A planned agenda item, regarding autocross at Alameda Point, for tonight’s planning board meeting, has been continued to October 24th.
Continue reading Planning Board Meeting on Autocross at Alameda Point Deferred
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In a communication received from Alameda City Hall, we learned today that the proposed autocross and drag racing – even the “test day” that Alameda City Councilmember Marie Gilmore motioned – will require a formal consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act. This will effectively put a [...] In this posting to Zilvia.net, a motorspots online forum, on January 31, 2009, well before a March 4, 2009 Alameda City Council/ARRA meeting to discuss the potential for 1/8th mile drag racing at Alameda Point, a 22 year-old East Bay enthusiast, “JDM Kid 510″ is already looking forward to expanding the 1/8th mile side-by-side drag racing strip to a 1/4 mile strip. We’ve reproduced his entire post here because it leads off with “copy & paste,” an apparent encouragement to reproduce his message. It makes us wonder if the fix was in with the City of Alameda Redevelopment Services Department long ago. Last night, Alameda City Council, sitting as the Alameda Re-use and Redevelopment authority, approved a “test day” to examine the potential for expanded autocross racing, and 1/8th mile drag racing at Alameda Point. Alameda Auto Park LLC wants to lease area on the Northwest Territories for 40 weekends and 80 days of motorsport, with 150 cars descending on Alameda Point each weekend racing at peak speeds of 75 MPH. Tonight, the Alameda City Council sitting as the Alameda Re-use and Redevelopment Authority (ARRA) will consider expanded use of Alameda as an autocross racing facility and a 1/8 mile race strip facility. The City has safety concerns over this expanded use. A reader and Porsche owner tipped us off to this upcoming event at Alameda Point, on the old airfield – Porsche Club of America autocross racing at Alameda Point. The Porsche Club Golden Gate Region proudly announces on their website that:
Evidently the City is not satisfied with lawsuits over the death of Dr. Attari in the estuary at the foot of Grand Street, or the Nuveen and Vectren lawsuits over Alameda Power & Telecom’s failed telecom division. Now they want to generate some more lawsuits from some weekend-warrior Porsche owner injuring himself or others during a race at Alameda Point. |
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