Noise complaint group at NJMP

[disquek]

Bear in mind that comments here could be used as part of this litigation.

I'd skip commenting publicly about what our options are. Better to not provide fuel to the opposing side of this fire.

-Kyle

[BruceG]

Karl, the Bridgehampton situation is much different. !- you live on an island. It take YOU forever to get anywhere off the island, but the reverse is true...getting rigs and pro teams to the Bridge was a major PIA. That, and once there, accomodations were difficult, at best. Further, the track was guilty of not keeping up with the times. perhaps it ws because of the impossibility of attracting pro level events due to it's isalnd location , but, in the end, the finacial realities meant that the land was far more valuable when repurposed. Just as a golf range in a suburb gets eaten by development.

Lime Rock faces similar issues. PIA to get to for the big rigs, and difficult to find accomodations that are nearby.

NJMP has none of those issues.

However, the town and the track should cooperate and try to make a reasonable effort at blocking the sound, even if it pus large walls up right next to the track. I have no issue with SCCA looking at noise limits, but we have to remember that we're not the only ones on any particular track. Perhaps NJMP will be granted certain "current level" limit days, and the rest gets knocked down.....investigation will reveal whether this woman has a case or not, but politics are the overiding issue here.

I have written twice to the protagonists, informing them that the SCCA is only one of many clubs using NJMP, that we are always interested in getting along with out neighbors and that they should contact the SNJR SCCA region. The woman who wrote me back(and is the principal in this complaint) was gracious and thoughtful in her presentation to me of the issues).

Sugar rather than vinegar works wonders with a lot of folks

[RacerBill]

Karl, the Bridgehampton situation is much different. !- you live on an island. It take YOU forever to get anywhere off the island, but the reverse is true...getting rigs and pro teams to the Bridge was a major PIA. That, and once there, accomodations were difficult, at best. Further, the track was guilty of not keeping up with the times. perhaps it ws because of the impossibility of attracting pro level events due to it's isalnd location , but, in the end, the finacial realities meant that the land was far more valuable when repurposed. Just as a golf range in a suburb gets eaten by development....

From the 'Yahoo Real Estate website'

'Most Espensive U.S. Small Town: Sagaponack, NY

Sagaponack is not the only rarefied real estate market, no matter how poorly the country's housing market is doing. Long Island's two counties, Nassau and Suffolk (where Sagaponack is located) account for more than half of the 50 most expensive small towns in America. Nearby Water Mill (No.6) and Bridgehampton (No. 8) command median sale prices of $2,238,676 and $2,081,717, respectively.'

Could this be the real reason we don't race at Bridgehampton anymore? BTW, Bruce McLaren and Dennie Hume used to love to waterski at Sag Harbor - while the rest of the field was fighting for starting positions behind them!