Race City Cancels Season
It was a sad reality I guess that the early suspension all activities for the rest of 2008 at Race City motorsports park was bound to happen. Th efacility was getting run down and fan support was low although I w
ent to it many times being a race fan myself. Although I don't blame the owners of the track cause why would they spend the money to fix it up if the city was going to take it away and the end of the season anyway to make way for a garbage dump. Pretty ironic isn't it, a city known as Calgary that prides itself on recycling and cleanliness, is one of the dirtiest cities I have seen (it is windy here so trash gets blown everywhere) and is way behind the recycling programs that other major cities have and that other cities do for free (which this city wants to charge for). Anyway the fact that a "clean recyclable" city wants to make another garbage dump is just ridiculous and the fact that they are taking a safe racing environment away for racing enthusiasts and car fans is just nut! I wonder if the major Dave Bronconnier is going to wave the green flag outside city hall when all the street racers take to the streets on Mac trail infront of city hall. It is sad that the politicians in this stupid city don't realize a good thing when they have one and that making money and charging more taxes so they can retire faster is better than building new or saving older entertainment facilities. And I don't mean your standard recreation entertainment facility or theater. How many do we need? I mean a different kind of entertainment like racing! But I guess The mayor and city council like street racing. Just think, how fast can you get a car going on Deerfoot trail? Maybe the mayor has a Blown Alcohol honda he's not saying anything about.
The solution (my opinion)
Ok, so the powers that be in this backwards city keep charging more taxes and to build things that seem to take forever to get built if they get built at all and even when they are built they find that they are inadequate, too small or just not very good design..........ever drive along the new Glenmore trail and Elbow drive Intersection? Good job.........not............it's backed up there all the time from now eevn more than before it seems. But oh well..............
So can't the the city council find a way to take some of those new tax dollars and find a place for a safe racing environment. You have the chance to start something new and exciting.....ever heard of NASCAR. They have touring divisions as well. Do we really need a mega mall in Balzac? That would have been a perfect place for a race track. Out of the way, not many neighbors, and easy to get to. even if city council doesn't help fund the new track at least help someone in finding some land that can be used for a facility, how hard is that to do? Sell it to a prospective buyer, builder and then leave them alone. It would be cool if they built a race track at the new Balzac mall site anyway around there somewhere cause after all it's just flat land, acres of it. Just an idea.
I hope they can find a solution soon there is race cars,drivers and engine shops around the city that all benefit from the track and now they have an opportunity to attract some big time race series if the track was built to specifications. I see there is a dirt track down south of Calgary. I hope they will see the light and expand maybe adding a paved oval and some drag strips. ever heard of Indianapolis Motorspeedway? Or Lowes Motorspeedway. They are multi functional facilites with Lowes opening up a new Drag Strip just recently for NHRA. I guess we will have to head down there to watch racing.
This is an open suggestion for the owners of Rocky Mountain Speedway, any plans of expansion?
And one last comment for city council, the mayor Dave Bronconnier, Race city owners and management and the Rocky Mountain Speedway owners :
Remember two people, Wally Parks and Bill France Sr.!
