New Autocross site needed. Stowe is not available this year.
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Re: New Autocross site needed. Stowe is not available this year.
I hope it works out, it would be nice to run events a little closer to home.
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Re: New Autocross site needed. Stowe is not available this year.
Stopped by the Champlain Mall lot yesterday: good size, split up by curbing/roadway though center, but workable IMHO - pavement is the equal to Stowe's lot - 2 areas of heavy sand concentration (probably leftovers from winter plowing) - lots of lightpoles we could work around, all are set on concrete pilings...
Took a couple of videos, uploading to YouTube as I write this, will post as soon as they're ready...
There were a few guys working on an office space there, painting; they mentioned it was owned by a Canadian Company: the phone # on the highway billboard is 514-694-2371 -
otherwise it's a ghost town - maybe a good place for Blues Brothers III
The other thing I noticed was a relatively wide "access road" that surrounds the entire building - hmmm...
From Malletts Bay: 50 miles, 1 hour 'door-to-door' (your results may vary )
Took a couple of videos, uploading to YouTube as I write this, will post as soon as they're ready...
There were a few guys working on an office space there, painting; they mentioned it was owned by a Canadian Company: the phone # on the highway billboard is 514-694-2371 -
otherwise it's a ghost town - maybe a good place for Blues Brothers III
The other thing I noticed was a relatively wide "access road" that surrounds the entire building - hmmm...
From Malletts Bay: 50 miles, 1 hour 'door-to-door' (your results may vary )
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Re: New Autocross site needed. Stowe is not available this year.
Video panning across lot from far corner (standing on the seats through the sunroof)
waiting for upload for another video driving around the lot...
waiting for upload for another video driving around the lot...
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Re: New Autocross site needed. Stowe is not available this year.
That looks to be worth a longer drive. Are all the outlet stores vacant?
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Yeah, everything - no signage or anything - it's like "spooky" empty
OK, got the 2nd vid processed - just a swing around the lot:
OK, got the 2nd vid processed - just a swing around the lot:
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Re: New Autocross site needed. Stowe is not available this year.
That lot is very nice. Could use a clean up, but other than that it would be nice.
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Excellent video. This is encouraging. Canadian ownership could even be a good thing.
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Re: New Autocross site needed. Stowe is not available this year.
Very good point.pdudley42 wrote:Excellent video. This is encouraging. Canadian ownership could even be a good thing.
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Re: New Autocross site needed. Stowe is not available this year.
Thanks for scoping this out guys! The lot def. looks pretty promising.
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Re: New Autocross site needed. Stowe is not available this year.
The amount of sand in some places is pretty extensive (like, about 1" deep), maybe an offer to (help) clean-up the lot might ease things...
514 area code is Quebec - who's our best "bi-lingual" negotiator/ambassador?
514 area code is Quebec - who's our best "bi-lingual" negotiator/ambassador?
Dave P. #189 '02 MINI CooperS+ "Elphie"
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