I want to build my own race track
23 March 2005, 11:00 PM
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I want to build my own race track
I dont have to the money but what will I need to do to get my own short race track built and how much do you think it will cost?
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23 March 2005, 11:09 PM
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I dont have to the money but what will I need to do to get my own short race track built and how much do you think it will cost?
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23 March 2005, 11:26 PM
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I know someone who bought an existing 1200m kart track (don't know cost), but he spent over £200.000 having it resurfaced and safety barrier's/gravel trap's put in.
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Originally Posted by Ray_li
I dont have to the money but what will I need to do to get my own short race track built and how much do you think it will cost?
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24 March 2005, 10:33 AM
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This has been one of my lottery dreams since the first draw 
I figured on buying a plot of farmland in Spain (or similar), decomissioning it and claiming £9k per acre from the EU for doing so. Then building some villas and a reasonable track, along with a selection of performance cars. I thought it would be good to have tuition is a fleet of older Elise's, then people could move up to Radicals or similar. If it proved successful I could look into adding single seater experiences, or maybe franchise that bit out. Could even have a gravel circuit with some classics I know some billionaire German businessman has recently done just this, but his costs a fortune and is strictly for the very rich. My idea was to keep it within reach of you average performance car enthusiast, with a 2 week break with 2-3 hours driving a day IRO £3k, including the wife & kids who'll chill by the pool or go to the beach while daddy pretends to be a racing driver 
All purely theoretical, and dependant on all 6 of my ***** dropping
So the actual costs may well be prohibitive, but hey, we can all dream can't we 
I figured on buying a plot of farmland in Spain (or similar), decomissioning it and claiming £9k per acre from the EU for doing so. Then building some villas and a reasonable track, along with a selection of performance cars. I thought it would be good to have tuition is a fleet of older Elise's, then people could move up to Radicals or similar. If it proved successful I could look into adding single seater experiences, or maybe franchise that bit out. Could even have a gravel circuit with some classics I know some billionaire German businessman has recently done just this, but his costs a fortune and is strictly for the very rich. My idea was to keep it within reach of you average performance car enthusiast, with a 2 week break with 2-3 hours driving a day IRO £3k, including the wife & kids who'll chill by the pool or go to the beach while daddy pretends to be a racing driver All purely theoretical, and dependant on all 6 of my ***** dropping
So the actual costs may well be prohibitive, but hey, we can all dream can't we
24 March 2005, 10:36 AM
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Ray, have you been at the floor polish again? I know the docs have warned you against drinking alcohol, but polish is probably also off the menu!
Remember what happened the last time, when you went a little crazy and was arrested for trying to steal an Indian elephant from Dudley Zoo, because you wanted it to help you start up that circus you've always wanted to be in, and you thought the elephant would be good at doing the accounts.
Remember what happened the last time, when you went a little crazy and was arrested for trying to steal an Indian elephant from Dudley Zoo, because you wanted it to help you start up that circus you've always wanted to be in, and you thought the elephant would be good at doing the accounts.
24 March 2005, 10:51 AM
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Just because you may have the money to buy some land etc doesn't mean you've got any chance of actually being able to build a race track.
It can be difficult to to get planning permission to put a conservatory on your house let alone a mile long strip of tarmac and associated requirements in the countryside!!!
It can be difficult to to get planning permission to put a conservatory on your house let alone a mile long strip of tarmac and associated requirements in the countryside!!!
24 March 2005, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Duck_Pond
Ray, have you been at the floor polish again? I know the docs have warned you against drinking alcohol, but polish is probably also off the menu!
Remember what happened the last time, when you went a little crazy and was arrested for trying to steal an Indian elephant from Dudley Zoo, because you wanted it to help you start up that circus you've always wanted to be in, and you thought the elephant would be good at doing the accounts.
Remember what happened the last time, when you went a little crazy and was arrested for trying to steal an Indian elephant from Dudley Zoo, because you wanted it to help you start up that circus you've always wanted to be in, and you thought the elephant would be good at doing the accounts.
