Fontana dragstrip is closed.

Off Topic but ...

In our town there is an old Steam Train that runs all the time,,some idiots bought a house next to the tracks and RR crossing,,then went to City Hall to complain about the noise and tried to sue.. People are stupid and selfish

 

Flat-N-Low I know of this person who you are refering to. I work at a business down the same street he lives on. He is a complete asswipe, he has more money than you can imagine, in fact he owns most of the commercial property that runs along the North side of the R/R Tracks.

I also know that he is and has been for many many years a reserve S.B County Sheriff with political ties.

At my business (next to R/R tracks) I never hear the cars at the Drag Strip, but sure hear when NASCAR or Indy cars come here to either race or test.

 

Hell, my buddy in Wisconsin is a farmer. The yuppies moving in around him have passed an ordinance prohibiting manure spreading.
I'm a pilot, a motocross racer and a skeet shooter. I've had airports, dirt tracks and shooting ranges closed on me! Sorry I brought this on you guys.

 

YA Well! Welcome to California. Born and raised in So. Cal. it's stuff like that is one of the reasons we moved in 2003.

 

I agree and like it!!

 

Back in the 70's I raced at Fontana, and OCIR. Both were in the middle of nowhere at the time. Then they started building around them and not long after they get shutdown because of noise complaints. Go figure!
Kinda like a buddy of mine at the time looked to buy a house near LAX, I asked him why would he want to live there, with all the jet noise? He said the price was right. lol

 

Maybe the Morongo Band of Indians would build a track to go with their Casino since they are trying to diversify out of the gambling business. No noise issues since its Sovereign land. Already has a hotel and other facilities and its right next to the I-10.

 

Haha you got me.

 

Unbelievable...No more Antique Nationals....

 

i hope fontana does move it to the other side over by Kaiser.
or put it "inside" the circle track?

as for the guy moving out of CA back in 03, proof we're losing tax revenue cuz we're regulating ourselves to DEATH.

 

Why don't you try to build a drag strip next to Newt Gingrich, Dick Cheney, Mitt Romney's neighborhoods and see how well you're welcomed. NOT.
This track was built in an already constructed speedway property that was only three years old at the time. When the oval track was built, it was already 1998 and much of that entire area was built up with houses by then.
I'm one of the few here that went all the time to the real Fontana drag strip in the 1960's. It was boarded up for many, many years before the housing boom. I just sat there wasting away. Why....low attendance, not housing. The fans didn't go.
This has nothing to do with liberal or conservative biases.
ALL of the right-wing folks in my neighborhood would be the FIRST one's to scream at me if I tried to mow my lawn before 9AM on a saturday.
Quit looking for your favorite boogie-man by just pulling your favorite enemy out of your hat.
People are people no matter what they political leanings are.
And they are all selfish.
ALL.

 

Mazomma is right on several counts. And it was Irwindale Dragstrip that killed Fontana not the area residents.

 

I'll talk to Don today, may be he can make some room in his calender at the Barona Track for the Antique Nats, man what a shame.

 

Talked to someone at NHRA yesterday (I'm not allowed to say who) and he said that the Pomona Raceway is allowed up to "15 noise events a year" and currently they are only using around "8".

He also said that getting the track to open for other events is actually possible IF the Automobile Club of Southern California backs it. If anyone here besides me wants the nicest dragstrip in Southern California to possibly open for another event, you need to contact the President of the Automobile Club of Southern California and tell him how you feel.

 

Its all about MONEY get used to it!!

 

That's a shame. Irwindale and now Fontana.....in about a weeks time. Street racing isn't the answer either. I guess Barona is the only event to look forward to now. That and Famosa.

 

It would be great if more Indian reservations built drag strips in so-cal seems like Barona is doing fine.

It makes me not want to build another dragster when there's not many strips left.

 

If you live in an urban area there will not be room or intrest in providing the kind of facilities that motor sports need. One of the things that folks dont understand about urban areas are that its very expensive to live there & you just dont have the liberty to do anything you want. If you want to live in an area where Motor racing of all types is encouraged & happens all the time for 6 months of the year come to Indianapolis, we love racing.

 

Look>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

Thanks for the full monty in explaining what happened.

You're used to the desert so Vegas could be tempting - cheap real estate, no state income tax and they have a drag strip!

 

I know who the guy that lives next to the tracks, he's a close acquaintance, he owns a bone stock 32 roadster, and more model a's and t's then you can ever afford, and a member of the L.A. roadsters club. its not him, he dont crush cars. the old man has cars and parts you could only dream of. he's an old man thats been there long before our parents were even old enough to fuck. he's always kind enough to lend me advice on anything model A or T, or sell me some carbs for 10 bucks a piece and also showed me how to drive his stock '27 T coupe. go to the city, it's them just being dicks, they fucked with him back in the day when he had his truck wrecking business.

 

It's FamosO

 

Read about this on Hemming's today. Round-up all the complainers and send them to a nice quite river front condo on the Detroit river, all you'll here there is the sound of a once great American city rusting into non-existance.

 

Angel,
Yes, I totally agree, it won't be easy, but we need strength in numbers! If enough of us made a fuss about it, someone's going to listen, NOW IS THE TIME!

Yes, noise is an important factor of running at Pomona as well, but so is the manners of drivers going to and leaving the track. I remember all the imports and the "Fast and Furious" craze of the era.... You know the 16+ second cars who had to speed away from the track with their NHRA numbers shoe polished on their windows. It was stuff like that the gave the event negative attention.

I remember they were very strict about their 100 decibel noise limit, if you went over 100 decibels in the burnout box you were not allowed to run.

In all honesty I remember you could hardly even hear even some of the loudest cars from the streets near by when they were running, I just never bought into the whole "they shut it down due to noise issues" nonsense.

Strange coincidence I just realized, they stopped doing the street legal drags at Pomona in 2001, which was the same year the Irwindale and Fontana drag strips opened. Maybe this time Irwindale and Fontana closing will have the opposite affect on Pomona.

If you don't have the president of the Automobile Club of Southern California's contact info, PM me for it.

If you're going to the March Meet this weekend, he should be up there.


BTW I think I remember going through your tech line once before.

 

i signed the petition...
http://www.change.org/petitions/cou...to-provide-safe-and-organized-racing-for-all#

 

I watched as Paradise Mesa, Ramona, Carlsbad, LADS, Colton, Riverside, and San Fernando closed. Now we see Irwindale and Fontana gone. I sure hope Pomona doesn't follow suit. there was another strip east of Bakersfield on the Lake Isabella Hwy too. And of course Famosa. But that is a long drive. Maybe it is time to ask a body like the NHRA to see if a local government body would be interested in being the host (long term, local codes protected)of a good Drag Track Facility? Our groups bring a lot of money into these communities. Money talks and I'll bet some Chamber of Commerce folks may also join us to help. Their intention is to improve business climates in specific areas.
Normbc9

 

Really hope there will be an outlet for purpose built dragsters as well

 

We lost our motorsport park last year, the city wanted the land back after years of leasing.
-They said that a garbage dump (or was it a sewage processing plant) was needed right there,
right within view of all those $500,000 houses that backed onto that section of land.


The sad thing is that the track should be declared an historical site as Barney Oilfield toured/raced and show cased his talents there back in 1908 or 9.

So now that the 5 year battle to oust the circle, drag and road course is over the mayor decides that maybe the sess pool is not right for that section of land.

-Not that there's anything wrong with that


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Pomona should not have any problems if they kept the event program using mufflers only.
If They Can Reopen.

 

Thats true what you said. I do need the contact info for the AAA Club.