I was online last October basically mutually whining with BobbyHotRods, Bob Jepson, about how we'd love to have a LSR venue more convenient to the NorthEast. I remembered a site, Abandonedairfields.com, someone posted on one of our LSR sites, went there and perused a short list of possibles. Long story short, we have since secured permission to use this large former AF base, complete with a paved strip totaling over 14,000 feet long by 300 feet wide. We'll initially run a mile exactly the way ECTA runs Maxton, and our dream would be to utilize the full runway for two mile runs eventually. The surface for a run south to north starts with 1,000ft slightly deteriorated asphalt, then 1,000ft concrete, then 10,000 ft good asphalt, then another 1,000ft concrete, and another 1,000 of that deteriorating asphalt.
We now have enough time to educate ourselves in the aspects of running an event, and feel will have enough well known experienced LSR types to safely run a the whole deal.
The airport is inactive, no refueling or tower/landing services. Landings can be made with prior notice to the Loring Development authority, but bring enough fuel for a RT.
Staging, pit areas, camping, water, sanitation, food, etc., are all available and need only be delineated in a meeting to be held very soon. We will be up there for a media/promo and test runs to be video'd to show both for the local community and hopefully a You Tube type tour of the place.
As it is still a very popular Snowmobile area, with over a thousand miles of state maintained trails in winter, lodging is no problem.
As I said in the original post, the first weekend in August is Day one, and two, and?
Some history of the base and a nice independent picture are enclosed
Thanks for your interest, especially BRN and Wendy!
BOB W LTA official mouth
http://www.loring.org/lda_home.asphttp://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/7772641.jpg 
