Force the SCCA to build some serious drift courses!

[pony]

Originally posted by malcolm
like I said in the other thread, I think they use a lot of karting circuits in Japan. The corners are tight enough that speeds aren't really high, but the course is technical and requires lots of skill.



Here is an example of a karting circuit that could be used for a drifting competition. A drift battle was actually planned for this circuit, and it was to be a D1 Driver-Search event before it got cancelled. I've been on this track before (raced karts there for '97 to '99), and they also hold Solo-1 events there (solo-1 is essentially like Time-Attack in Japan).

Formula D just needs to go to more karting-based circuits like this one for their events. These venues are small enough that you can put grand-stands all around the track, and people could see everything.

how wide is that? where is the pit lane? could it hold 45 race teams and multiple vendors? where do you sit 15000? whats protecting the crowd from the cars?

[Ris4drift]

Originally posted by Tsunami
First of all Ris, Tx Motor Speedway was built 20+ years ago, so it's worth a fraction of what it would cost new. When you use an existing track it's easier to make money than to build a new one. (Irwindale for ex.) What I was saying was referring to building new tracks, not using old ones.

I understand why you'd be angry about the owners milking the track for all it's worth. To this day I'm still wondering why they built the track, had a few big events there, then left it to ruin and built another one not too far from it. I hate seeing grand-old tracks fall out of the spotlight just as much as you do.

Hosting multiple racing series makes the track owner more money and gives the investors return on their investment. If the track isn't gonna make millions of dollars, nobody wants anything to do with it. To billionaire and millionaire investors, drifting is just a fad, just another 2F2F to them. They won't risk all their money on that. They want gauranteed Nascar dates before they'll even think about opening their wallets. It's a shame that nobody cares about the little guy anymore, everythings "sell tons of crap to tons of people, screw the quality."

Btw the reason why Japan has so many tight, driftable tracks is their lack of space. Japan is a small country with alot of people and not alot of usable land. So when they build racetracks they have to be small to fit their surroundings, which is sometimes a mountaintop.

And Ris, I just wanted to let you know that I've been watching and attending races for nearly 15 years. I've been into cars my entire life and run togue on the weekends. So I do know a thing or 2 about racing. I just didn't want you to think that I was some 12-year-old-wannabe.

i wasnt tryign to pick on you, just your post was a good well thought out one and i thouht i could elaborate on it with what i know. i didnt think you were a 12 year old wanna-be like most the curb drifters on this site.

Texas WORLD speedway was built about 30ish years ago in college station texas. when it was built the city of college station couldnt support the massive overflow of people for the events. the dirt parkign lot also proposed a problem , and otehr misc small things. Texas MOTOR speedway (speedway inc, bruton smith) was built in dallas as a racing center for a huge area, and has plenty of support for the influx of fans.

[Ris4drift]

Originally posted by pony
how wide is that? where is the pit lane? could it hold 45 race teams and multiple vendors? where do you sit 15000? whats protecting the crowd from the cars?

Dude, this is DRIFTING.com!! they dont liek spectators or big events, remmeber FD is a disgrace to drifting!! stay underground!! spectators and vendors are bad!!

on a more serious note i think you might be able to fit the pits on the runway with the circle on it, if you compare to the oval it actually looks about 3-4 maybe 5 cars wide. but i think you could do an event there by the runway looking thing.

Originally posted by pony
this thread explains EVERYTHING.

do yall even know who SCCA is or even does?

on a nother serious note no, sadly most of them probably dont.

[Ghost of Duluth]

how wide is that? where is the pit lane? could it hold 45 race teams and multiple vendors? where do you sit 15000? whats protecting the crowd from the cars?

Looks about as wide as most circuits I have seen in Japan. Pit lane could be set up on the runway area. Are there even 45 race teams of any real size competing in Formula Drift, doubt it. 45 entrants maybe, but teams? Nah. Multiple Vendors can set up on the oval if need be or there is so much extra space on that property, they could make a vendor area. Erect stands to support the crowd, they already have a set for the oval and barriers can be erected as well. Wouldn't take all that much to add the same guardrail style of barrier that you see on any roadway in the country. Concrete construction barrier could be brought in for the event if you really wanted too.

[Pennyman]

If anyone had the money to fund the construction of a drift park, it would be a tire company. Makes sence, doesn't it?

[servinmcgervin]

this thread needs to be closed!

[icantdrift]

Originally posted by servinmcgervin
this thread needs to be closed!

why is that, seems to be a pretty good discussion going on and it's staying civil.