New racing facility coming to CT! I will let Scott Murphy give the details...

New racing facility coming to CT! I will let Scott Murphy give the details...After spending the last 3 month at meetings and gathering information and going to more meetings I am finally able to inform everyone that the BRCRO was able to aquire the old skate park at the educational park and work will soon be starting on the areas first RC park Tenatively named The Bethel RC Racearena in memory of the Danbury Racearena. The facility will include a dirt oval a paved on road which will double as a paved oval and it will also have an off road track and there was still room for a pit area. At the rear of the park future plans for a picnic area are in the works. If you have any ideas for classes or if you live in the area and want to help leave a post here and we will be in touch. I would like to thank Dale Cote for starting this thread and putting link at the DRC thread. As we move forward with this project we will post pictures of the transformation of the facility. Thanks to all who have helped get this started.
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Is this indoor or outdoor? Send me a PM and lets talk! TTYL, Trever

Is this indoor or outdoor? Send me a PM and lets talk! TTYL, TreverThis is an outdoor facility

Scott very nice . Thanks for setting up and getting this rolling . I(f you need help you where to find me Ken Boehm

Scotty,Awesome,was kinda hopin for an in-door oval................oh well
Bets of luck with it.

Scotty,Awesome,was kinda hopin for an in-door oval................oh well
Bets of luck with it.maybe we could get alot of blue tarps and cver it:freak::wave:

Can't wait for spring:dude:

Right Romo', and fall is just getting started.................

Right Romo', and fall is just getting started.................That only enough time to get it right Sharky let me when you can help and i'll get you some direction :wave:

Looking for some input on possibly trying the sk's on the pavement next summer for a show also a head count as to about how many super mods may be out there?

Looking for some input on possibly trying the sk's on the pavement next summer for a show also a head count as to about how many super mods may be out there?

Count me in. They will be fine on asphalt. Super Mods? That's just crazy. I'm in.

Scotty,You got e-mail

:thumbsup:Scotty,You got e-mailBack at ya DAN:thumbsup:

Sounds like a great facility! Keep us posted, can't wait to come there with a bunch of CDRC racers in the spring! (Get to work Romo!) :thumbsup:

Thanks Todd we will keep yhe Albany guys posted Romo has has great ideas for an awesome dirt oval I think it will be a mini Syracuse if we let have the entire area.

Sounds like a great facility! Keep us posted, can't wait to come there with a bunch of CDRC racers in the spring! (Get to work Romo!) :thumbsup:

The wheels are turning, the mind is smoking. Or the wheels are smoking, and the mind is spinning. Oh what ever, Can't wait.

how far is this from Providence R.I.?

Danbury area near NY state line. to answer your ?? about 1 1/2- 2 hrs pending on how you go. Id go rte 44 to I84. straightest shot.. but not the quickest.

Do i smell dirt oval in the spring? Just tell me when and I'll help when possible!!!

Do i smell dirt oval in the spring? Just tell me when and I'll help when possible!!!Yes you do I have already started clearing the weeds away from the fence and cleaning up the area Once the last of the skate ramps are gone we can start laying out the tracks:thumbsup:

cant wait if u need help let me know
Tom:wave::wave:

Hey Tom glad to hear from you we'll keep you posted :thumbsup:

Hey guys I know its only October but looking for info on what classes you want to try in the spring for the dirt oval and paved oval. Also was thinking of trying that bolink sprint chassis and McAllister street stock body and have a bomber class for an entry level on the dirt oval could also do the same for paved oval. Need input so we can be ready to rock this place in the spring.:tongue:

Scotty,how big are the tracks gonna be?? Dirt would prob be EDM,Sprint, and late-models pending class interest.Asphalt Oval,i'd guess SK's,pancars etc.
I still have all my Legend stuff so.................;) Do tell Scotty!!
I know Cote' has a 55 chevy Bomber/Legend.Old bodies would be neat.
I'm kinda thinkin the Legends would sorta take a back seat with the other
cars everyones got???????????????????????????

Dirt oval:
EDM
Sprints (Losi, whatever...)
The legends might be hard to hang on to in the dirt? maybe a Nostalgia class (coupes/sedans buggy based cars only no Putnam, terminator types)

Paved oval:
SK
Pan car (whatever classes TOUR runs)
Open (4-wheels, electric powered, dream it, build it, run it)

I'd be in for a coupe/sedan nostalgia dirt class.got tons of RC10 stuff around.
B4 would rock with a coupe body ey Dale??!! ;)

Good Morning Mr Cote'!

Good morning, sir!

