Also, when you view that Heartland Park map, don't get too locked in on
the dimensions of the proposed autocross pads. I had a nice visit with
Ray at the National Convention and he was quick to point out that the
left margin of that map is just that -- the left margin of that map.
It's NOT, necessarily, the left margin of the site!!! 8<{)
John (Old Fartz & TLS #37) Lieberman
Rocky Entriken wrote:
> Is anyone really concerned that SCCA would drop a program that has
> nearly 100,000 competitors nationally (PRI statistics, not SCCA) and a
> championship event pulling 1100 competitors with minimal liability
> concerns?
>
> Not bloody likely!
>
> And as for a different Chuck's query: "P.S. Who "mentioned" the 2006
> venue change? That sounds like an unfounded rumor, possibly based on
> the fact that some folks have said that they didn't think Heartland Park
> could provide appropriate pavement."
>
> This one is pretty well-founded. The "who" was SCCA President Steve
> Johnson. The where was first at the Solo Nationals Town Meeting, then
> again at the Wednesday banquet as he announced we would be either on a
> repaved Forbes site or a newly-built site for '06. As for Heartland
> Park, go check out http://heartlandparktopeka.com/06runoffs.htm, click
> on "renovation" and check out the map. Those black squares in the
> top-left (northwest) corner are the potential new site HPT owner Ray
> Irwin has in mind. But it is WAY early in that process (and Ray is most
> heavily focused on the Runoffs just now as that is his
> bird-in-the-hand), so don't be premature expecting any hot news out of
> SCCA just yet. Besides, SCCA may have other options.
>
> --Rocky Entriken
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