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Started by Tom Karches
Wed, 08 Mar 1995 07:24
REQUEST:info on noise, traffic near NASCAR, other race tracks
Author: Tom Karches
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 07:24
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 07:24
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Net Folks, Please excuse the crossposting, I need to gather a lot of information in a fairly short period of time. I am doing some research on sound levels around race tracks, specifically NASCAR or IndyCar events, though any information would be useful. Info on severity of traffic congestion around the race track would be useful also. Our neighborhood in Oak Cliff, southwest of downtown Dallas, Texas is the proposed site of a NASCAR/IMSA/SCCA racing facility with a projected initial maximum attendance of 110,000. Our neighboorhood group is trying to collect information concerning noise levels and potential levels of traffic. My house is less than 1 mile from the proposed track. What should I expect in the way of noise and spectator traffic? Have you ever lived in or visited an area where such an event took place? What was it like? Pleas include the name/location of the track and any details concerning the noise or spectator traffic you might find relevant. Please reply by email. Thanks in advance, Tom Karches .--------------------------------------------------------------. |Tom Karches karches@onramp.net | |Integral Systems (214)942-9459 | |Unix/Macintosh/Internet Training/Consulting | '--------------------------------------------------------------'
Re: REQUEST:info on noise, traffic near NASCAR, other race tracks
Author: Robin King
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 1995 22:17
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 1995 22:17
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karches@onramp.net (Tom Karches) writes: > >I am doing some research on sound levels around race tracks, specifically >NASCAR or IndyCar events, though any information would be useful. A similar issue came up recently near my town of Half Moon Bay, California. Someone proposed the return of drag racing at the airport as a means of raising money for the local kids as well as giving them something to participate in once a month. Drag racing had been common back in the '50's and 60's. Knowing that there would be a kneejerk reaction from certain residents, the organizer conducted a one-day noise test on an eighth-mile track. He invited drag of all types, from kiddie-racers all the way up to a jet turbine. Noise monitors were placed at the start of the track and scattered around the area with the furthest one 3/4 mile or more away. The result was that, except for the jet engine, the noise was no louder than your average small plane taking off at the airport. Some people claimed they heard it while some of their immediate neighbors said boloney, they couldn't hear a thing. When I walked away from the event the noise seemed to dissipate very quickly. The few people who live almost on the airport definately heard it though when you live adjacent to an airport you do expect to hear some noise. There was huge, organized protest from the people who lived in the area. People phoned in 911 emergency calls about the noise even BEFORE the the cars hit the tracks. The proposal failed, not due to any real problem but that it didn't mesh with some residents' perceived idea of what the coastside community is all about. I thought too much fuss was made of it. In your case, the traffic will probably be a worse problem than the noise. Are there really going to be 110,000 spectators? This sounds kind of high but maybe it's true.
Re: REQUEST:info on noise, traffic near NASCAR, other race tracks
Author: Andy Birkhead
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 12:47
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 12:47
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Tom Karches (karches@onramp.net) wrote: : Info on severity of traffic congestion around the race track would be : useful also. : Our neighborhood in Oak Cliff, southwest of downtown Dallas, Texas is the : proposed site of a NASCAR/IMSA/SCCA racing facility with a projected : initial maximum attendance of 110,000. Our neighboorhood group is trying : to collect information concerning noise levels and potential levels of : traffic. It will be kinda noisy but.... It is also kinda fun! 110,000 people is nothing to be real concerned about. Speedway has 500,000 at the race in May. Now thats congested! Andy
Re: REQUEST:info on noise, traffic near NASCAR, other race tracks
Author: Steve Manes
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 21:15
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 21:15
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Robin King (king@glacier.Stanford.EDU) wrote: : In your case, the traffic will probably be a worse problem than the : noise. Are there really going to be 110,000 spectators? This sounds : kind of high but maybe it's true. I wouldn't be concerned about it because there's virtually no chance that NASCAR or CART will bless the proposed Staten Island track with a Winston Cup or Indy race anyway. There are already several tracks nearing completion which are still begging for sanctions, such as the old Homestead air base in Florida. NASCAR said that it might add one more race to its schedule in the midwest but since the northeast only recently won races by these organzations at Laconia (Loudon), NH it's doubtful that Staten Island will be much of a priority for them. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Manes manes@magpie.com N'Yawk, N'Yawk =o&>o
Re: REQUEST:info on noise, traffic near NASCAR, other race tracks
Author: John Rees
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 06:27
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 06:27
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andyb@indy.net (Andy Birkhead) wrote: > >It will be kinda noisy but.... It is also kinda fun! > >110,000 people is nothing to be real concerned about. Speedway has >500,000 at the race in May. Now thats congested! > >Andy For the uninitiated, he's talking (of course) about Speedway Indiana, home of the Greatest Spectacle in Motor Racing! John Rees in Durham, NC - re-located Hoosier
Re: REQUEST:info on noise, traffic near NASCAR, other race tracks
Author: Steven J. Crisp
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 08:23
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 08:23
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John Rees (CJHG54A@prodigy.com) wrote: : For the uninitiated, he's talking (of course) about Speedway Indiana, : home of the Greatest Spectacle in Motor Racing! Wow, I had no idea that they renamed the Charlotte Motor Speedway. That is, of course, the venue in which the Greatest Spectacle in Motor Racing occurs every year, is it not? Steve Crisp
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