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Old 12-13-2006, 11:26 AM
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Default Riverside Motorsports Park in Merced is GO!

They voted and Merced got the green light for a race park! The farmers still aren't happy about it though.
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/local/s...13757468c.html

RMP website, map (artist's concept).
http://www.rmpracing.com/
Old 12-13-2006, 12:11 PM
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Cool just an 1 hour and 45 minutes away from where I live.
Old 12-13-2006, 08:56 PM
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Good news. The map looks awesome!
Old 12-13-2006, 10:03 PM
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lookin nice
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looks to be a pretty sick setup
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Go here to submit some feedback to Merced County for supporting RMP development. Even though the votes are in, there's still a long battle and griping ahead.
http://www.co.merced.ca.us/CountyWeb...contactus.aspx
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They are down-sizing the RMP project to only 4 venues (but at least they know which ones are the biggest money-makers and kept them):
Oval
Road Course (hooray!)
Drag Strip
Kart
read about it here, which also includes the updated map on page 4:
http://www.rmpracing.com/fast_track_0708.pdf
Old 07-13-2008, 12:38 PM
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Sweet!
Old 07-13-2008, 02:38 PM
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http://www.modbee.com/local/story/213276.html

http://dwb.mercedsunstar.com/rmp/sto...14178105c.html
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what was it downsized from? that still seems like a complete park to me
Old 07-14-2008, 11:44 AM
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That is awesome ... i wish they would do something like that closer to sacramento.

As it is ... Merced isn't too far away.

New venues FTMFW
Old 07-14-2008, 03:57 PM
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I just read these articles ... sounds like this park is faarrrr from being a reality
Old 07-14-2008, 09:07 PM
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Yes, still a long way. I check it twice a year only because that's about how fast the project moves.
Originally Posted by Hoooper
what was it downsized from? that still seems like a complete park to me
Hooop, you can see the full map original design which included "every kind of track for every kind of racer" on their main website: http://www.rmpracing.com/
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well it looks like they picked the best parts, IMO
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