Duck

Here's a heads-up on an effort to get another racetrack on Oahu. If successful there will be a place to run those fast Camaros sitting gathering dust...

---------------------------------------------------
ALOHA From Ed Hollmann Hawaii Region, Sports Car Club of America (SCCA)


As all of you know Hawaii Raceway Park was closed about 2 years ago. Various groups or individuals have been trying to locate or obtain a new track with no success.

The Hawaii Region has decided to take the bull by the horns and hire, with the help of the racing community, a professional lobbyist to convince our State legislature to adopt a bill to get us a track, whether it be temporary or permanent.

It is now the time for the sports car racers, drag racers, motorcycle racers (drag and road racers), drifters, go cart racers, junior dragsters, Pro Gas drag racers, and dirt track racers to step forward to move the process along.

SCCA has contacted one of the best lobbyists in the State (i.e. recently handled the Super Ferry legislation), and the estimated cost to assist us with this effort is $7500.

SCCA is willing to advance some of the money needed and is asking for contributions from the other organizations, individuals, and businesses in the racing community to help with the rest.

The lobbyist will be at the session every day for 4 months. He will help propose legislation that will work toward our goal and will monitor some other legislation that is already being proposed with the same goal---a track on Oahu . He will contact us about appearing at hearings, about sending emails and letters to our representatives, and generally will guide us through the process.

So the question is are you willing to help. If so, please contact me immediately because the Legislative Session is coming up quickly. We want to have this lobbyist retained by January 11.

Ed Hollman. Regional Executive SCCA Hawaii Region

488-1782 or email address eahjr@hawaii.rr.com

PLEASE PASS THIS EMAIL ON ANY ONE YOU KNOW IN THE RACING COMMUNITY WHO MIGHT WISH TO HELP.

upincomin

Sweet, that would be awesome. I've been out here a year now, and finally got into a muscle car club with some other military guys. If your still lookin for support, I'll run it by them, and if you still need help raisin some money, maybe we can get some money coming from car washes or something. I don't know. It's been a much desired thing out here to have a track. Do you still live out here Duck? I'm up near the North shore.

Duck

Best course of action is to contact the SCCA person, I'm not directly involved with the project. Presently I'm in AZ, but am expected to be back on the rock in late February, and will be mostly likely reside in the Pearl City/Aiea area.

Do you cruise the Schofield/Fort Shafter Auto Salvage yards? Any ThirdGens there?

upincomin

It's been awhile since I've been in their salvage yards. Last time I was there, there was a 3rd gen on blocks, rims and tires were gone, but that was all. I wasn't really interested in it, because I still had my Eclipse out here at the time. Pearl city? I know where that's at. Your military too I'm assuming, MC, AF or Army if your in arizona, your prolly at Fort Huachuca.

Duck

Nope, I'm in Kingman, AZ -- retired Army, retired Army civilian DOD [well, soon to be rehired annuitant]. Fort Shafter also has salvage yard, I pulled a couple nice 4th Gen rears there. You're at Schofield, right?

upincomin

No, I'm navy. I work right near Schofield, at Kunia. I actually live on NCTAMS. Right above Whittmore Village in Wahiawa.

stew'86MCSS396

Duck, FWIW...Shafter's yard sucks big time!!! Too much EPA crap getting into their business. IIRC...they're only allowed to have about 1 1/2 dozen cars being stripped at the moment. All other cars are parked outside the salvage yard waiting a turn to be stripped. Doesn't mean a part or two gets removed while they're waiting though!!!