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Old 10-17-2006, 06:21 PM
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Larry's Thunderbolt post prompted me to post about Palmer Motorsports Park. The New England region of the SCCA has an option to buy some land for a racetrack in Palmer, MA. This is a very convenient location to much of the NE as it's right off a Mass Pike exit. It's in the initial stages but they had a group of people looking for a location for a couple years.

http://www.palmermotorsportspark.com/

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Old 10-17-2006, 06:23 PM
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Fingers crossed....

I'm willing to dig with a tablespoon to help get this track built.
If it does get built, my wife will likley never see me at home again.
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I'm willing to dig with a tablespoon to help get this track built.
Ditto but I wouldn't be betting the family farm on it.
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WOW, wouldn't that be nice to have another track in our back yard besides NHIS! LRP is getting to expensive and NHIS....well, NHIS is just not a lot of fun!
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52 miles/59 minutes from the house.
PLEASE let this become a reality.
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What can I do to help? THis was talked about a few years back but nothing came of it and I thought it was DOA. Looking at the amount of money soent locally by DE and raceing particpants, it would be agood boost to any local economy.
Of course, getting this doen in MA is going to be tough.
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A litle over 100 miles for me....but still closer than Lime Rock.
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Yeah, Bob maybe we'll get you to drive on this one! Please let it happen, please!!!!!!
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yes I am going to drive next year...I get the bug to drive on my way home from every event....I got home last night and worked an hour on my car.....
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isn't there a new motorsports park/club/complex being built in nh or vt? i keep getting email updates but forgot what it's called. of course, another track is nice too, but i wonder if any of you have signed up for the other one.
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I just drove by it last weekend.The sign is still up but it never looks like anything is being done....Club Motorsprts is the name
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In Tamsworth NH ..just above the lakes.
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that's the one! when i did tt's w/ comscc.org they mentioned it and i signed up for email newsletter notices. they made it look like there was progress but i think the community around it is holding it up.
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please please please....please!
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That would be a cool 32 miles from my house :-) and I was happy with LRP being 53 miles........

I lived about an hour away from Barber Motorsports Park but I was relocated about a month before it opened for business..... can you say robbed!!!


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