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Question: Five years from today, will there be a major league racing facility capable of hosting NASCAR, F1 and/or IndyCar events in the Niagara Falls / Ft. Erie region?
Yes... there will be 1
Yes... there will be more than 1
Not a chance

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Greg MacPherson
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« on: April 16, 2009, 12:19:47 pm »
On the Inside Track blog, I reference a story that talks about three big-league racing facilities being on the drawing board for the Ft. Erie / Niagara Falls (ON) region.

It's at: http://insidetracknews.blogspot.com/2009/04/im-building-f1-track-in-ontario-and-so.html

Will any / some / all of them ever be built?
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SpencerLewis
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« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2009, 12:44:48 pm »
lol...not a chance
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Mark Blocksdorf
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« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2009, 02:08:47 pm »
That bowling guy looks disturbingly alike to a motorsports editor I know... Smiley

It's been proven so many times that running a short track facility in Canada is like financial suicide, let alone building one.  Damn it would be nice if we could hit a big track for a Cup or Nationwide race that isn't 6-8 hours away...but the reality is probably closer to Spencer's take on it.

As a side note, we need a BIG track here, not just a one miler!  1 vote here for Talladega North!!
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Jason Katerberg
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« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2009, 02:30:22 pm »
You guys just need to move closer to the falls or sarnia. Then it's only a 2-3 hour commute to a cup track.  Grin
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« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2009, 02:33:47 pm »
Love to see it but it will never happen. Look at all the property that's at Mosport & the talks about building an oval there. It needs a lot of work to make it F1/IRL ready but they can't seem to make it happen.
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Greg MacPherson
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« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2009, 07:55:58 pm »
Quote from: Mark Blocksdorf on April 16, 2009, 02:08:47 pm
That bowling guy looks disturbingly alike to a motorsports editor I know... Smiley


A young Economaki?
I love the blog...
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