At the risk of invoking the censor gods on this list I
would like to debate Sean O'Boy's statement wrgt new
sites and who/how they are gotten.
The simple fact is every one is gotten by different
folks, and the story behind each of them is unique. I
don't think anyone has ever gotten one in a normal
business fashion. The business proposal of renting a
$5M lot for $500 and putting it in some jeapordy is a
really tough sell...
Historic "revisionist" aspect;
Oakland Coliseum was gotten by Derek Israel, a
roadracer who was on the maintenance staff at the
place.
Candlestick was gotten by John Kelly as far as I know,
he can corresct this if necessary.
GGF has been gotten twice. The first time by Art
Munchuryan, a roadracer who at the time was pretending
to autocross, but in HS so.... The second time by a
guy in the Lotus club [I don't recall his name right
now] who just wanted to stage a charity fundraiser. He
never autocrossed. That event was a school.
Marina was gotten by Sherry Grantz, but she was
approached by a Street Rod club that was using it as a
swapmeet site.
Crows Landing was gotten by Art Segar, a roadracer. He
worked with Peggy to put it together.
The Livermore Streetrace was a deal done by Dave
Vodden when the SCCA office moved to Livermore. He has
never autocrossed AFAIK.
Every site has required extensive effort to "finish
the deal" and lots of folks have been involved there.
As Naseum.
The points are, anyone can get a new site deal, new
folks historically have been the ones to do it, and
autocrossers ought to be more active in the search and
not be so reliant upon others! Or at least not be
defiant of those folks that have helped.
Let the games begin...
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Dennis Hale
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