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Their track is about as far down into their property (200 or 400 acres, don't remember which) as it can get and there's no way noise or dust was any real concern. Some people just can't stand others having a good time in western WA. Go to California and you have Perris Raceway right in the middle of a neighborhood as well as Starwest (Now called State Fair) across the street from a major housing development. PNW politics is rough on the moto crowd.
The fine topsoil silt was gnarly on an air-filter if it got dry, but the layout was fast and a bunch of fun. If they could get permitting and run it as a business, it would be an awesome PNW race track for sure.
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Think they'd permit a guy to build a machine shop on the property over there?
...Also, I'm currently in the WSU mechanical engineering program with a year left...
Pro-tip: Don't go back to college when you're 40.
On a separate but related note, I can't believe 40 completely undeveloped acres in middle of BFE nowhere is going for a cool 3/4 mill.
Perhaps we could pool resources of everyone on this thread and make it a semi-private PNW-Vital members track? I'll go ahead and kick things off with a $10k pledge. Come on, who's with me?
Dirt looks amazing for this area...
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As I understand, the owners ran a full-time business as their primary livelihood and couldn’t do both anymore.
It takes a lot of work to run a great track. It would be tough to do it while also running a business.
I'm a one-man design and machine shop out here in Kitsap...
I'd love to run a track, but I'd have to do it on the same piece of land as my regular business or I'd never make it. I only have just a little over five acres, so I do have a track, but it's too small to open it up to anyone but my very close friends.
There's a track behind the Bremerton National Airport. It's called MotoWest. They have some Wednesday evening practice during spring/summer and some Saturdays as well as a few race days during the year. It's 15 minutes away and although it's not great dirt, they've improved their prep a ton the past couple years.
I'm assuming not since no one has mentioned it.
My main track was the Ross's Oak harbor track,, which was pretty entertaining depending on the time on year..
Nowadays its little moto trail riding and a whole lot of Mt bikes..
I really just want to ride a mellow vet track.
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Hannegan isn’t (in my opinion) nearly what it was in the 90’s. Went downhill when they got the fill dirt from the excavation company from the road project that was full of rock and asphalt…
What always amazed me about hannegan (former member as well) was the fact that they would cheer what a “success” the flat track national was after losing 20k net, then bitch at the moto folks for 1500 in Cat rental/fuel when the track was prime, and a race weekend like PAC West netted 15-20k profit. It didn’t help that the bullshit Baja bugs and trucks would ruin the jumps, requiring hours of repairs, then they’d blame that cost on motocross.
Truly some backwards thinking there. That facility, had they focused on motocross, would’ve been a gold mine.
There was nothing about that place or the way the race was run that made me want to drive that far again.
It certainly seemed that MX was an afterthought for the people running the place.
Whidbey Island is full of small rocks, but it's a non-issue. The track layout is safe, easy and fun for any skill.
I agree, drive right by Hannegan and going to Whidbey.
and if it were not for Thursday night series my wee little trophy room would not exist..
I was there almost every Thursday from 92-97. Great memories.
The best part was in 93 or 94 when my English teacher asked why I had a note from my dad to be absent on Thursday afternoons…when I finally told him, he laughed and said “I raised my sons not far from Carlsbad. They raced there all the time. You’re learning as much or more about life at the track as what you’d learn in the classroom. Don’t worry about notes anymore.”
I've been going to shougal practices for years. I've always been able to easily get 3 sessions in even with 5 different groups going. I usually don't ride the last round or a 4 session because it gets rough.
But getting in 4 sessions isn't a problem most of the time there.
Mabton was awesome too
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