Modifiedthunder
05-16-2009, 10:59 AM
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Re: Schedule
Postby Shangri-La 2 on
You got it! Here goes....
Since the weather has been on our side...we have been working on the drainage system. Drains have been installed all the way around the track on the inside hub as well as in the center of the track. We closed in the hole in turns 3 and 4. We had to haul in hundreds of loads of dirt to fill in and build up turns 3 & 4. After we built that up, we finished the wall all the way around. There is a gap on the back stretch and the front stretch where you will be able to access the infield. Gates are being custom built for those now. The grandstands are being worked on everyday. They are a long and tedious job.
George took a trip to Kentucky this past weekend to pick up the machine that will put down the 60' wide surface. The machine takes about 2 days to put together. It will lay a 60' wide path of concrete at once. Hopefully the concrete for the surface will start Thursday or Friday of this week. Once it's started it will take about 10 days to finish and 5 days to cure. We will schedule tire testing with Hoosier as soon as possible afterwards.
The infield buildings are being built now and the fencing still needs to go up. The scoreboard will be arriving the week of the 24th. Which means, yes we will be opening late, but we are doing as much as we can to open as soon as possible. We have volunteers showing up every weekend and crews working almost 24/7.
There are some other things that need to get done, like putting in the lights and such but we will open as soon as we can and it will continue to be a work in progress as we go.
Words of encouragement are appreciated, especially since there are a lot of tracks closing and no other new tracks being built in today's economy. We want to start racing as much as anybody.
An official announcement about the delay in our schedule will be going out later this week.
Thank you,
Amy Stilson
Track Director
Shangri-La II Motor Speedway
Phone: 607-330-2622
Fax: 607-330-3508
Email: info@shangrila-2.com
Website: http://www.shangrila-2.com
Re: Schedule
Postby Shangri-La 2 on
You got it! Here goes....
Since the weather has been on our side...we have been working on the drainage system. Drains have been installed all the way around the track on the inside hub as well as in the center of the track. We closed in the hole in turns 3 and 4. We had to haul in hundreds of loads of dirt to fill in and build up turns 3 & 4. After we built that up, we finished the wall all the way around. There is a gap on the back stretch and the front stretch where you will be able to access the infield. Gates are being custom built for those now. The grandstands are being worked on everyday. They are a long and tedious job.
George took a trip to Kentucky this past weekend to pick up the machine that will put down the 60' wide surface. The machine takes about 2 days to put together. It will lay a 60' wide path of concrete at once. Hopefully the concrete for the surface will start Thursday or Friday of this week. Once it's started it will take about 10 days to finish and 5 days to cure. We will schedule tire testing with Hoosier as soon as possible afterwards.
The infield buildings are being built now and the fencing still needs to go up. The scoreboard will be arriving the week of the 24th. Which means, yes we will be opening late, but we are doing as much as we can to open as soon as possible. We have volunteers showing up every weekend and crews working almost 24/7.
There are some other things that need to get done, like putting in the lights and such but we will open as soon as we can and it will continue to be a work in progress as we go.
Words of encouragement are appreciated, especially since there are a lot of tracks closing and no other new tracks being built in today's economy. We want to start racing as much as anybody.
An official announcement about the delay in our schedule will be going out later this week.
Thank you,
Amy Stilson
Track Director
Shangri-La II Motor Speedway
Phone: 607-330-2622
Fax: 607-330-3508
Email: info@shangrila-2.com
Website: http://www.shangrila-2.com