Vagabound Posted July 28, 2016 Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 Wow, I'm so out of the loop. I remember The track being a very bumpy. Dodging turtles in the carousel during the 8 hour endurance races at night. Hope it comes back better and open to motorcycles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTheAzn Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 They are apparently running a car track day today....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood33 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 So have they removed the tires yet or not? Have they at least started that process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHill Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 No way...tire removal & repave would only make sense scheduled together or rapid succession. Then you would have to include future runoff & barriers before any paving action to prevent damage to the new surface. Once it starts, track is completely down for awhile imho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTheAzn Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Yea the person I know that ran it during a private track day recently is being a dick and not responding to my simple question of, have they started any kind of work yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 There is video on their Facebook page from a very recent track day. You can clearly see they haven't done anything other than the initial removal of those old buildings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagabound Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 53 minutes ago, TimTheAzn said: Yea the person I know that ran it during a private track day recently is being a dick and not responding to my simple question of, have they started any kind of work yet. You seem to have a hard time getting along with people. So it's still same bumpy place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTheAzn Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 2 hours ago, 0hi0 said: You seem to have a hard time getting along with people. So it's still same bumpy place! I get along with the people I want to get along with just fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester_ Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 I was going to go in on a rental with 9 other drivers for a car track day awhile back but that kind of fell through. If I remember right it was $2,000 for the day but you got no corner workers, ambulance or anything like that. Those could be added but of course the price goes up. They said that they did repave a couple small sections and that we could come walk the track if we wanted before we rented it but we never took advantage of it. Also they said that they could only have 6 cars on track at a time due to their insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTheAzn Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 How ironic, I sold my weekend car/track toy to fund a trailer and a tow vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludwb675 Posted November 20, 2016 Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 Drove by today. No more progress other than tearing down the front building. Everything else is standing. And no construction equipment visible from the front gate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue03636 Posted November 20, 2016 Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 I will just say that epa issues are slowing things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesmoDuc Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 does there appear to be any reasonable chance of us racing bikes there this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 On 1/21/2017 at 4:41 PM, DesmoDuc said: does there appear to be any reasonable chance of us racing bikes there this year? Is comedy a full time job, or just a hobby for you? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesmoDuc Posted March 4, 2017 Report Share Posted March 4, 2017 Just unreasonably hopeful. No matter. I'll ride at mid Ohio, do the vintage day event, and whatever else I can make time for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester_ Posted March 4, 2017 Report Share Posted March 4, 2017 1 hour ago, DesmoDuc said: Just unreasonably hopeful. No matter. I'll ride at mid Ohio, do the vintage day event, and whatever else I can make time for There is a pretty large group of us going to Road atlanta mid April if your interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 On 3/3/2017 at 8:27 PM, DesmoDuc said: Just unreasonably hopeful. No matter. I'll ride at mid Ohio, do the vintage day event, and whatever else I can make time for Sorry. I wasn't trying to be a dick. ...okay, I was a little - but it was in the name of humor, not to make you look/feel dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Zapp Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 Facebook update from nelsons. Sounds like the grand plan for 17 is just patching and replacement vs repave, and "maybe" on bikes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludwb675 Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 On 3/18/2017 at 7:57 AM, i-Zapp said: Facebook update from nelsons. Sounds like the grand plan for 17 is just patching and replacement vs repave, and "maybe" on bikes... Lame. They need to bulldoze the entire place and start over. Not patch problem areas. Looks like it wont be a viable track anytime soon. Maybe the 2019 season??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 More expensive than Mid-O and same price as PIRC if motorcycles days happen and are the same price point as the cars... oof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludwb675 Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 That has to be just the car pricing. Can't get nearly as many cars on at a time as bikes. They would have to drop the price below $150 for me to even think about going back before a total repave. Last time i was there was 2015 and it was awful. Even the non-pothole sections were really bumpy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue03636 Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 It's the north, every track is bumpy unless they repave like every 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludwb675 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 23 hours ago, blue03636 said: It's the north, every track is bumpy unless they repave like every 5 years. Mid-O and PIRC are no where near as bumpy as Nelsons is. It magnitudes of difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue03636 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Mido has taken sections out to reduce/eliminate the bumps as has PIRC in the past. The back straight on PIRC was a total washboard for years until they repave it about 5-6 years ago and it happened again in time for this full repave. Bumpy tracks just mean you need to be on the gas to eliminate the shock to the bike. I get it, some people don't deal well with bumps, it's an easy fix, just don't go back until something is done. I'm just saying you will be hard pressed to find a track that hasn't patched/paved in the last 5 years that isn't bumpy. The problem is that Nelsons hasn't had anything done to it in about 20 years. He's going to need to start from somewhere and the EPA and other issues come up if the fully shut the track down for a year. I doubt he wants to dump a full repave in to something that he's not fully sure of the future of. Once the EPA and whatever else he has going on gets sorted I would bet that he repaves the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue03636 Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 http://www.nelsonledges.com/2017/03/27/update-32717/ More updates 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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