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New Autox Site?

Postby dropped top » Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:25 pm

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.52185 ... 1&t=h&z=19

might this be a big enough lot for autox?
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Re: New Autox Site?

Postby Loren » Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:02 pm

It's big enough. Have to work around light poles, but they're 200' apart, so that wouldn't be difficult. Would need to have someone survey it for stuff you can't see from the air... surface condition, drains, etc.

Of course, the drive to Normal, IL would be a bit much for most Tampa-area folks.
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Re: New Autox Site?

Postby shakedown067 » Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:43 pm

Loren wrote:Of course, the drive to Normal, IL would be a bit much for most Tampa-area folks.
:pointlaugh: I totally missed that when I first viewed it. Explains how he found such a big patch of concrete that was open.
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Re: New Autox Site?

Postby BrandLoyal » Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:39 pm

Course workers in Station 1 may have a different zip code than those in station 5..... :rolling:
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Re: New Autox Site?

Postby Jamie » Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:02 pm

Loren wrote:It's big enough. Have to work around light poles, but they're 200' apart, so that wouldn't be difficult. Would need to have someone survey it for stuff you can't see from the air... surface condition....
Frost heaves, potholes...central Illinois pavement is three-dimensional, unless it's an airstrip.
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Re: New Autox Site?

Postby buddy bodean » Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:42 pm

isn't anyone else freaked out about Joe's lurking? :dunno:
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Re: New Autox Site?

Postby snookwheel » Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:44 pm

buddy bodean wrote:isn't anyone else freaked out about Joe's lurking? :dunno:
I'm more concerned about how you're going to get the trailer there! :headscratch:
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Re: New Autox Site?

Postby Native » Sat Mar 16, 2013 11:46 am

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Re: New Autox Site?

Postby dropped top » Sun Mar 17, 2013 2:34 pm

It's a shame that the local autox club has to travel 65 miles for autox when there are these kinds of facilities this close. The lot is hardly being used right now, except for a family of deer that refuse to leave. I can't locate any facts right now but I think I read onetime that they had over 20,000 parking spots. I have seen the lot filled to capacity with eagle talons years back.
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Re: New Autox Site?

Postby Jamie » Sun Mar 17, 2013 6:52 pm

dropped top wrote:It's a shame that the local autox club has to travel 65 miles for autox when there are these kinds of facilities this close.
Alas, the site owner always gets a vote. Too often, where we see an autocross course, the site owner only sees a parking lot.
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Re: New Autox Site?

Postby twistedwankel » Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:26 pm

Well at least I finally know what happened to smiling Joe Baker.

He decided to go Normal in IL? :geek:
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Re: New Autox Site?

Postby dropped top » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:25 pm

buddy bodean wrote:isn't anyone else freaked out about Joe's lurking? :dunno:
Hey, at least I'm not a traitor. :-D
twistedwankel wrote:Well at least I finally know what happened to smiling Joe Baker.

He decided to go Normal in IL? :geek:
Yes, I went home.
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