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[70 HEMI CUDA]

fat64, on 20 September 2008 - 12:46 PM, said:

Best news ever!

it realy is good news im all for it wood b a great place to have it good for all persons dont understand why people wood not want this to go ahead gets street racers off the street yes a very very expencive thing to build my uncle looked at building his own

[meanstreak racing team]

NEW LOOK WEB SITE HAS GONE LIVE

CHECK IT OUT

http://www.springmou...gracing.com/wb/

Edited by meanstreak racing team, 28 October 2009 - 12:59 PM.

[meanstreak racing team]

HI Guys, I've just been advised we have about 14 days left to get as many signatures as possible
to take to the council meeting so if you haven't done so yet please download
the letter of support from the web site fill it out and send it in
or drop it off to one of the Membership payment sites in the area
all the details are on the web site.

http://www.springmou...gracing.com/wb/

If you are genuinely interested in motor sport you will get behind this, the club has the land they just need everyone's support to show council it's viable.

[meanstreak racing team]

We have about 7 days left to get as many signatures as possible to take to the council meeting so if you haven't done so yet please download
the letter of support from the web site fill it out and send it in or drop it off to one of the Membership payment sites in the area
all the details are on the web site.

http://www.springmou...gracing.com/wb/

If you are genuinely interested in motor sport you will get behind this, the club has the land they just need everyone's support to show council it's viable.

Edited by meanstreak racing team, 08 November 2009 - 07:41 PM.

[meanstreak racing team]

SDRA Presidents Update 17th March 2010.

Hello Members of the Springmount Drag Racing Association.

GOOD NEWS

We have had verbal approval from the Council today at their planning meeting.

We should receive the written approval within the next 2-5 working days. I would personally like to thank everyone who has helped in getting this to fruition.

Once we receive the written approval; we will be undertaking the following actions.

Finalisation of the lease agreement.

Letter of Authority supporting the proposal

from the Queensland Police Force.

Funding Proposals.

Organisational development and planning.

Expression of interest for ANDRA Approval.

Detailed project plan, including costings.

Increase in Club activities and events.


We have our approval from Council


We will continue to keep members informed of the progress, however if you have any enquiries or concerns; please EMAIL the Springmount Drag Racing Association via our Contacts Page on the Web Site.


We ask that no one contact the council as all correspondence between the Tablelands Regional Council and Springmount Drag Racing Association is the responsibility of the Executive Committee.


The Club will be holding an open forum to discuss the details in the not to distant future.


Please keep watching for details


Regards

Bruno Fegatilli - ( Club President )

Edited by meanstreak racing team, 17 March 2010 - 05:10 PM.

[NAZE77]

that appears to be very positive news! Looking forward to the next steps. Great work to all those involved so far.

[starlet666]

hell yes... this will b a big step forward when it comes to be....

[7shades]

starlet666, on 17 March 2010 - 07:52 PM, said:

hell yes... this will b a big step forward when it comes to be....

Will save me driving to Townsville to watch you break things

[AE864thachicks]

sure beats attending a ukele festival. well done people.

[sinister]

Huge step forward for Cairns and FNQ. I can't wait til the funding is there and building commences.

[200sxxx]

was on the news the other night, great stuff!

[hirpm boostjunky]

AE864thachicks, on 22 March 2010 - 05:48 PM, said:

sure beats attending a ukele festival. well done people.

i would have attended that just to smash up all those annoying little f**king things.. seriously... it would be the perfect chances 100's of ukes in the same place all to be destroyed!

[starlet666]

the news spots that it has had makes it look like cairns is just going to turn in2 a huge hoon venue.... they showed wankers doing burnouts in the streets in their 6 cyl commos saying cairns will soon b hoon heaven with the approval of the strip....

ya cant win can ya... they do something to get hoons off the street and then the news makes it look like everything is just going to go stupid....

[Falconxf88]

See:
My signature.

[sinister]

It said hoons have somewhere to go now, not that it'll be hoon heaven on the streets. Still showed video of clowns doing skids on the street but..... not racing.

[TurboBusa]

Congratulations to the crew that got this happening...

