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Geely purchases Utah Motorsports Campus

Discussion in 'General' started by turbulence, Nov 5, 2018.

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  1. turbulence

    turbulence Well-Known Member

    turbulence, Nov 5, 2018
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  2. turbulence

    turbulence Well-Known Member

    sounds like they have plans to keep it up and running
     
    turbulence, Nov 5, 2018
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  3. eggfooyoung

    eggfooyoung You no eat more!

    Xiaaaang! :rock:
     
    eggfooyoung, Nov 5, 2018
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  4. Dave K

    Dave K DaveK über alles!

    Cool. They can test Volvos and Lotus there.
     
    Dave K, Nov 5, 2018
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  5. sdg

    sdg *

    about damn time too
     
    sdg, Nov 5, 2018
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  6. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    So after all the bullshit and lawsuit crap we're back where we were originally. Good lord.
     
    Mongo, Nov 6, 2018
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  7. deepsxepa

    deepsxepa Hazardous

    did the chinese own it before?
     
    deepsxepa, Nov 6, 2018
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  8. TX Joose

    TX Joose Well-Known Member

    I think it was owned by the county or something . I'm going to refrain from. Dungeon type talk but I'll be happy if they make it the type of place it can potentially be.
     
    TX Joose, Nov 6, 2018
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  9. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    Well, they tried. The county took their offer then was sured by some localish dude who started a company just to sue the county about the whole thing. Not 100% sure but I think they wound up paying him off so the deal could finally go through. It was a bunch of bullshit that ended up costing taxpayers a bunch of money and the same people still bought the track.
     
    Mongo, Nov 6, 2018
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  10. deepsxepa

    deepsxepa Hazardous


    interesting.. yeah in that case TX Joose is correct, I guess theres not much we can discuss here about it without construsions (I just made that word) that fit the needs.


    thanks
     
    deepsxepa, Nov 6, 2018
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  11. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    Why would any of the discussion need to be dungeonesque? A company bought a race track. Same people who have been managing it in the meantime so there shouldn't be any major changes to anything.

    Overall UMC is an amazing place but it's just too in the middle of nowhere to ever draw huge crowds so it'll always be iffy for big spectator events. Hope we can get back up there to race at some point but that as always will be a financial call. Not enough draw for our riders doing anything but the outer track but that means renting the entire place and that is serious money. Especially since we can't get gate fees to help offset some of it.
     
    Mongo, Nov 6, 2018
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  12. deepsxepa

    deepsxepa Hazardous

    Im not gonna poke the bear here..

    I would be more likely to survive if I posted some pron. lol
     
    deepsxepa, Nov 6, 2018
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  13. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    Then don't post....
     
    Mongo, Nov 6, 2018
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  14. sdg

    sdg *

    See... this is what annoys me most about it. Instead it sits empty for entire beautiful weekends. Not what Larry intended.
     
    sdg, Nov 6, 2018
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  15. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    True, but Larry was willing to lose money to have races, hard to justify that when you've got beancounters to keep happy.
     
    Mongo, Nov 6, 2018
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  16. sdg

    sdg *

    Oh, I know, just sucks to be out there and have the place empty.
     
    sdg, Nov 6, 2018
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  17. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    Totally agree. Hoping the new owners will find a balance for it all.
     
    Mongo, Nov 6, 2018
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  18. turbulence

    turbulence Well-Known Member

    so last time i was out there they built a new infield thingy for the nitro circus guys, complete with big jumps for the cars. in doing so they put some steel armco in a runoff area in the infield which basically negates any kind of bike activity for the full course... so now you have theee options, east, west and perimeter...

    this was as of a month ago and i’m not sure if they’re planning on removing it at some point, but i’m sure full course for bikes isn’t a high priority so i doubt it.
     
    turbulence, Nov 6, 2018
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  19. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    Full course wasn't really feasible anyway with the cost for workers to cover it all. Perimeter was a nice balance of big but doable.
     
    Mongo, Nov 6, 2018
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  20. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

    You need to do some creative management. Pay them per lap. :D
     
    HPPT, Nov 6, 2018
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