HASTINGS IS MIDWEST?

[TommyG]

Can`t believe everyone hasn`t jumped all over this!!!

[Super Dave]

I did, but that was in the GP schedule thread.

Hastings is Midwest, but Gateway isn't.  Is that how you're reading it?

[TommyG]

Yup.  I don`t really have a problem with it.  I`m just suprised there wasn`t five pages of whining! 

[Super Dave]

Maybe they don't know yet.   

[Team-G]

Can`t believe everyone hasn`t jumped all over this!!!

Wanna ride with me?  You can listen to be bitch both ways; 645 miles one way...

[Super Dave]

I don't think that I will be going.

[123user]

If the GP region can drive to RA, what's the problem?  I live in St. Louis, but run MW because all these tracks are closer.  But other than gateway, there's no track I go to that is less the 5 hours away. 

For some reason many of the racers in MW think the region revolves around chicago or madison... but actually it goes down into Kentucky.

I'm just happy that no one has to risk their life at Gateway.  If Dean and MCRA want to run that sh*thole, ok, but having a combined event there just increases the odds of someone getting hurt.

[gpz11]

I went out to Hastings last year and had a blast. Talk about a nice facility. It was very impressive. Yeah, the drive was a PITA but it was worth it. You can buy a condo on the property and live there if you like. Also after the practice on Saturday, the track owner loaded us all up on his school bus from hell and took us go cart racing.

[Super Dave]

If the GP region can drive to RA, what's the problem?  I live in St. Louis, but run MW because all these tracks are closer.  But other than gateway, there's no track I go to that is less the 5 hours away. 

Well, Road America is a premium track.  I think I've went through this before, but I'll state it again.  You've got special tracks that are unique, and there's an expense that comes with them.  Road America, VIR, Daytona, Barber, HPT.  They have traditionally been locations for these multiple region events.  Often coupled with ASRA Pro events.

MPH isn't VIR, RA, Barber, or HPT.  The Midwest already has the combined date at HPT which was always the heart of the GP/SC region from day one in 1992. 

As for Gateway, bull ring?  Yes.  Higher incidence of injuries?  I can't say that it's true.  Whether that's because of a real recognition of risk at someplace like Gateway vs places where riders might not think about it, I can't say. 

[Ducati23]

I went out to Hastings last year and had a blast. Talk about a nice facility. It was very impressive. Yeah, the drive was a PITA but it was worth it. You can buy a condo on the property and live there if you like. Also after the practice on Saturday, the track owner loaded us all up on his school bus from hell and took us go cart racing.

George Anderson - who owns MPH gives a damn!  Dean was called in to consult during design and construction to keep us MC racers safe. It is a fun track and the facilities are seemingly always under construction for improvements & additions. It wouldn't surprise me to see the place much like HP before long. In GP we love MPH,  It's worth traveling to ride there. The local community is behind the place and there is plenty to do after riding. George has been known to load up that bus and take everyone bowling, water park, carting, dinner, etc. Ironically people generally seem to enjoy adult beverages while traveling on that bus, but I couldn't confirm or deny that. MPH is a place that you'd never expect in central Nebraska!   

[Super Dave]

MPH is a place that you'd never expect in central Nebraska!   

See, that shows that you weren't born in Nebraska.  Nebraskanese usually expect it, just never tell anyone about it.   

[PaulV]

Wanna ride with me?  You can listen to be bitch both ways; 645 miles one way...

Whoa....dude, is this a comitment for 08....?....:)
I'm yur huckleberry.....in a really hetero kind of way...:)


Paul
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