Palmer Motorsports Park gains local approval

[dickita15]

The Palmer Ma Planning Board voted 5-0 last night to approve a Special Permit and Site Plan Review to build a 2.14 mile race track on a 500 acres parcel as proposed by NER Investments LLC.

This follows the previous approval by the Palmer Conservation Commission.

The final approval needed is a State MEPA (Mass Environmental Protection Act) Environmental Impact Report approval which is a detailed filing documenting the facilities compliance with environmental regulations. This is a three stage process of which the first stage has been approved.

NER Investments LLC was created by NER SCCA specifically for the purpose of building this facility. It was created to allow the opportunity for other clubs and enthusiasts an opportunity to invest is this new club racing facility. In the end NER SCCA will remain a minority owner.

[JLawton]

That's great news Dick, thanks for the update.

Hows the financial side coming? I suppose I still can't buy in with $500, uh?

[dickita15]

Thanks Jeff. I am certainly feeling relieved.

It looks like we have about two thirds of the investors penciled in but I am afraid the minimum investment is $250,000. There is a small chance that minimum could be lowered but I do not think your $500 will do it.

Of course on the up side the track makes money for the investors, gives some pretty good tax advantages and has some perks, besides what could be cooler than being an owner of the first new racetrack in New England in 45 years.

[gran racing]

Very, very, very cool! You guys/gals are starting to see all of the hard work you've put into this track effort come together. Just wait for the ground breaking day and then the first event. Wahooo!

[benspeed]

Way to go Dick and all the folks working on making Palmer a reality - and a big rousing razberry to the naysayers!

[StephF]

Big, BIG present to all of us!
Thank you everyone who busted your butts to make it happen!
:026:
Woo-Hoo!

[RacerBill]

Going to have to get the old tow-horse ready for a trip to New England for the first race on the new track!

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you guys. Would love to make it a two race weekend trip!

Dick, and everyone else who worked on this project ------GREAT WORK! Thanks.

[JohnRW]

We (not "we" IT.com folks, but "we", every Club member inside and outside of NER) need to appreciate the magnitude of hard work and and ground softening and gyrations that Dick, the LLC and NER have gone thru just to get this project to this point. When they pull it off and open the gates (even though there are still a bunch of "ifs" that will try to bite "when" in the ass), we're ALL going to owe these people a lot...thanks, support, beer, twinkies, support, thanks and thanks.

Bravo. Keep at it, Dick.

[Doc Bro]

Dick et al.,

Thanks for the hard effort to make racing in the Northeast better for all. We should vote unanimously to name the Palmer Motorsports Park main grandstands in your honor.

R

[Jeremy Billiel]

Dick et al.,

Thanks for the hard effort to make racing in the Northeast better for all. We should vote unanimously to name the Palmer Motorsports Park main grandstands in your honor.

R
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There will be no grandstands, but I am sure we can come up with something like "Patullo's Pass" or something for a corner or straight-away.

With this permit we can breathe a little easier, but we are still have quite a bit of work ahead of us! If anyone knows of anyone who may be interested in investing in Palmer Motorsports Park, please let Dick or I know.

[gsbaker]

If anyone knows of anyone who may be interested in investing in Palmer Motorsports Park, please let Dick or I know.[/b]

Contact these folks: Genoa. They are going through the same process and their investors may have an interest.

Ask for Kevin. Tell him I sent you.

[Doc Bro]

There will be no grandstands, [/b]

And there in lied the humor.....

R

[lateapex911]

You are a cruel man Dr Bro....
oh..that's right... a drill, an open mouth..another fun day for you!

[Magical Trevor]

There will be no grandstands...[/b]

Now come on Jeremy, I think every proper sporting facility should have some sort of fixed seating arrangement...
Let's stick a solitary folding chair to one of those cliffsides that'll be excavated.

[Doc Bro]

You are a cruel man Dr Bro....
oh..that's right... a drill, an open mouth..another fun day for you!


[/b]

That's not the cruelist of my humor. That's normally reserved for only the closest of friends.

The grandstand joke goes back to that old saying " a pat on the back is only a foot away from a shoe in the a$$"

R

[Andy Bettencourt]

That's not the cruelist of my humor. That's normally reserved for only the closest of friends.

[/b]

+1....

[RacerBill]

That's not the cruelist of my humor. That's normally reserved for only the closest of friends.

The grandstand joke goes back to that old saying " a pat on the back is only a foot away from a shoe in the a$$"

R
[/b]

Does he shows 'Marathon Man' at parties????????

[Doc Bro]

Does he shows 'Marathon Man' at parties????????
[/b]

I'm so pathetic, I've never seen Marathon Man. I've heard about it many times, but never saw it...not even "the scene".

That movie did for Dentistry what Jaws did for the shark....

R

[jinxcrx]

Great news Dick!

I promise to be at opening day!

Jinx

[Greg Amy]

That movie did for Dentistry what Jaws did for the shark....[/b]

Huh. I thought that was "Little Shop of Horrors" Part Deaux... "C'mon, son, be a de-entist! You have a talent for causing things PAIN! ..."

Uh, um, sorry. I get carried away some times....