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7 Dec 2008, 02:00 (Ref:2349308) | #1 | ||
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Proposed ARCA tracks for Syracuse, NY in 1996
A few links that have to do with a proposed ARCA race that was to be held in Syracuse, NY. Apparently, the Syracuse Grand Prix Association has been proposing a race through the streets of downtown Syracuse since 1986. They finally were able to lobby the local government into holding a race in July 1996. The first two links are a view of the track. The first link is from an article posted in the Syracuse Post-Standard on January 17, 1995. The second link is of the track drawn at G-Maps Pedometer.
http://ezproxy.sunyocc.edu:2197/PdfV...¤tPage=0 http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2428984 The next link (dated July 27, 1995) talks about the race being moved to outside the NY State Fairground and Expo Center as a road course. http://ezproxy.sunyocc.edu:2197/PdfV...¤tPage=0 The next link (dated April 17, 1996) mentions the construction of the track beginning on May 1st, with the race happening on July 14, two and a half months later. http://ezproxy.sunyocc.edu:2197/PdfV...¤tPage=0 The last link shows that the track was never built, thus the race never happened. http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2429003 I was able figure out why the race was moved to the Fairgrounds. The local government was opposed to the noise and pollution given off by the cars. I was not able, however, to determine why the race was cancelled altogether. One final note, when I read this in the paper when it was originally printed, my parents were going to buy me tickets to the race. Still to this day, I have yet to see a Grand Prix race. |
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Unfortunately the 1st, 3rd and 4th links require membership of the Coulter Library.
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and imageshack requires too many cookies to be visable.
Cant read any of them. |
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Thanks for posting, mandretti39. Interesting stuff.
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