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Old 03-08-2012, 01:34 PM
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Default Replica of Nurburgring in Nevada

Pretty interesting read. I doubt it will happen, but would be cool nonetheless....

http://jalopnik.com/5891398/man-want...ring-in-nevada
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I'm in... totally jealous of all the Effiel locals that can drive to the ring in the evenings ...

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I think its a pretty hard project to accomplish IMHO...

Hope they get it right if they pull the trigger..
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this would be amazing.
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Build it and they will come.
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Will it have a chapel with racing style wedding packages?
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This will be Epic!!
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I like the idea, I hope the guy can pull it off.
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Wow! This may be easier to do as a flat replica but to do it with all the elevation changes will be difficult for sure.

But if they do it, I'm taking my car for sure
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Originally Posted by TRAKCAR
Build it and they will come.
+1 Took the words right out of my mouth.
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Originally Posted by sin911
Wow! This may be easier to do as a flat replica but to do it with all the elevation changes will be difficult for sure.

But if they do it, I'm taking my car for sure
might be cheaper for you to ship it to Germany!!!
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Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch and Spa only 50 miles away in Pahrump. So that could be good or bad depending upon how you look at it. Also May through September is unbearable in S. NV. Think sticking your head into an oven set to 500 degrees. Wintertime would be good though.

Vegas is know for plenty of hare brained schemes that never seem to pan out...doubt this happens.
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Normally I would probably call BS, but Brutton Smith has pulled off the un-imagineable before. He built a badass 4 lane drag strip in Charlotte, then when the city gave him problems, he threatened to scrap Lowes Motor Speedway and move it to the next township.

Looks like the land portion of it is being taken care of, just should be interesting to hear how they plan on making it profitable with no races being planned for it.
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They built the Eiffel Tower in Vegas so
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I say this would be easier to accomplish that Rad and his Fiat vs Reter and Randy and their Aero Beetles contest.


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