important! GLD Noise and light pollution

[Turbocharged400sbc]

i'm betting the fuckers scheduled it to try to keep us away...i'm going into work early, hopefully i'll see some of ya there, you can car pool with me but it'll cost ya lol j/k

got there if you can!

Greetings racers & fans!

This is a very important notice from the GLD ownership group to all our loyal racers and fans of the Legendary Great Lakes Dragaway.

As you know, Great Lakes Dragaway is one of the oldest continuously operating dragstrips on the face of the planet.
For over 50 years we have been here, open more dates than any other track in the USA, including those in warm weather locations.

Now some folks want to try to limit our operations and limit YOUR ability to take part in the sport you love!

There will be a meeting on Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 at 6:00PM, held at the Town Hall for the Town of Paris located at 16607 Burlington Rd, Union Grove, WI. This meeting will be in regards to a study of noise and light pollution alleged to emanate from Great Lakes Dragaway. If you can possibly make it to this meeting, we would GREATLY appreciate it! We need as many fans of GLD as possible. We are sorry for the short notice, as the town scheduled this meeting with very little advance notice. Tell EVERYONE you know who is either a racer or a fan of the sport! This is VERY important and we need your support!!

We are not looking for people to be unruly or loud, we are looking for people to show SUPPORT for our facility and our sport. If you can make this meeting, PLEASE attend! WE NEED YOU!

The ownership and staff also would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a blessed and joyous Holiday Season. We look forward to seeing you all in spring.

Click to read more...

 

[PANDA]

That sucks, I hope GLD does not turnout like byron (weekends only), the track was in the area first!

 

[Vogz]

That sucks, I hope GLD does not turnout like byron (weekends only), the track was in the area first!

I hope so too. The basic problem is people are complete idiots. The same thing happens around airports. O'hare airport was all by itself in the middle of "nowhere" when it was built. Slowly, over time people built houses around it, and then they complain about the noise from the airport that was there before they moved in.

 

[Yaj Yak]

shhhhhhhhhhhhhit. ive got a final at 630pm.

who all is going?

 

[Angus]

If you can't go, fill their email!
John Holloway - Chairman
[email protected]


Stole this from another forum:
This is the e-mail I just sent, feel free to copy or personalize it:

"Dear Mr. Holloway,

I am contacting you in regards to the meeting scheduled for 6PM on Tuesday, December 15th 2009 at the Town Hall for the Town of Paris. If you received this in error please forward it to whom it may concern or reply with the contact information of the person(s) responsible for organizing and/or initiating this meeting.

I understand that the discussion will concern a proposed study of noise and light pollution alleged to emanate from Great Lakes Dragaway. I am a motorsports enthusiast and participant, and frequent spectator and racer to the events held at Great Lakes Dragaway during the limited season we have in our area. Myself, my friends, coworkers, and many others go to the track and not only spend money there but also in the surrounding area for gas, food, lodging, etc.

If the track isn't open, we'll be forced to go elsewhere. Any reduction in operating hours will not only effect the track but also local businesses. I hope you keep this in consideration when making your decisions on the fate of the track's schedule. Thank you for your time and I wish you a happy holiday season."

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Easy come easy go.

 

[Yaj Yak]

If you can't go, fill their email!
John Holloway - Chairman
[email protected]


Stole this from another forum:
This is the e-mail I just sent, feel free to copy or personalize it:

"Dear Mr. Holloway,

I am contacting you in regards to the meeting scheduled for 6PM on Tuesday, December 15th 2009 at the Town Hall for the Town of Paris. If you received this in error please forward it to whom it may concern or reply with the contact information of the person(s) responsible for organizing and/or initiating this meeting.

I understand that the discussion will concern a proposed study of noise and light pollution alleged to emanate from Great Lakes Dragaway. I am a motorsports enthusiast and participant, and frequent spectator and racer to the events held at Great Lakes Dragaway during the limited season we have in our area. Myself, my friends, coworkers, and many others go to the track and not only spend money there but also in the surrounding area for gas, food, lodging, etc.

