Rumor: Heathcote closing down

[stevo]

I hope this was wrong, but I just heard a rumor that Bob Jane purchased Heathcote with the plan of shutting it down.

[EFFalcon]

wow... hopefully not :/

[fordbaby]

its too far away.
they should just hurry up and get calder back to what it was like in the good ol days
then its closer for all

[BROCKYB8]

actually was speaking to some of the drag people on the weekend and they were told that this is true(the purchase) and that he is going to turn this area into a oval track?

To re surface the whole track and return road it has been qouted as around about 60 grand too. which i believe has been looked at too

[EFFalcon]

heathcote may be a fair way away, but its so much more relaxed then calder.
you pay less
you get more runs
if heathcote closes, calder will just become even more busy.

[fordbaby]

heathcote may be a fair way away, but its so much more relaxed then calder.
you pay less
you get more runs
if heathcote closes, calder will just become even more busy.

blah you hardly ever go anyway

[misk]

gay gay gay!

[stevo]

its too far away.
they should just hurry up and get calder back to what it was like in the good ol days
then its closer for all

Yeah but calder is already too expensive and If we only have 1 track there is nothing stopping the prices going up even more.

[Commando]

Wasn't there a rumour on AFF & FM about this last year? Or 2007 even?

[stevo]

Probably, hopefully its just a bs rumor. Im not one to usually post crap like this but I thought it might be worth it

[Frost]

Calder will never get ANDRA approved again unless they move the drag strip off the race track.

[OED666]

why the **** would you buy a drag strip, just to close it down.. RETARDATION!!! why do so many people in this world suffer aids of the brain?

[misk]

its more business for calder obviously.
but youd think if hes already got an oval track, why would you buy a drag strip to turn it into another oval track, when all we want is a fkn good drag strip!

[BROCKYB8]

Well i will be up there in a couple of weeks ill find out whats going on with it all.
I just think that this is going to lead to alot more people going out on the road .

Heathcote is awesome place always liked it there

Apparently at the aff drag day in june or that he told everyone it was for sale .

[Frost]

Heathcotes been for sale for nearly 2 years just no one wanted to buy it.

[LTDHO]

I didn't think Bob had much money.

I doubt it will be sold but anything is possible, as John said Heathcote has a lot more going for it. Distance is only a minor issue.

But if Bob buys and closes Heathcote I can see the price at Calder going up and more street drags.

Paul might have some news for us.

[Eb Barbie]

Paul always has news for us

I agree with you both that Heathcote seems to have alot more going for it but it is a long way to travel. Pity they cant pick it up and stick it in Carrum Downs lol jks.

[SnyperEB]

Heathcote is crap anyways!!

[ClassicAU]

I totally agree with John, and have always believed that. I have been to both, and much prefer heathcote despite how far away it is. Calder is too full of muzzas, I have never felt comfortable even as a spectator, let alone racing!

[Mr. CVE]

Calder will never get ANDRA approved again unless they move the drag strip off the race track.

Umm, you haven't been lately have you ??
The Drag strip and the circuit track are 2 seperate tracks now.

[Frost]

So the drag track doesnt intersect the circut at all? Thats good.

Also I see the door slammers are back on the 21st. 1/8th mile thou.

[CaRtZ]

for decades Bob Jane has been trying to become the Hugh Heffner of australian motorsport. He realised long ago that iff he conrolled it all he would stand to make alot of money. he has purchased and subsequently closed small motorsport complexes here and there all up the east coast. he owns a section of land just outside albury. it was ownwed by a local rallying/motorkahna club, he bought it with promises of eeping it running, making it better etc but then shut it down. the track is still there but its impossible to get onto and heavily over grown.

as fot the thunderdome at calder park, it is unsafe due to the tonnes of tyres its build on, shifting puting the track out of alignment

Bob Jane = Bad News for motorsport

[SLY5LT]

there may be something in the rumor?
as russell (the owner of heathcote park) was at the true blue meet with his jet car (RX7) & the jet van .
or may be not

[BROCKYB8]

no that was him there. No one else drives those cars at all

[SLY5LT]

no that was him there. No one else drives those cars at all

i ment "maybe not" about the sold rumor

[BROCKYB8]

Spoke to someone close to him on saturday this has not been sold .
The asking price is
2.1 million dollars.
There have been two bids on this property only made
bob jane offered believed 750000
and also di fillipo has made a offr of 1000000 with a proposed 500000 upgrade to be done to the tracks at heathcote to get them up to spec ..

[EFFalcon]

reckon we can pool $2million between us?

[BROCKYB8]

Welll we could always try .

As i said only if i had one 30 million last week at tattslotto i so would have bought it

[SLY5LT]

Welll we could always try .

As i said only if i had one 30 million last week at tattslotto i so would have bought it

YOUR IN LUCK! it's 40/mill' tuesday night "oz lotto" there maybe "boosted park raceway" yet

[fordbaby]

reckon we can pool $2million between us?

if you had that we could get our dream house and you could have your 3 car garage and huge concrete patch to have some fun

[BROCKYB8]

Welll we could always try .

As i said only if i had one 30 million last week at tattslotto i so would have bought it

YOUR IN LUCK! it's 40/mill' tuesday night "oz lotto" there maybe "boosted park raceway" yet

we can all but hope tho mate.
it will never happen . hehe