Old Airport At Pelican (newcastle)

[Swiper the Fox]

contact Jeff here..

http://www.mccloygroup.com.au/

[hydie]

That group has nothing to do with who i believe the owner is.

But then again, i'm just going off records/details i have available to me, and not your local knowledge.

Edited February 2, 2009 by hydie

[burkill]

it won't happen.

government won't help, they'd rather keep fining people and crushing cars rather then have a place for "hoon's" to vent their needs.

i believe the problem here in newcastle is that the only drag strip is in sydney. i think if something like this opened it would bring down deaths, street racing, fines. everything related to speeding.

i'm sure the goverment could make revenue on a place like this?

[N1GTR]

Ok great, thanks

McCloy Group dont take care of it anymore

[KLR33]

ppl want to winge n wine if hooning goes on public roads

but we r running out of places to go with oran park closing (for drifters more than any one)

if some one lives close to the air strip ,go knock on the door n ask who owns it

[hydie]

ppl want to winge n wine if hooning goes on public roads

but we r running out of places to go with oran park closing (for drifters more than any one)

if some one lives close to the air strip ,go knock on the door n ask who owns it

We have already established who owns it. Its just a matter of where to go from here and obtaining correct contact details.

[N1GTR]

Ah, here's a question....how wide is the runway?

[Xmetal]

Ah, here's a question....how wide is the runway?

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=aZhatY8gD9I

2:10 onwards should give you a pretty good idea.

It's wide enough to fit 2 cars down it - I should know, ran the Subaru down it after filming wrapped up.

[hydie]

[N1GTR]

Ok thats a problem, not enough space for a car to swing around a cone

[burkill]

i'm sure mods can made to suit a drag strip.

[N1GTR]

Sorry, the event would be too boring, all the courses would be a sprint to the cone then back to the start line.

We have other venues in the pipeline and this would've been a nice addition but just isnt suitable

[FloydWestwood]

how wide would you need? 10m would just be enough to swing a car around? or are you talking two cars at the same time?

[N1GTR]

2 cars at a time, have to accomodate for slaloms and things like that. Basically this runway is too thin, the reason im looking at airports is due to their large amount of tarmac used for the planes to taxi towards the runway, so we have a straight part and an area with corners to setup a "track" course, touching the grass means a penalty the same way hitting a cone does. Fastest of the day wins

[Bakes]

Doesnt change the fact that we need a 1/4 mile strip built here in Newcastle somewhere!!

I want to run my car but Im not going to drive to Sydney mid week to do it.

[burkill]

Doesnt change the fact that we need a 1/4 mile strip built here in Newcastle somewhere!!

I want to run my car but Im not going to drive to Sydney mid week to do it.

agreed who wants to race after 2 hours of driving.

i think a track might lower hoon levels, but at the same time, sydney has a track and has the most hoons. or lebs.

Edited February 4, 2009 by burkill

[fat-lad]

there must be somewhere in newcastle that has the space to build a strip of some sort out of the way from local amenties

[Xmetal]

Rathmines Airbase - 5mins from my house.

You can see it on Google Earth!

[ULOOOK]

Didnt they try to get one happening up at Raymond Terrace somewhere?

[N1GTR]

Rathmines Airbase - 5mins from my house.

You can see it on Google Earth!

Pics please

Suit a texi style event?