Anybody hear the rumors about NLRC? The place has been sold, apparently to one of these groups that is engaged in the business of building new road courses or reconstructing existing ones that aim to service an “elite” clientele. Think of the country club set-up now in place at Lime Rock and you get the idea.
Not trying to cause any alarms here, but the track is supposed to be shut down early this year for a total re-do, possibly to include circuit configuration changes. It won’t open again until after May 2009.
Again, everything at this point is speculative. I’ve talked to folks who should be in the know on Nelson’s future and they each have described different scenarios.
My opinion on country club road courses? Use the idea for the pro circuits. Keep it the hell away from the club facilities that cater to the grassroots guys who don’t have $5K-$10K to spend on an annual membership.
There were no rumblings about this when chatting with the owners in June shrug
(Granted, as of 2 weeks ago, WGI wasnt supposed to be repaved… now my days in July are canceled).
The LRP repave looks nice (been watching it over on rennlist), but with the country club shit unless someone cuts a screaming deal back to the clubs I’ll never use it.
They are saying for sure the track will not be done before August 1st when I was there last weekend. It’s not even a full repave, just sections like the top of the esses.
