chrisp

I'm sticking by my prediction that, as financially motivated individuals, these track owners at some point see their business maturing and will wonder how they can better utilize the days when there are only a handful of people taking advantage of the amenities. The gears will quickly start turning and they'll realize they can get $20k/day and more if they rent it out to a club while only inconveniencing a small number of members in the process. Pretty soon these clubs will become a mix of Country Clubber's and car club...sort of the business model Lime Rock has already adopted. I think the one's that will lose out are the charter members who bought in to the notion that it would be 100% exclusive.

Another prediction, we'll have a Club Race there within 3 years.

Professor Helmüt Tester

I've known Tony for ~20 years, and I really doubt Tony would say something like that. And besides...he's had some real bozos to instruct.....

MTosi

not to interrupt this lively discussion with something relevent and on topic but the track actually looks pretty good, hopefully we mere peasants get a chance to drive on it

Geoffrey

It is actually 2 smaller tracks that can be confgured into 1 large track and all configurations can be run forwards and backwards for 6 different configurations. This track is in our Region and we will be on the track this year.

Veloce Raptor

Wow, that does look like fun!

C.J. Ichiban

well it looks like a cool track and hey with only a few hundred trees to dodge when hedge fund guys go off track in their ferraris, I'm sure most of them will survive and live to brag about it.


125k? LOL. People do pay that much for golf memberships, which to me is much more pointless and even lamer...but even if I was a millionaire goomba I can't see spending that much just to be a member- they're still going to have to pay monthly dues and fees for happy endings in the 4-star spa.

gums

more tracks will drive costs down. The more people involved, the more popular it becomes, the more we all benefit. If the high cost clubs don't succeed, then they'll have to come and let us use their tracks. Besides, we're all making so much money Club Racing, it's only a matter of time before we can afford to join in....

171mph

having entrepreneurs with no concept of return on capital can help us all in the end at their expense. now if only banks would re-open their coffers for more of these money-pits.

Veloce Raptor

Private race tracks usually are excellent investments....for their second owners.

MTosi

haha, never thought about it that way, but very true none the less

Gary R.

Just let me know where to sign up!

TR6

So, it's a lot like investing in building out a race car?

Veloce Raptor

Yes, just with more digits to the left of the decimal point.

Sean F

from what I understand, they're already playing let's make a deal on the memberships

Veloce Raptor

It's all about the benjamins...