to address, and wada know it does go great with her hair, go figure................

Thanks Mike!

Brian

[JB34]

Keep sweet talkin to Barb and maybe, just maybe, she will let you have some track time BEFORE you get all the boxes unpacked.

[mikiec]

Brian,

For the longest time I had the only silver one in the Phx area. Then they started to multiply. Could Green be the next color of choice?


Speaking of Stuart, I just finished talking to him. He is going OK and his car is finally running good.

Mike

[BPWilliams]

Yes you are right Mike, It wont last long I am sure of that. Maybe I will go for the Bass Boat look and go big metal flake..... next time.

Hey Jim as you would have gussed it my race rims are still in storage and Barb has the keys, I need to be nice to her so I can get some good tires on the rims. Then, maybe I can keep up with you or at least catch you in the straights. when is the next event besides St. Johns?????
October might be a wash due to the car show in Laughlin, might try November event.

Keep it above 100...........

Brian