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/

 

Cool just an 1 hour and 45 minutes away from where I live.

 

Good news. The map looks awesome!

 

lookin nice

 

looks to be a pretty sick setup

 

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

 

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

 

Sweet!

 

http://www.modbee.com/local/story/213276.html

http://dwb.mercedsunstar.com/rmp/sto...14178105c.html

 

what was it downsized from? that still seems like a complete park to me

 

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

 

I just read these articles ... sounds like this park is faarrrr from being a reality

 

Yes, still a long way. I check it twice a year only because that's about how fast the project moves.
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/

 

well it looks like they picked the best parts, IMO