[Wichita-SCCA] Competition w/ other regions

[Greg Laws]

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From: <khyronyoshida at cox.net>
>.. I have a question for future planning.  I know that there are plans for 
>a 1000ft x 1000ft pad for Solo; so my question is this: Is this pad 
>intended JUST for Solo?  or may it be a possible site for Club Drifting in 
>the future too?
>

Whoa baby!  Let's slow things down with the 1000' x 1000' pad thing.  Yes, 
it is something that I'm working on BUT it has at least two major hurtles to 
get over before we would even think about presenting it as a concept to an 
as yet unspecified city council or county commission.   The background work 
alone is going to take weeks into months.  Even in my dreams I can't imagine 
a pad that large being laid in less than two or three years.  Also this 
dream pad could and would suddenly shrink to a lot size much smaller than 
first proposed if the funds available and the estimated income stream prove 
to be too small to support such a huge facility.  We may end up with only a 
Boeing-sized lot or we may even get shot down in flames to end up with no 
new lot at all so let's stop waving the concept around like it's going to 
magically appear within a few weeks.  It is a long term project with an 
uncertain future at best.  I will be personally working on it as quickly as 
possible but it needs to fade into the background at least until we get 
something more solid than a dream to go on.  Please know that if the first 
two major hurtles are overcome then you will be hearing about the project in 
banner headlines and party balloons!

The focus of this group should return to the short term for now.  We need 
suitable activity lots NOW -- almost any kind of (safe) lot would be better 
than what we've got.  Other activities such as Rally Cross would be most 
welcome to help keep the club alive in the face of the current solo lot 
availability problems.

I love the enthusiasiam that I'm seeing here.  Go for it guys!

Enjoy,
Greg Laws