Drag Racing Update: MOPAR DRAG CITY: IT'S COMING!

[Ken]

February 17, 2005​

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Although All American Racing now has all their financing and necessary approvals to begin construction on their facility. One minor obstacle remains and is being worked on at the present time.

All American Racing already has a 5 year agreement (Resolution # 2002-111) in place to lease 20 acres from the City for their project. However in order to guarantee their financial investment in the track and to keep it operational for years to come they have opted to purchase the land instead. This is the reason why track construction has not yet started as of December 2004. Due to the fact that the City owned land (20 acres) was bought with an FAA grant, a process is now taking place to return the grant money back to the FAA ,so that the City can legally dispose of the land, or in other words sell the land to All American Racing. Banning City Manager, Randy Anstine said, "We want to get it done as quickly as possible."

According to the division office of NHRA, “they are pleased to hear that things are moving in a positive direction and look forward to the opening sometime this coming year”. Charlie Neilson, also added, “ NHRA organizes a number of programs at the grassroots and sportsmen levels that would be ideal platforms for implementation at the proposed facility”. He also said “another series conducted by NHRA that may consider the venue as a potential home is the NHRA Lucus Oil Divisional Series.

So what’s the next step? Andy Marocco says the next step is the same step they take everyday. “Just taking care of business. The details of that business is proprietary”.

When pushed as to when the track will be finished Andy Marocco said, “ With the holidays upon us and busy schedules, its hard for me to give an exact date, because I’m very optimistic and I’ve been that way these past four years through the process. So rather than giving an exact date let me just say that it will be coming very soon in 2005”. Stay tuned!

For further information regarding the Mopar-Drag City drag strip construction, visit www.drag-city.com.

 

[Glensgages]

I hope for my Left-Coast Corvette brethren this track becomes reality.....

but haven't the L.A. / Kuh-lee-FORN-ya politicos been talking about this strip for over 2 years?????

I can't imagine what the ecological-restrictions a track inside the confines of L.A. would be.....


P.S.:
Scelzi's '04 paint scheme looked much-better than the '05 get-up.....

 

[Ken]

Yeah, I've got a T-shirt from the groundbreaking ceremonies held back in 2001. :eyerole

As for being in the confines of LA, Banning ain't hardly Los Angeles; it's more like Palm Springs (about a hundred miles east ).

 

[Glensgages]

Yeah, I've got a T-shirt from the groundbreaking ceremonies held back in 2001. :eyerole

Will T-shirts still be en vogue when that strip opens?

As for being in the confines of LA, Banning ain't hardly Los Angeles; it's more like Palm Springs (about a hundred miles east ).

Having never-been further West than Crawfordsville, Ind. (you got it, I.R.P.!!!), I figured if all the West Coast motorsports-media was talking about it, it HAD to be L.A.

 

[Glensgages]

Fraud ?????

..... for those who are interested in this subject, I found this and posted it here:

http://forums.nitromater.com/showthread.php?t=13924

 

[Ken]

Thanks for the link; I wasn't aware of that site. :cool

 

[Glensgages]

Thanks for the link; I wasn't aware of that site. :cool

Keep your eyes-open, and your smart-azz comments to yourself:
team-owners Don Schumacher, Virgil Hartmann, and some crew-members from Kalitta's team post there occasionally!

Ken, please let me clarify:
"some" wise-apples pop-off at these members, who post of their own will, and these poor comments often keep them away for long periods of time, which is OUR-loss.....

 

[Ken]

I can tell from the first glance that there are professional racers registered there.

And since when do I make smart-azz comments? I am sensitive to those kind of remarks so please, if I ever do come across with something inappropriate I expect you to let me know.

EDIT: I understand. :cool

 

[Glensgages]

And since when do I make smart-azz comments? I am sensitive to those kind of remarks so please, if I ever do come across with something inappropriate I expect you to let me know.

Not-you, Ken:
others, already members of that Forum.....:eyerole

It is often open-warfare on the 'Mater..... :argue

 

[Glensgages]

..... something of an update for our Left-Coast straight-liner friends:

http://forums.nitromater.com/showthread.php?t=17239

 

[Glensgages]

..... here's your quarterly-update:

http://dragracingonline.comleftcoast/vii_11-1.html

It must-have gotten so-bad that-even Dim-Bulb (NHRA Grand-Pubbah Graham Light ) has figured it out:

"We wish them well, and would revisit the issue IF the track gets completed....."

Once-again, this info courtesy of www.nitromater.com
(see the thread about Fontana being up-graded..... )

 

[Glensgages]

8 months since last up-date

http://www.deepstage.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=000635

 

[Glensgages]

15 months since last up-date

http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2007/1320-ix_10-31.html

..... it may come as no-surprise.....

;squint:

 

[Glensgages]

Mopar Drag City..... it's GONE!!!!!

http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_B_bdrag29.33ba516.html