Hmmm... gold tub chassis, 6-gear tranny, 3 piece wheels, Bolink 1937 Ford sedan, the gold shocks with the allen screw adjusters. Wait, that was my first dirt oval ride, and it wasn't vintage! Crap.... i'm old:(

I have a mint 6-gear if you need a ride.............:thumbsup: with a manuel
Save the "old" crap there young fella................LOL!!

I still some of that gold tub stuff myself vintage coupes/sedans definatly. The bolink stuff I was looking for an inexpessive entry class I know the 10th scale sliders are inexpenssive but the whole open wheel thing with green racers may turn some away thats why I thought a full fender street stock class may draw more into the sport. Sharkey not sure on size have to get with Romo and eric would like to have yourself and Dale down for your opinions. And I have been invited to the Savin Rock Speedway Old Timers picnic we're not old just started racing way too young:wave::thumbsup:

Scotty,Just say when. Saturday mornings would be best to take a blast on over.Work it out with Eric ,Romo' and Dale, I'll be there ;)
Did you get the e-mails I sent ?? :woohoo:
Scotty,Enjoy the picnic with the Old Timers,would love to be there too.

Got the e mails Dan thanks. The wife though they were cool and started hint about the stuff I got on the bench here. I like Dales idea of an open class on the asphalt. It would be awesome to have an event like the world series of racing that Thompson runs up here in the fall. They 14 classes on the schedule this year. That would be a rather large happening 14 rc classes on the paved oval in one weekend we can expaned that to include the dirt oval maybe 20-25 classes starting on fri evening ending sometime sun night/mon morning.:confused:

Open asphalt would be neat,you could do anything with that.Let me know when you want to get together in Bethel before the snow flies..............
Talk to you soon.

Talked to the parks dept today,they hope to have the ramps out by the weekend. If all goes well with that I'll have the fence repaired and all the garbage out and we can start measuring to get the track areas layed out and the pit area marked off and figure the amount of pit stalls we can put in. There is also an area outside the fenced area that can be used for picnic and pit over flow. I am going to get some pictures and put them on here so all can what we started with and all the way through to race ready in the spring.:thumbsup::)

Scotty,Whats up for the weekend?? Let me know if you need a hand or something..........e-mail me :thumbsup:

Scotty,Whats up for the weekend?? Let me know if you need a hand or something..........e-mail me :thumbsup:

I'll let you know, it looks like a typical New England weekend coming up again you know all 4 seasons in 1 weekend:freak:

I hear ya',anyhow if anything goes on, I'm available.

Just waiting for the ramps to be moved don't want to go getting things setto go just to have some Johnny Knoxville wanna bees go in and trash the place more than they already have.

Scotty,Could be available for help this weekend,let me know,I could take a ride over.

Waiting on a reliable wheather report for the weekend. Heard everything except tornados although some chick on a bike with a dog just flew by my window. Ifthe wheather is clear in the morning i'll pm you my cell# shark and we can get some stuff done Thanks

Did a drive by about an hour ago looks like they have started removing the ramps and the piles of broken stuff I had stacked up for them.When I talked with Park and Rec this morning they said they wanted to have their stuff out by the end of next week I have pictures to put on this thread I just have to get my 11 year old to help me.:confused::thumbsup:

Hi guys ,haven't been here lately . I just read through the pages and see everyone is really getting on this train. count me in ,especially now before snow flies and Madness gets a track together... I'll be watching and should be able to help on any given weekend this month

Thanks we will be posting any news here for now

Here are some pics of the place as it sit now

Scotty,any repairs that need to be done,is the BRCRO responsible for all of it ??
Or does/will the town/municipality help out with that?? TTYS!

We have to mow the grass around the place the only real damage is the rear gate hinges are missing and the fence is broke in one spot. They are supposed to get me the stuff to fix it. The place just needs a real good clean up to start with.

We have to mow the grass around the place the only real damage is the rear gate hinges are missing and the fence is broke in one spot. They are supposed to get me the stuff to fix it. The place just needs a real good clean up to start with.

Was just curious,saw that big crack in the blacktop,wondering if that was track area or not.Keep me posted Scotty!! ;)

blacktop cracks are easy to fix .I saw a filler at home depot for such a repair .it is called blacktop crack filler and looks realy cool . Great news Guys

The crakcks can be filled like kenny said but with the lay out the way we thought it out the off road and dirt oval will cover them in the back left corner where the ramps are is the on road /oval will be,and when you walk through the double gate the pit area will be on the left, dirt oval on the right then the off road on the rear right next to the dirt oval but separated by about 10'to15' feet.

Dirt Works Scotty!!!!