Nelson Ledges Safety Fund - $1000 Target

[ekraft84]

(Sean - can you stick this at the top? Thanks.)

I think pretty much everyone has read the recent Nelson threads after the National event this past weekend. If not, here are the links:

http://forums.13x.com/showthread.php?t=119562
http://forums.13x.com/showthread.php?t=119562

There was a lot of rider input on the track itself with good discussions about safety concerns. Everyone involved agrees that safety can be improved at the facility and would like to see it happen. Nelson has a great layout, with track management that has done a lot to improve the facilities over the past few years, continuing to make it better. However more needs to be done, specifically in the areas of safety (more specifically, runoff).

Of course the moving of walls and general adding of runoff costs money. Now $1000 is only a small dent in terms of what they need to spend, but it's a start. And I think it's something we as part of the WERA family can get done. I've talked to several people; gauging their interest beforehand and all of them have been on board, thinking it's better to do something than nothing. There are both hard-core Nelson Ledge racers, and new racers to the track (myself included) that have come to particularly enjoy this fun and fast track.

So here's what I'm proposing. A $1000 contribution. 20 people x $50 donations = $1000, that can go directly to Nelson Ledges for the purposes of added safety measures. For the level of interest in the above threads, I think 20 people is pretty reasonable.

Of course the more people the better. Feel free to donate more than $50 if you like. While I'm not tied to any one process of collecting money, I can easily accept Paypal payments and can then write a check and send it to Scott at Nelson myself. I'll of course take pictures/document everything to keep it legit (I hope I've established some sort of honest reputation in my time here).

Paypal payments can be sent to ekraft at witchkraftracing dot com. Once things start hopefully moving, I'll post a page with all the names of the contributors and make it more official. I figured here on the BBS was as good as any place to start.

Tell your friends, tell your family. I think there's enough passion from WERA and the riders to make something like this an attainable goal. I know Evelyne and Sean are doing their part. Nelson is trying to do their part as much as they can. I think in a situation like this, we as riders can step up and do a little on our part. I'll start it off:


1. Eddie Kraft ($50)