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Bernie Baake
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After talking to Gwen today about her WIN :woo: at the Nashville speedway. I started thinking about speedways in our area that might be suitable for auto cross. There's one in Kenly that might fill the bill. It's .4 tenths of a mile with a paved infield and no fixed inside walls. The walls you see in the site pictures are movable, and the infield has parking for eighty(80) NASCAR eighteen wheelers. the only obstructions are the tech building and toilets. check it out at http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 8&view=map

and http://snrp.sargentmotorsports.com/
Did I mention Gwen WON her first national tour event at Nashville and Jim Feinberg was in first in open when I last spoke to her.

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Way to go Gwen! Nice driving and congrats on the win.
http://sololive.scca.com/HSL.html

Send that hotshoe in the Mini some new Hoosiers! :thumbsup:

Bernie, that track in Kenly looks quite promising and is a lot more open and free of obstructions in the infield than most of the tracks I've seen. This is definitely something worth looking into. Kenly's not too far either.
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Way to go Gwen!

Bernie, you must be talking about Southern National Speedway, right?

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Doesn't Ryan know where Kenly is? :poke:

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JohnByers wrote:
Way to go Gwen!

Bernie, you must be talking about Southern National Speedway, right?

Yup......... http://snrp.sargentmotorsports.com/

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from the website:

"Track is no longer active, and domain is for sale"

Would this make it easier or harder to use? Seems a tougher venue if it's an inactive track, but IIRC people still ran at Rockingham after it got dropped from the NASCAR circuit.

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Steven Carter wrote:
from the website:

"Track is no longer active, and domain is for sale"

Would this make it easier or harder to use? Seems a tougher venue if it's an inactive track, but IIRC people still ran at Rockingham after it got dropped from the NASCAR circuit.


It was just bought by someone so it has an owner

http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/10/07/1547631/southern-national-raceway-near.html

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Todd Breakey wrote:
Doesn't Ryan know where Kenly is? :poke:


I'm pretty sure we investigated this back when I was Prez and something just didn't work about it. Hopefully Vincent will chime in.

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RobLupella wrote:
It was just bought by someone so it has an owner

http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/10/07/1547631/southern-national-raceway-near.html


FTA: Diaz wants to hold races on weekends and let people pay to experience the feel of racing themselves on other days of the week.

So...thinking outside the box a bit, does this mean a mid-week night series would be possible?

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Great job Gwen!! Congratulations!! :woo: :woo: :woo:

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You guys do know that Kenly is EAST right? I know how you RTP folks hate to drive this direction, you know toward hickville where Ryan and I live. :P

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Vincent Keene wrote:
You guys do know that Kenly is EAST right? I know how you RTP folks hate to drive this direction, you know toward hickville where Ryan and I live. :P



Hey, I'm east.... If that's hickville what does even further east where I live count as? 8)

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JohnByers wrote:
Vincent Keene wrote:
You guys do know that Kenly is EAST right? I know how you RTP folks hate to drive this direction, you know toward hickville where Ryan and I live. :P



Hey, I'm east.... If that's hickville what does even further east where I live count as? 8)



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steve remchak wrote:
JohnByers wrote:
Vincent Keene wrote:
You guys do know that Kenly is EAST right? I know how you RTP folks hate to drive this direction, you know toward hickville where Ryan and I live. :P



Hey, I'm east.... If that's hickville what does even further east where I live count as? 8)



water?


Touche'

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Don't know how big the large patch of asphalt is, but it's too bad we don't have an "in with the State Highway Patrol


380 Tryon Rd
Garner, NC 27529

Google map it

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