Race City Last Hurrah

[Sturat77]

A show of support for Race City is being organized for this Friday's secret street event.

Please follow the attached link for more info.  One last kick at the cat to get city council's attention!!

http://cscc.speedracer.ca/forums/index.php/topic,9162.0.html

Cheers,


Gord (via Sturat)

[Domo]

Does anyone know what time this event is on? I don't have an account on the cscc site

[Racer41]

Secret Streets gets rolling around 6PM.

[Domo]

Thanks, does it run all night until dark?

[CRXsi]

Here is all the info one needs for Race City secret street info:

http://www.racecity.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=6&id=17&Itemid=98

Also you do not need a login or account to view posts at CSCC's forum.

[Shawn]

Being sent to as many Calgary media as possible ...  pass it on!


Blue Line Racing Association, a non profit organization formed by a volunteer group of Edmonton Police Service officers, will drag race their high performance police cars at Calgary?s Race City. The event is part of an initiative by the Motorsport Council of Calgary to illustrate the benefits of the speedway to the community and the potential negative impact the proposed closure of the facility might have if displaced racers take their cars back to the streets.

Race City Motorsport Park

Calgary, AB (September 22, 20 09) ? Friday night at Race City law enforcement officers from Edmonton and the Calgary area will be competing for the title of ?Alberta?s Fastest Cop? to help publicize the perils of illegal street racing.

The impending closure of the Calgary motorsport facility will mean the end of the Friday Night Secret Street program, which for many years has provided a safe and legal outlet for drivers wanting to race their street cars.

The Motorsport Council of Calgary (formerly the Calgary Motorsport s Association) and Race City Motorsport will host ?The Battle of Alberta, Law Enforcement Style? on September 25 at 7 p.m. at Race City, 1150 ? 68 Street S.E.

The Blue Line Racing Association, a volunteer group of officers from the Edmonton Police Service and teams from the Alberta?s Sheriff Department and the RCMP will be competing against each other and talking about the dangers of street racing and the likelihood that it will grow with the closure of Race City.

The City of Calgary claims Race City defaulted on its lease in 2000 when it was several weeks late providing a notice of renewal, which is required every five years. The City has told Race City it must vacate the property by March 31, 2010. The City plans to use the 160 acres to expand the Shepard Landfill.

In addition to the demonstration races by law enforcement officers, the weekly Friday Night Secret Street program will be run. The event sees over 175 racers and hundreds of their friends fuel their passion for racing in a alcohol and drug free environment. The competitors race in a safe and controlled environment with emergency personnel in attendance and on a racing surface separated from the spectator area.

Also in at ten dance will be youngsters that participate in their various forms of organized Motorsports, from Miniature Nextel Cup Cars, Mini Road Racers, Junior Dragsters to Karting Racers. Other members of Calgary?s diverse racing community of drag racers, oval racers and road course racers will be showing their cars along with business from the automotive af ter market.

Gates open at 6:00PM. Action get s underway at 7:00PM and admission is $5.00.


About Blue Line Racing Association

Blue Line Racing Association is a non profit organization formed by a volunteer group of police officers who are all members of the Edmonton Police Service. The association aims to promote
traffic safety, responsible driving and strives to reduce illegal street racing by providing heightened awareness and safe racing alternatives while cultivating positive relationships
between young drivers and police.

Blue Line Racing is funded solely by community partners without the support of federal, provincial or municipal tax dollars and currently operates four race cars; a 1972 Plymouth
Duster, a 2003 pre - production model Hyundai Tiburon, a 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8, and a Supercharged 2009 Ford Mustang GT that are painted to resemble police cars.
The association and Edmonton area race facility, Castrol Raceway, hold approximately 20 Street Legal race events each year averaging 175 participants and 1500 spectators at each event. For more information, visit www.BlueLineRacing.com

About Motorsport Council of Calgary
The Motorsport Council?s mission is to bring together all forms of motorsport enthusiasts and be a positive voice in the quest to curb illegal street racing on the streets of Calgary and surrounding communities.

For more information, please contact Rick Fransecone, chairman of the Motorsport Council. He is available by phone at 403 - 250 - 2845 (work) or 403 - 850 - 8773 (cell).

[CRXsi]

 

Ok this is seriously getting stupid....

City Hall Displays Red Light to Boys in Blue

Calgary, AB (September 25, 2009) - In light of the political pressure exerted on the various law enforcement officers that were to be involved in the ?The Battle of Alberta, Law Enforcement _style_? and the Beat the Heat Charity events, the Motorsport Council of Calgary is forced to remove these events from the Secret Street program scheduled for Friday, September 25th at Race City Motorsport Park.

The Blue Line Racing Association, a volunteer group of officers from the Edmonton Police Service has also been forced to cancel their drag race demonstration. The association holds approximately twenty similar events each year at Edmonton area race tracks in an attempt to reduce illegal street racing by providing education, heightened awareness and safe racing alternatives. This would have been the first appearance of the Edmonton police drag race cars in Calgary.

The regular Secret Street program will be run as scheduled. During the event, the Motorsport Council of Calgary will hold public information sessions on the pending Park closure and the pending impact of illegal street racing on the citizens of Calgary. A large group of performance and race cars from the entire racing community will be on display throughout the evening.

Everyone is invited to attend. Gates open at 6:00PM. Action gets underway at 7:00PM and admission is $5.00.

For more information, please contact Rick Fransecone, chairman of the Motorsport Council. He is available by phone at 403-250-2845 (work) or 403-850-8773 (cell).

http://www.justturnleft.ca/content/view/482/1/

Is it just me or is this very hard to take...

[ant]

Yes, it is. how can they do this... If we were trying to save a golf course, some politicians would probably come out and played a couple holes. Just because they don't participate in this sport, a volunteer group is force not to participate too... how stupid?