Petition against closure of Lierop

scottydogmx 1/20/2017 12:28am
1/20/2017 12:28am
We must all come together and support any track anywhere in the world to show these minorities who try to close tracks (that they have usually moved near to in the first place) that we are a bigger community than them and will be heard
Motocross83 1/20/2017 3:10am
1/20/2017 3:10am
Two more here. I wish you the best of luck.
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ehr400 1/20/2017 3:14am
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Signed.

What I dont get is literally you can hear the motorway that borders it over the bikes from Benelaux. Also there are hardly any houses nearby, it is all farmland.

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Starcrossed 1/20/2017 5:06am
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Starcrossed wrote:
Will signatures from U.S. residents be considered? I can't imagine a whole bunch of U.S. residents signing this would be a good thing, and may detract...
Will signatures from U.S. residents be considered? I can't imagine a whole bunch of U.S. residents signing this would be a good thing, and may detract from the force the petition has. I could see opponents of it saying that it doesn't matter what a bunch of U.S. residents think, they don't live anywhere near the noise issues, nor would they ever contribute to the local economy.
wideopen198 wrote:
I think the international signers will actually benefit the petition. It shows people that the track is internationally known and loved. In this case it isn't...
I think the international signers will actually benefit the petition. It shows people that the track is internationally known and loved. In this case it isn't weird to get petitions from all over the world because of the GP's and other big events in the past.
Good enough for me. Hopefully a good many local residents are behind the petition as well, to help sway the local authorities and decision makers.
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Motofinne 1/21/2017 3:34am
1/21/2017 3:34am Edited Date/Time 1/21/2017 3:53am
Bump

9041 signatures, not too bad.
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flymoto 1/21/2017 11:07am
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Bump. Let's keep signing this. Or even make it a stick for a few days please?
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TsmithMX 1/21/2017 11:11am
1/21/2017 11:11am
Done
Jamie_Munro 1/21/2017 12:46pm
1/21/2017 12:46pm
Done and super shared throughout the Moto community in our part of England so that will spread out fast,

I'm riding fat cats sand park tomorrow so I'll make sure it's known there too as there will be at least 120 Moto sand lovers
Jamie_Munro 1/21/2017 12:47pm
1/21/2017 12:47pm
The more international signatures the better, it shows the world of Moto is not simply a local thing but something that matters especially with historic venues such as this.
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ajv#26 1/21/2017 12:55pm
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Done
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sleeve1 1/21/2017 1:00pm
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Signed.
Did anyone else look through the list of names on the petition?
There are some big hitters from all sorts of motor racing on there.
wideopen198 1/22/2017 8:58am
1/22/2017 8:58am
already 10k signatures!!! keep it going
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Motofinne 1/22/2017 9:21am
1/22/2017 9:21am
Could someone that knows about this inform us a bit on the situation?

Is there any hope that they wont close the track? 10k signatures from all over the world is not bad at all!
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vschaik141 1/22/2017 10:34am
1/22/2017 10:34am
2012 moto1... Herlings his best race ever almost lapping the entire field. I'we watched so many great races there. And enjoyed riding this legendary track.
wideopen198 1/23/2017 9:00am
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Motofinne wrote:
Could someone that knows about this inform us a bit on the situation? Is there any hope that they wont close the track? 10k signatures from...
Could someone that knows about this inform us a bit on the situation?

Is there any hope that they wont close the track? 10k signatures from all over the world is not bad at all!
As of now they have to close the track on the 1st of July. Lierop has always been an illegal track but the track was ''tolerated''. Now there are some people who suddenly started complaining. Local policitians want the track to stay. They will go to the province again and ask them to make an exception in the destination plan. The petition will hopefully help with that.
MAC Lierop is also still looking for people who have some photos or film of the track before 1982. They need evidence that the track has been there since then.
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Sidecar 1/23/2017 9:51am
1/23/2017 9:51am
Bump

And sent the link to my wife for her to sign it too.

Great track, be gutted to see it close.
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Motofinne 1/23/2017 9:57am
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Motofinne wrote:
Could someone that knows about this inform us a bit on the situation? Is there any hope that they wont close the track? 10k signatures from...
Could someone that knows about this inform us a bit on the situation?

Is there any hope that they wont close the track? 10k signatures from all over the world is not bad at all!
wideopen198 wrote:
As of now they have to close the track on the 1st of July. Lierop has always been an illegal track but the track was ''tolerated''...
As of now they have to close the track on the 1st of July. Lierop has always been an illegal track but the track was ''tolerated''. Now there are some people who suddenly started complaining. Local policitians want the track to stay. They will go to the province again and ask them to make an exception in the destination plan. The petition will hopefully help with that.
MAC Lierop is also still looking for people who have some photos or film of the track before 1982. They need evidence that the track has been there since then.
Ok, sounds very familiar. These things happen all the time.

New areas of houses are being built close to tracks and suddenly the home owners start to complain even though they were stupid enough to buy or build a house relatively near a track...

And the track that has been active for decades run by volunteers are forced into a corner. So stupid.

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flymoto 1/23/2017 12:22pm
1/23/2017 12:22pm
It's not surprising. Unfortunately it's the world we live in.

Everything has to be by the book now a days. I really do hope they can save lierop, but I don't have much hope.

Far too many are getting shut down, and none are opening. I do worry about the future of our sport. In 50 years it won't be here.
wideopen198 1/25/2017 10:46am
1/25/2017 10:46am
Good news! There will be a demonstration next Tuesday in Lierop. The national, provincial and regional press will be there. For the Dutch people:


Keep signing the petition.
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MHR401 1/26/2017 6:02am
1/26/2017 6:02am
Yop!
wideopen198 1/29/2017 1:40am
1/29/2017 1:40am
still going. 12,8k

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