I was gonna invite you but I just taken you off my list for my own race track.Some people. Just because you dont have the money does not mean I dont.
Duck pond. you'll have to do some real sucking to be back on my invite list and my xmas card list
you told people about the elephant
24 March 2005, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by GrollySTI
Just because you may have the money to buy some land etc doesn't mean you've got any chance of actually being able to build a race track.
It can be difficult to to get planning permission to put a conservatory on your house let alone a mile long strip of tarmac and associated requirements in the countryside!!!
It can be difficult to to get planning permission to put a conservatory on your house let alone a mile long strip of tarmac and associated requirements in the countryside!!!
hoe much would it cost me to grow massive trees all the way around it? no one would every know
24 March 2005, 12:03 PM
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Cheapest way to do this would to buy a field with hard flat grass and have a dust circuit. Get some old bangers and strip them out and play with them.
24 March 2005, 12:13 PM
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I refuse to partake in any form of sucking where you're concerned, thank you very much! You've not actually mentioned what you intend to race on this track.
If it's going to be NOS slugs again, you'll need to remember to ensure the surface is free of rock salt; who could forget the incident with Hard Rockin N' Raging Slugster, who met his untimely demise whilst leading the National Slick Racer Cup second heat, and you decided it'd be a good idea to grit the racing line in the icy conditions.
If you're going for something more exotic, try monkey-dogs, as they're the in thing now; can be highly modified, with flame kits, chrome tail pipes and numerous spoilers, and corner like they're on branches. You need to be patient with them though, as they can be quite slow on the uptake of instructions - perfect for you actually, will be like the blind leading the blind.
If it's going to be NOS slugs again, you'll need to remember to ensure the surface is free of rock salt; who could forget the incident with Hard Rockin N' Raging Slugster, who met his untimely demise whilst leading the National Slick Racer Cup second heat, and you decided it'd be a good idea to grit the racing line in the icy conditions.
If you're going for something more exotic, try monkey-dogs, as they're the in thing now; can be highly modified, with flame kits, chrome tail pipes and numerous spoilers, and corner like they're on branches. You need to be patient with them though, as they can be quite slow on the uptake of instructions - perfect for you actually, will be like the blind leading the blind.
24 March 2005, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Dracoro
Cheapest way to do this would to buy a field with hard flat grass and have a dust circuit. Get some old bangers and strip them out and play with them.
24 March 2005, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Duck_Pond
I refuse to partake in any form of sucking where you're concerned, thank you very much! You've not actually mentioned what you intend to race on this track.
If it's going to be NOS slugs again, you'll need to remember to ensure the surface is free of rock salt; who could forget the incident with Hard Rockin N' Raging Slugster, who met his untimely demise whilst leading the National Slick Racer Cup second heat, and you decided it'd be a good idea to grit the racing line in the icy conditions.
If you're going for something more exotic, try monkey-dogs, as they're the in thing now; can be highly modified, with flame kits, chrome tail pipes and numerous spoilers, and corner like they're on branches. You need to be patient with them though, as they can be quite slow on the uptake of instructions - perfect for you actually, will be like the blind leading the blind.
If it's going to be NOS slugs again, you'll need to remember to ensure the surface is free of rock salt; who could forget the incident with Hard Rockin N' Raging Slugster, who met his untimely demise whilst leading the National Slick Racer Cup second heat, and you decided it'd be a good idea to grit the racing line in the icy conditions.
If you're going for something more exotic, try monkey-dogs, as they're the in thing now; can be highly modified, with flame kits, chrome tail pipes and numerous spoilers, and corner like they're on branches. You need to be patient with them though, as they can be quite slow on the uptake of instructions - perfect for you actually, will be like the blind leading the blind.
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Originally Posted by Dracoro
Cheapest way to do this would to buy a field with hard flat grass and have a dust circuit. Get some old bangers and strip them out and play with them.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...1/nlotto31.xml
As chronicled here in the torygraph.
Sounds like a great idea, I'd enjoy p1ssing off al the neighbours as well.
