ChocoTaco73 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 31, 2022 10:30 pm
There is an 1/8th scale track locally but no 1/10th scale for at least 3 hours. 702 Raceway closed at the beginning of July out of the blue so we're kinda stuck.
So common. I've often thought the big companies need to pool together on this front. That said, racing is such a small part of the hobby they probably would lose 10% of their revenue if all racing stopped and go on with their lives.
I think long term the only viable option is tracks on public land maintained with help of volunteers and local park district. You'd pay to be a member to fund the extra cost and liability for the district. That said this would be a government partnership and will turn political. The NIMBY's will come out, the people screaming communism will come out and everything in between and that will not go.
You need the manufacturers and their data on how many would use it, their in house attorneys and business people to come together work with local governments in some sort of partnership. When I raced as a kid, it was on park district land. The park district did the basic grass mowing and would even run their tractor over the dirt occasionally. We would all chip in for the detail work. This lasted for 10 years or so, most of my racing youth. Worked out well as it sat in a city park area so it was not in the middle of nowhere in a building ready to fall down and we had bathrooms, running water, concessions etc.