If the track isn't open, we'll be forced to go elsewhere. Any reduction in operating hours will not only effect the track but also local businesses. I hope you keep this in consideration when making your decisions on the fate of the track's schedule. Thank you for your time and I wish you a happy holiday season."

awesome thanks.

email sent.

 

[99PONTIACGP]

Email sent :wink:

Thanks pal :bigok:

 

[blakbearddelite]

I agree, if the track was there first, then those people have no one to blame but themselves for moving next to a drag strip.

I think Byron was in a similar situation with noise complaints. Byron has been there for quite a while as well.

 

[Yaj Yak]

i agree with that for sure


thats like people that move to the river by my house, and then complain about the noise from the boats.

DURRRRRR

 

[blakbearddelite]

thats like people that move to the river by my house, and then complain about the noise from the boats.

Maybe it's because I've never lived on the water, but I LOVE the sound of the boats going by. When we have parties at my uncle's place, I can just sit outside and listen/watch the boats cruising by all day.

 

[Yaj Yak]

i love it.

this is barely a mile south of my house...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85QNPBB4GK0

 

[Angus]

I sent an email to randy at GLD of a point to present to the town leaders. They reduce their hours of operations, they reduce the value of the property. Lower value property means less property tax revenue for the local town/jurisdiction. Why would a town do that in this economy when most local jurisdictions are struggling to make payments and bills...?

I told him to contact me if he needs more info to present and if worse comes to worse, GLD can contact our company to hopefully then lower their tax bill by 50% then...

I reall hope they don't limit their hours of operation...

 

[dsm2308]

email sent

 

[1998gpgt]

email sent

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

ya'll keep sending those emails, but i must stress personalizing it, they see form emails and it doesnt mean that much to them.

I'm going in person, i didnt get to the track much this year but i'll be damned if i'll let em fuck up next year

 

[Prevent]

Sweet, time to start street racing in Union Grove if they close it

 

[Yaj Yak]

ya'll keep sending those emails, but i must stress personalizing it, they see form emails and it doesnt mean that much to them.

I'm going in person, i didnt get to the track much this year but i'll be damned if i'll let em fuck up next year

i added quite a bit to mine.

 

[Poopshinanigans]

I've been there and, correct me if i'm wrong, there is nothing around it. Some farm houses and the like. I don't get this at all.

 

[Yaj Yak]

wha happened

 

[Angus]

from a mustang forum:

I asked if I could audio record, they said no, so I sat a camcorder on my leg and recorded the hour plus meeting. I am sure they are pleased. Was a very large file I boiled down to 123mb WMV file.

Not much to watch after the slides, just more for listening.

Meeting came down to them saying that yes, it is loud around GLD. No shit. They discuss the montoring from 4 locations around GLD, one being a pole 25 feet in the air where noise levels were high but of course those chose LABOR DAY WEEKEND to test this. Probably the loudest day of the year there. Plus, prevailing winds made it easier for the sounds to make it to the monitors. No decisions made. Place was PACKED with people.

Anyway, watch, listen, discuss.

Right click and save as (better) or just click to buffer;

http://www.didiblink.com/miscvideo/gldvsparis.wmv

 

[Prevent]

I heard there were a lot of hot headed honchos over there. who were basically unrealistic...


GLD was there first..


time to email bomb, street race and hold peoples families hostage!

 

[Prevent]

I've been there and, correct me if i'm wrong, there is nothing around it. Some farm houses and the like. I don't get this at all.

You've got to remember that besides daily driven cars, they do a lot of dragsters and cars of the sort which can be heard for MILES

 

[Handsome Jesus]

Yeah it is an NHRA cert track. they run all sorts of stuff down that place. Labor day weekend is definitely one of the biggest of the year, and it usually includes the chicago wise guys and etc that are fast as hell.

Down for burning up the streets of union grove.

 

[Poopshinanigans]

You've got to remember that besides daily driven cars, they do a lot of dragsters and cars of the sort which can be heard for MILES

But it's all farm land. I know the sound might carry, buy come on, don't these people have better things to worry about? Like how to live without government subsidies?