Edited to add quote from the wicked witch of the west
""If I had won £9.7 million, unlike that idiot I would do something good with the money. It is such a waste him having that money.""
I bet he's laughing his **** off, good man.
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24 March 2005, 12:36 PM
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Ray, your gleaming Austin Vanden Plas would look simply sublime speeding along on your own specially prepared track, just think what speeds you could reach if it was a mile long................43mph could now be achievable
24 March 2005, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by corradoboy
This has been one of my lottery dreams since the first draw I figured on buying a plot of farmland in Spain (or similar), decomissioning it and claiming £9k per acre from the EU for doing so. Then building some villas and a reasonable track, along with a selection of performance cars. I thought it would be good to have tuition is a fleet of older Elise's, then people could move up to Radicals or similar. If it proved successful I could look into adding single seater experiences, or maybe franchise that bit out. Could even have a gravel circuit with some classics I know some billionaire German businessman has recently done just this, but his costs a fortune and is strictly for the very rich. My idea was to keep it within reach of you average performance car enthusiast, with a 2 week break with 2-3 hours driving a day IRO £3k, including the wife & kids who'll chill by the pool or go to the beach while daddy pretends to be a racing driver
All purely theoretical, and dependant on all 6 of my ***** dropping So the actual costs may well be prohibitive, but hey, we can all dream can't we
I figured on buying a plot of farmland in Spain (or similar), decomissioning it and claiming £9k per acre from the EU for doing so. Then building some villas and a reasonable track, along with a selection of performance cars. I thought it would be good to have tuition is a fleet of older Elise's, then people could move up to Radicals or similar. If it proved successful I could look into adding single seater experiences, or maybe franchise that bit out. Could even have a gravel circuit with some classics I know some billionaire German businessman has recently done just this, but his costs a fortune and is strictly for the very rich. My idea was to keep it within reach of you average performance car enthusiast, with a 2 week break with 2-3 hours driving a day IRO £3k, including the wife & kids who'll chill by the pool or go to the beach while daddy pretends to be a racing driver All purely theoretical, and dependant on all 6 of my ***** dropping
So the actual costs may well be prohibitive, but hey, we can all dream can't we He was a multi millionaire to begin with and has his own supercar production business
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Originally Posted by Ray_li
I dont have to the money but what will I need to do to get my own short race track built and how much do you think it will cost?
Ray
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Have you been smoking the neighbour's crack again?
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Originally Posted by Duck_Pond
I refuse to partake in any form of sucking where you're concerned, thank you very much! You've not actually mentioned what you intend to race on this track.
If it's going to be NOS slugs again, you'll need to remember to ensure the surface is free of rock salt; who could forget the incident with Hard Rockin N' Raging Slugster, who met his untimely demise whilst leading the National Slick Racer Cup second heat, and you decided it'd be a good idea to grit the racing line in the icy conditions.
If you're going for something more exotic, try monkey-dogs, as they're the in thing now; can be highly modified, with flame kits, chrome tail pipes and numerous spoilers, and corner like they're on branches. You need to be patient with them though, as they can be quite slow on the uptake of instructions - perfect for you actually, will be like the blind leading the blind.
If it's going to be NOS slugs again, you'll need to remember to ensure the surface is free of rock salt; who could forget the incident with Hard Rockin N' Raging Slugster, who met his untimely demise whilst leading the National Slick Racer Cup second heat, and you decided it'd be a good idea to grit the racing line in the icy conditions.
If you're going for something more exotic, try monkey-dogs, as they're the in thing now; can be highly modified, with flame kits, chrome tail pipes and numerous spoilers, and corner like they're on branches. You need to be patient with them though, as they can be quite slow on the uptake of instructions - perfect for you actually, will be like the blind leading the blind.
24 March 2005, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Ray_li
very true hoe much would it cost me to grow massive trees all the way around it? no one would every know
hoe much would it cost me to grow massive trees all the way around it? no one would every know I know farmers do. The green house effect and all that!