I only heard about this when I was in Cairns last week whilst visiting family, I am a regular at Willowbank and travel to most RARS rounds with my current ride, a nitrous CBR1000RR, yeah, I'm a bike guy, but my drag racing started in cars with my family having close ties to George Wegener.
I have watched Willowbank progress from the very first meeting, 25 years ago. I remember getting to the track early and helping the track crew cleaning the cow pats from the racing surface, so the meeting could get underway and finished before dark, as there were no lights to race at night, so I guess what I am saying is, to the young fellas that think this track is gonna be like WB, SD or Perth straight away, give it time to happen, cause all we really need is a good racing surface, great traction and friendly officials..
To the drift guys that have a winge about it only being a drag strip and being to boring, you obviously have never driven anything with any real horsepower, or gone into detail on how to set up a car or bike to launch at what really is defying physics. I personally like to watch drifting and would like to give it a go one day, but building a track the can accomadate drags and drifting/circut cars cannot work as the surfaces are far to different, it takes time to get the startline hooking up and the last thing we need as drag racers, is compound getting torn up by someone sliding across it with street tryes, it's bad enough when a street car does a big skid past the startline, as this has the same effect and before you say how is it any different to a drag car doing it, the tyres are different, a slick puts rubber down, street tyres tear it off, ask any track official that preps a track.
When WB was built,it was the only thing out there, QR and the go kart track didn't happen for years later and WB was built out of hard work and a $250,000 dollar loan, the track was then a not for profit set up, with all profits going back into the track, it still is a not for profit track that STILL doesn't recieve ANY form of government funding. Whopefully the local council will see the benefit from making the area a motorsport precinct as did the Ipswich council did some years ago.
I personally look forward to making the drive north in a couple years time to race at the first meeting and to show the far NQ fans how fast no bar bikes can be.

Once again, congrats to the club that got this venture of the ground.
Cheers,
Rowan
AA/MB 1335

[dazzak]

Hi All,

I am new to this site, and have come across this thread, i am keen to get my car on the 1/4 mile, so if I can lend a hand in anyway let me know, I am an electrician and not affraid of getting my hand dirty. Be better to keep the cars up here than to lose then to townsville everytime.

[sinister]

Townsville days are numbered. Bruno and the group are the only shot FNQ will have at a strip so it's best everyone get behind it!

Bruno brought out his drag car to the skids tonight and did a bit of a skid. Quite impressive.

Visit http://www.springmountdragracing.com/ and become a member.

[meanstreak racing team]

Work continues, endless hours have been spent in consultation with council in an effort to get the proposal passed, the Club has received the approval but are now seeking advise and clarification to restrictions which have been put in place. Basically the approval is a foot in the door so to speak. The Club is working now working towards making the approval more beneficial, to the point where the site can be used as we had first requested. The Club has been working toward a world class facility and they will continue to do so until they reach that goal. Steps are now in place get all the other approvals so as ground can be broken and work can commence. Join today become a member and show your support. WE HAVE APPROVAL.

[TUF365]

Its taken almost an hour to read this thread from the very beginning and its so great to see the Springmount Drag Club have stuck to their guns and are making some positive leeway with their new racing facility.



As a member of the Charters Towers Drag Racing Club we are going through exactly the same highs and lows as you guys. We to have been in discussions with our local council in regards to building a drag racing facility for 2 years.



We also have great news as the council has now allocated land to the club in which we can use to build a nationally recognised Drag Racing facility.



Going back through all the comments in your forum its all exactly the same things we’ve heard before also. Time and time again we have been told we need to build not just a drag strip but a whole motorsport complex. We need to incorporate speedway, drifters, off roaders, motor cross, go karts etc. You need to cater for everyone; you will have more success with funding if you do it this way…blah blah blah.



At the end of the day though we aren’t bloody speedway enthusiasts or go kart drivers, we are drag racers. That’s what we do and love and it’s the reason we have dedicated the last two years trying to get this thing off the ground.

There’s nothing worse that hearing someone tell you “you’ve got to incorporate speedway”. GO AND BUILD IT YOUR BLOODY SELF!



The best thing about this whole process is being able to prove the people who have doubted you wrong.



Best of luck to the club.



We hope to be racing at our new track next year so look forward to seeing some of you there.

Edited by TUF365, 01 May 2010 - 04:48 PM.