[Vettezuki]

Originally Posted by 94cobra69ss396

Tell that to the people who ran Carlsbad Raceway. It got closed down because houses were built near the track and then the people who bought those houses complained about the noise.

It's communistic and anti-american (used to be anyway) in nature. It's the idea a group has a the right to impose a superior claim over the use of property that someone else owns just because they are larger in number. It effectively means you only "own" with group permission that can be imposed after the fact. Gross. While I'm crazy and even opposed to zoning per se, you're at least moving into zoning and when zoning emerges around you typically if you were already there, you're "grandfathered" in with what was there when you moved in.

[injdinjn]

One of the tract workers told a friend while they waited in the staging lanes that only Jr Dragster after monday.

Make your own conclusion.

[injdinjn]

Originally Posted by 94cobra69ss396

Tell that to the people who ran Carlsbad Raceway. It got closed down because houses were built near the track and then the people who bought those houses complained about the noise.

No, the racers leased the land. And developing it into a business park generated millions in revenue compared to a few thousand.

[injdinjn]

Sheeple are stupid.
A friend of my mothers bought a condo that overlooked the old Meadowlark dirt airfield in HB off Warner. AFTER she moved in she "discovered" the airfield then started complaining about it. That's why when you buy property today there are umpteen pages of disclaimers and "did you knows" to sign off on. Nothing on the condition of the house, but heaven forbid you forget to tell a buyer that the kid down the street yells a lot.

But yea, looking at google earth those are new homes to the east. Guess they thought the racetrack only let electric cars race.

[SkunkLookingCar]

It's a great ploy by homeowners. Buy cheap property because of close proximity to noisy establishments. Piss and moan to close noisy establishment. Step three is profit.

The company I work for actually bought properties around our property and rent it out to quiet businesses (like storage facilities) just so we have a buffer zone to prevent complaints from residents eventhough we have been here since the 40s.

All I can say is it's bullshit.

[enkeivette]

Originally Posted by Shaolin Crane

So giving a location for thousands of car to go race legally isnt a useful community purpose? Its not new, states all over the country would fund drag nights and abandoned air strips, closed down drags strips etc. And those states were reporting a 40-50% drop in illegal street racing. Pretty useful to me...

That would be a good argument and a useful statistic if it can be supported.

[Vettezuki]

According to Ryne Cunningham:

They are still going to have street legal racing.... But no psca's or events like that

[Shaolin Crane]

Originally Posted by enkeivette

That would be a good argument and a useful statistic if it can be supported.

I know in the case of the florida race track where they used an old airport it was reported by the state and local p.d. that the amount of street racing dropped by about 50% I recall reading an article about that track in drag times, mm&ff, 5.0 magazine and race pages.

[94cobra69ss396]

I did more research and it is not closing and they actually added additional Street Legal days. Due to the noise level some events have been cancelled or the catagories for cars without mufflers have been cancelled like with the PSCA. PSCA events are still being held at Fontana just not for the Pro Street guys.

http://competitionplus.com/drag-raci...-2011-schedule

[injdinjn]

The article mentions a sound wall. It would have to be along Cherry ave and depending on height and length it could be expensive.

FYI. Caltrans did a sound wall study along the 57 fwy before and after the sound wall installation for ~ a month of data. The wall lowered the noise level in the immediate back yards about 15 dec but in the front yards almost nothing. Sound walls are a placebo that the State can get away with. If they really build one it will be interesting to see if it calms the nimbys.