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#1 gatormark

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Posted 09 October 2018 - 05:00 AM

Is there a King in Fla looking for a home? Im hearing the possibility of owners opening a store. Man that would be sweet.
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Posted 09 October 2018 - 06:39 AM

I haven't Heard anything but that would be super sweet


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Posted 09 October 2018 - 04:36 PM

There is a track in storage for sure.
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Posted 16 October 2018 - 08:41 PM

Are you able to say anything about a potential location where the track would go?
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Posted 17 October 2018 - 05:03 AM

Unfortunately, no. Its hard to believe in a state with 23 million people a premier facility with a King does not exist. The biggest track in the state is here in avon park. All the other 3 tracks have the same footprint,hillclimbs.
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Posted 17 October 2018 - 06:29 AM

There are at least 2 kings in storage. I don’t see either opening in the near future.


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Posted 17 October 2018 - 06:39 AM

Its odd to me that theres always a rumor about somebody being interested in setting up a track, but it rarely happens. It really emphasizes that we have to do our best to help the tracks that are around. Also, Id say that each of the presently open facilities are a premier facility, whatever that is.
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Posted 17 October 2018 - 08:05 AM

Unfortunately, no. Its hard to believe in a state with 23 million people a premier facility with a King does not exist. The biggest track in the state is here in avon park. All the other 3 tracks have the same footprint,hillclimbs.

All 3 of the hill climbs have been around a lot longer than Avon. They also have local and state races from 3 separate race series. Eds raceway just hosted the Southern Retro Rumble and a Flexi National Series last year. The hill climb footprint seems to be successful.

Hopefully Avon has a good run like the current tracks.

I would love to to race on a blue king or engleman but they just don't have much success in, FL. Unfortunately.
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Posted 17 October 2018 - 08:39 AM

Hill climbs offer the most track with a small footprint which keeps rents down.

Kings do require a pretty big space.


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Posted 17 October 2018 - 10:54 AM

And the hill climb requires much less walking to put cars back on.

 

Some of us do come off.


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Posted 18 October 2018 - 05:30 AM

Yes the footprint of a climb allows smaller spaces. But again, 23 million people here and not one premier business with a king? Its the track that all the Nats are run on, the standard so to speak. Oh well, with all the tracks closing its obviously a tough row to hoe.
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Posted 18 October 2018 - 07:29 AM

23 million people but a really big state from north to south with a terrible highway system. The high population areas are very far apart. The state has a fair amount of racers but not many travel because of the distances to races and just race at their local track. More than about an hour is too far for most people to travel for a weekly race.
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Posted 18 October 2018 - 07:42 AM

Yes the footprint of a climb allows smaller spaces. But again, 23 million people here and not one premier business with a king? Its the track that all the Nats are run on, the standard so to speak. Oh well, with all the tracks closing its obviously a tough row to hoe.

Nats aren't always run on Kings. Lol
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Posted 18 October 2018 - 08:07 AM

And the hill climb requires much less walking to put cars back on.

Agreed. But some of the turns are harder to reach for kids.

While I have a King, before I became a raceway owner, when I traveled to races,(a lot-lol), I loved to run on Hillclimbs and Grandstands.
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Posted 18 October 2018 - 10:24 AM

DZ I think he meant Division 1 Nats. You know, the race where about 7 people showed up this year.

On a related note, I really like my local raceway, and henceforth Fast Eddies Raceway shall be deemed a Super Premier Business and Facility. I expect everyone to fall in line and refer to it as such.
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Posted 18 October 2018 - 09:16 PM

Yes the footprint of a climb allows smaller spaces. But again, 23 million people here and not one premier business with a king? Its the track that all the Nats are run on, the standard so to speak. Oh well, with all the tracks closing its obviously a tough row to hoe.

 
Mark... jump in the game and open a track if you want to see one of the King tracks in storage set up and running. You can probably do it for less than $20K if you're careful – and lucky.
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Posted 22 October 2018 - 10:13 AM

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Posted 23 October 2018 - 05:01 AM

Wiz....Im 60, semi retired with a love for fishing and running beagles, bird hunting and working our property. That answer your question LOL? Ans I was not referring to Eds or Bills as non premium,how Ed does what he does I don't see where he has any time for himself,but that's his choice. Anyway back to the point........I sure would love to see a Premeir Track here with a King.
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Posted 24 October 2018 - 04:49 AM

An aside, a man from a body company, Outsight I believe said to me,ya know how ya make a million in the slot car biz? Start with two million.
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Posted 25 October 2018 - 05:06 AM

Crickets crickets.
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Posted 25 October 2018 - 08:21 AM

Still no suggestions or solutions I see on how a King track would thrive in FL.

Apparently just crickets posting about it.
Test, test, test and go test some more.
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Posted 25 October 2018 - 09:47 AM

ASR in Longwood had everything going for it, strip mall on 17-92 visible from the road. Beautiful building, a king track, a hillclimb, a part room and a drag strip. The only thing it did not have was an owner who knew how to run a business. He did absolutely everything wrong you could do from having hours non convienent to a customer base, chased racers away by constant rule changes, never cleaning the tracks and a guy behind the counter that was about as smart as a rock to name a few.

This track would still be in business with someone with a brain running it.

By the time it was up for sale when Ernie Provetti and I looked at buying the business, he had burned the landlord so bad there was no way to get a new lease in that venue.
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Posted 25 October 2018 - 10:30 AM

It's a shame, Tony.

The raceway was in a great location.

I would see walk in traffic all the time without even receiving a simple hello greeting.

The rules literally changed every week.

Of course when it was all over the owner blamed everybody but himself.
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Posted 25 October 2018 - 11:56 AM

Yup.



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Posted 25 October 2018 - 12:44 PM

ASR - Kenny used to be a drummer for Molly Hatchet? LOL  Great Music, Blue King track and the hillclimb that Marcus grabbed.  

 

The dragstrip was all I used back then - they got really mad when me and my kid took first, second, third in their end of year drag series race.  My kid even won two of 3 raffle prizes - what a day at the track that was. (kid got 1, 2)  I didn't even own a tire wrench or soldering iron - Tem was our tuner.  :ph34r:

 

Floriduh needs a King thats for sure  :king:


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