Anybody thought about building a facility? Oh i forgot, Land speed racers generally don't have that kind of cash. Well maybe maybe if your name is Poteet you may have the ability to raise the kind of money necessary.
It is clear that a facility appropriate for our use would also be useful for other purposes, such as driver training, safety training, Security training, general automotive testing, Drag racing, and probably a few other thing I haven't thought about. Perhaps states would be interested in training highway construction workers in proper safety procedures in a controlled environment.
Existing tracks rent out time, here is an example
http://www.sportbiketracktime.com/June-Track-Time-Events/ Some of the prices are $450 per weekend. Would such an enterprise be Viable? Since it would probably be a corporation, it would be possible to actually loose control of the facility after it was developed. LSR would not bring in the majority of the income.
I did hear about something years ago, i think it was in Texas. Owners of Sports cars would purchase shares to build a track, they would then be entilted to use the track for a reduced price and jump ahead of the non members for track use. I have heard of country clubs having similar arrangements.
Perhaps a better idea would be to take an existing facility and improve it, for example, add a 2 mile strip next to an existing drag strip. Pit facilities would already be in pace, and you could probably run Real Street classes every week. It might actually improve the number of people interested in the sport.
This is really just brainstorming, It would be great to have control of a facility and not be at the whims of some government official or property owner.
