Just a notion. Need smart people to iron out details., Co-Op Race Track/Tracks. Options

[Silverstreak]

Had this notion driving round town the other day. I Googled it but couldn't find anything on the idea. The way I figure, most sports car enthusiast would love to have a place to stretch their cars legs and test the boundaries without fearing the law or flying off the road into some trees, a ditch, a house or people for that matter. Sadly, where I live anyway there isn't a road course to be found for some 300 miles. And even then you can't get on it without spending a fortune and being there on the right day. My idea, as nieve as it may seem is a road coarse built by the people (funded anyway) for the people. The people being common Joe Shmoe's like ourselves. The concept is pretty simple. You'd have members chip in an initial amount to get the track constructed, then an annual membership fee to keep it maintained. You could then set up a schedule of sort so the track isn't over crowded on any given day (this is one place you'd smart people would come in). There would of course be rules in ordinance with all safety requirements. I think the best place to try such an endeavor would be out West, say California where there's a large sports car community present. But, I supose it could work in a number of places. Keep in mind, I have no idea how much it cost to build a race track or what kind of red tape you'd have to cut through. Anyway, just a thought. Thought I'd try and get the snowball rolling down hill and see how big it got. Thanks for reading. I'd love to hear any input on the topic.
Happy motoring (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) ,
Josh

[ldsgeek]

Last I heard you can figure at least $1,000,000 per mile of paving, after landscaping the contours you want. This is before any facilities are built so the price adds up quick for this kind of thing. There has been one in the planning/financing stages for several years here in New Hampshire and I don't see it going live any time soon.

[Silverstreak]

Last I heard you can figure at least $1,000,000 per mile of paving, after landscaping the contours you want. This is before any facilities are built so the price adds up quick for this kind of thing. There has been one in the planning/financing stages for several years here in New Hampshire and I don't see it going live any time soon.

Yeah, they've been planning one near me in Mobile AL. Ol' Dale Jr. was suposed to be financing the complex with all sorts of tracks. There's a sign that says "Future home of Alabama Motorsports Park". But I guess it's been on hold for a couple years now. Probably cause the guy never wins a race (not that I follow that crap). At a million bucks a mile, it would probably take more investors than you could muster in an area where the track would be in driving distance to them. Unless of course you get some fat cat execs and movie stars on board! But they probably wouldn't be down with the whole Co-Op thing and would want to turn a profit. I wish Bill Gates was a member on this site, he could build a sweet facility without even feeling a bump in his bank account. Oh well, maybe it could work with a rally racing circuit instead, then we wouldn't have to pay for paving, just land clearing and contouring. Hell, you might even get a member who has the equipment to complete such a task. And maybe I'm just dreaming.