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Tony Quinn, and the tracks
Seems Tony is still after the south Qld track to go racing. Lost out on a second track in NZ, now eyes of QR.
Has tried before , but JT said no, Logan Council said no to a track as well. Hopefully Tony can either buy or build one , many comments on Speed café about this , one of the biggest is the lack of facilities and improvements to QR . There is also land available at Beaudesert for another track , with government blessing. Stay tuned for more |
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Queensland Raceway does need some TLC. It's a nice little track but the garages are nothing more than open tents. A recent resurface hasn't really helped, still rough has all hell.
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5 Mar 2015, 06:04 (Ref:3511911) | #5 | |
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It needs that flyover, a la Oran Park, that Mark Oastler suggested a few years ago.
Dreams aside, a proper pit l garage structure would go a long way. |
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There's a track at the 16 mile post on the Calder Freeway just out of Melbourne that the present owner would probably entertain a decent offer for to get rid of it.
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I missed making my millions in Qld, but would love to return to Melb, went to Calder in the 70's , dam miss that circuit
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Well, we could mortgage our belongings, and the hit Dan the Man up for some dollars, if we hire Union staff only and make a play to Rodney to buy him out , then rebuild Calder park, do a deal with Warbo, 90 % to Super Cars, or get old mate from F1 , Ron Walker to chip in a few dollars, maybe even have it as a holding a clearance area prior to the Gp , etc etc ,call up one Mr Quinn to get the GT cat there as well, or chance a lotto win with the next super draw |
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Get him to buy Tasmania and restore the Longford circuit to its former glory.
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Baskerville needs saving too, from what I can recall.
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Amaroo?
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Warwick Farm.
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Oran Park
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what are we playing name the random closed racecourse now
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Ahh but where was the pound note ?
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So what's the plan, build a replica, or knock the houses down that are there?
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Amaroo has less houses than Oran Park. Mind you they are more expensive per house...
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Yep, its all pretty much irreversible now.
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Calder should be built on pretty soon...
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The 'Dome lets that place down from many angles.
Too expensive to fix, too expensive to get rid of. |
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