Aren't all NASCAR fans hicks with 4x4 pickup trucks with gun racks? They
would probably consider it a bonus sport, getting in and out of the mud.
> My company sold all the lighting and electrical on the entire project.
They
> requested a bid on parking lot lighting as an option. Our bid on the
> lighting to the electric contractor was over $500,000. That was before the
> contractor put his margin on it and their labor. I spoke to the contractor
> after he submit his bid, he said he never saw anybody drop the subject so
> fast in his life. And that was just the electrical bid, I can't imagine
the
> excavating, storm drainage, and paving. It wouldn't surprise me if it
added
> $5-10mill to the project.
> Greg Reno
> Mazda MX-3 GS V6
> #36 ES
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Hottvr@aol.com>
> To: <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>; <AutoX200@aol.com>
> Cc: <conekiller@prodigy.net>; <autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 5:21 PM
> Subject: Re: What Kansas Region gets out of Nationals (Was Nationals in
> October at TM...
>
>
> > In a message dated 11/10/00 3:00:51 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com writes:
> >
> > << I've been out at the Kansas Speedway a couple of time in the past
> month.
> > While
> > it is a great facility, almost all of the parking is on grass - there
are
> no
> > plans to pave it. >>
> > ____________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Whats gonna happen when it rains??? This is the midwest!!! Can you
> imagine
> > what will happen when a 100,000 people show up for a Nascar weekend on
> > Saturday
> > and its been raining here for three days straight???? Can you imagine
the
> > mess
> > trying to park on grass/mud???? That will last about one race weekend,
> after
> > that
> > you will see some serious pavement layed down.
> >
> > Can you imagine the commentary on "This Week in Nascar" after such an
> event?
> > Ned Jared saying "The new Kansas Speedway is wonderful, but look at all
> the
> > fans cars stuck in that sea of mud". I would bet that the speedway will
> have
> > paved lots after the first year. Whether SCCA in KC gets to use them is
> > another story??????
> >
> > Mike B. 99cm TLS#1
> >
>
>
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