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11-05-2007, 11:38 AM
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Free the leaf!!
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Boise
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NASCAR in Mountain Home
A couple months ago i was hearing alot of talk about building War Eagle Speedway out in Elmore County, with the eventual goal of luring a nascar race. The last I heard the country commsion was going to vote on whether or not to approve it's building. I really don't like nascar at all, but i think that it would be good for the economy of Mountain Home. I also think it is very possible to build a stadium that holds 100 k for a nascar event, since they would only have one a year and people from SLC to Portland would travel in to see the race. you only need to sell out once a year to pay for it, the minor races wouldn't be sellouts obviously, but I think the one huge event a year would make up for it. I just haven't heard anything about it lately.
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11-05-2007, 12:17 PM
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Real Estate Agent
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Boise-Metro, ID
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11-05-2007, 01:11 PM
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Free the leaf!!
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Boise
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According to the slide show they want to open spring 08, that won't happen, interesting though.
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11-06-2007, 05:40 PM
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They Call Me Johnny Idaho
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Currently Norco Kookiefornia=Horsetown USA, but wanna be in Idaho!!!
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With nascar racing, comes possibly other types of racing. Maybe IRL, sport bikes, etc. They could even do a 1/4 mile drag strip like here at the California speedway, if the facility is big enough.
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11-06-2007, 07:09 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Tater Town USA
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Go War Eagle!!
I would love to see NASCAR come. I promise to by at least four tickets every year. I used to live near Sears Point (Infinion Raceway to you new fans) we went all the time, and you are right, it did bring in a lot of green!
They did have all the above including Drags, IRL and Superbike to name only a few.
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11-08-2007, 10:26 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Iraq, Idaho or Alaska
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They were issued a conditional land use permit that was the last that I herd
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02-09-2008, 10:15 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: ID
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Any update on the track? Does anyone know if NASCAR is interested in racing in Idaho? I know that Washington voted them down last year so a Northwest race in Idaho would make sense.
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09-21-2008, 06:12 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Iraq, Idaho or Alaska
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The court document are being typed right now. Traffic study has been done and they plan to break gorund the spring of 2009.
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09-21-2008, 03:18 PM
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Real Estate Agent
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA
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If it goes through that is great. My personal opinion is that this is a pie in the sky project similar to Sweetwater Junction in Nampa. I am not sure the number of people they plan to draw. If it is anything similar to other NASCAR tracks I just don't see how that is possible. Many seat over 100,000, which is 1/6th of the Metro's population. Add high gas prices and Boise's relative remoteness...I just don't see it working.
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09-21-2008, 09:23 PM
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Junior Member
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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