New Autocross site needed. Stowe is not available this year.

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I hope it works out, it would be nice to run events a little closer to home.
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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 :lol:

The other thing I noticed was a relatively wide "access road" that surrounds the entire building - hmmm...

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Video panning across lot from far corner (standing on the seats through the sunroof)



waiting for upload for another video driving around the lot...
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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 :shock: :D

OK, got the 2nd vid processed - just a swing around the lot:

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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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pdudley42 wrote:Excellent video. This is encouraging. Canadian ownership could even be a good thing.
Very good point.
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Thanks for scoping this out guys! The lot def. looks pretty promising.
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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?
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