DC Region Rallycross - Looking for a new venue.

Brett_Murphy wrote: All of you have to move down to my neck of the woods now. DId these guys say no: http://www.pwcfair.com/rental.htm

PWC Fairgrounds is directly adjacent to the old Dominion Raceway. I don't imagine the neighbors directly adjacent to the fairgrounds would be too keen on our program coming in just as they managed to drive out the drag strip. But thank you for the suggestion.

HappyAndy wrote: Is the place in lower Delaware where they do punkin' chunkin' to far away? That that's miles and miles of flat clear ground.

We have the ability to use the overflow parking at the Monster Mile in Dover, but that's not in our region and quite far from our member base. Rough fields too....

captdownshift wrote: check with the management of the frederick county fairgrounds (it's in downtown frederick, where they have the fair, concerts and flattrack motorcycle racing) they have about 30-40 acres of grass with some paved pathes mixed in. If the rental isn't more then $5-6000 per an even it could be worthwhile, and they'd have grandstands for photographors and or spectators/would be competitors. (there's also a few performance shops within 15 blocks). It'd raise the profile and awareness of the program for sure.

We will further explore this opportunity. Thank you.

captdownshift wrote: i was giving worst case pricing, thr biggest likely hurdle with the fairgrounds would be scheduling. There's also crumland farm (they've had concerts there; G love, Everclear. so crowds and cleanup wouldn't be an issue) http://www.crumland.com/

We will further explore this opportunity. Thank you.

captdownshift wrote: http://www.hagerstownspeedway.com/info.htm

We talked to them over the summer. We're not interested in their infield, and they weren't interested in letting us rut up their parking lot.

totes mcgotes hon wrote: I used to go to truck and tractor pulls at this place called the buck. They have a pretty big field where everyone parks that would be useful. Worth a try. http://www.buckmotorsports.com/ edit: also, google maps says its 99.5 miles from DC, so it just makes your distance limit.

Anything in PA is not in our region. Unfortunately we can't step on the toes of our neighboring SCCA regions.

K3RM1T wrote:

totes mcgotes hon wrote: I used to go to truck and tractor pulls at this place called the buck. They have a pretty big field where everyone parks that would be useful. Worth a try. http://www.buckmotorsports.com/ edit: also, google maps says its 99.5 miles from DC, so it just makes your distance limit.

Anything in PA is not in our region. Unfortunately we can't step on the toes of our neighboring SCCA regions.

Indeed, I should have mentioned that as well - Susquehanna SCCA is trying very hard to get their rallycross program off the ground (so any of you who are in that region, check it out!), so we definitely don't want to (and can't) go into their territory - though many of WDCR and SQR participate in rallycrosses for both regions.

I will add, in case anyone hasn't figured it out by now, that K3RM1T is Adam Kimmett, our region rallycross chair, so he knows much more about the situation than I do. I'm just gathering ideas on his behalf :)

In talking with people at work I've found that hunters have good leads on land plots and am canvasing the area with word of mouth.

Is there anything worth while on the west bank of the eastern shore that is known about or even useable?

If we were back in maine my family has a good 26 acres to work with lol

JtspellS wrote: In talking with people at work I've found that hunters have good leads on land plots and am canvasing the area with word of mouth. Is there anything worth while on the west bank of the eastern shore that is known about or even useable? If we were back in maine my family has a good 26 acres to work with lol

My uncle has 11 acres in Clifton of unused fields, but I highly doubt a town with minimum lot sizes of 10 acres, horse farms, and million-dollar houses in the middle of Fairfax county would appreciate loud cars driving around, lol...

Just fishing here but maybe Easton MD area?

Winchester VA, Hagerstown MD, maybe even Waldorf area?

I say we just get a permit for the Mall in DC. Not like we can tear it up any worse than the Occupy protests and stuff

i found a location in white marsh, MD, of all places, off of 43 this weekend. it's likely actually better for stage practice though with 4+ miles of trail. there is a 25+ acre gravel and grass bed near the one exit but it appears to be a suspended construction project.