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millertime · 07-16-2009, 01:06 AM

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!

JHew84 · 12-06-2009, 02:31 PM

Lincoln is only 2hrs away from a dragstip in Kearney. Most communities don't even have a drag strip that close, well within reason for a day trip, hardly any at all have one in their back yard like people seem to want for Lincoln.

The closest drag strip to me is over an hour away, I suck it up and make the drive when I want to race. If I want to hit up a road course that's easily 2+hrs unless I am towing the car, then closer to 3. If those guys were really that interested in racing legally they would make the drive, sounds to me like they just want to bitch because they got busted for street racing.

07-16-2009, 01:06 AM	#1
millertime addicted to boost Join Date: Feb 2009 iTrader: (0) Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	Support a new track 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! Last edited by millertime; 07-16-2009 at 01:10 AM..

12-06-2009, 02:31 PM	#2
JHew84 The Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 iTrader: (0) Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	Lincoln is only 2hrs away from a dragstip in Kearney. Most communities don't even have a drag strip that close, well within reason for a day trip, hardly any at all have one in their back yard like people seem to want for Lincoln. The closest drag strip to me is over an hour away, I suck it up and make the drive when I want to race. If I want to hit up a road course that's easily 2+hrs unless I am towing the car, then closer to 3. If those guys were really that interested in racing legally they would make the drive, sounds to me like they just want to bitch because they got busted for street racing.