Received this 11-11-04

Dear SCR Supporters:

I have good news for you. Our efforts may have made a difference.

The now buried Carlsbad Skate Park is in the process of being preserved!
It is true, the buried Skate Park built in 1976, and buried for 20+ years,
is being negotiated for purchase by the Skate Board group, headed by David
Bergthold. The owners are sympathetic and are indeed open to saving the park.
The property the Skate Park is located on is a much smaller 6 acre section, and may
be split off & separated in order to prevent it from being destroyed. The
talks are moving forward. I am extremely happy with these ongoing
negotiations. But still, the continued interest of qualified investors is
vital. But it looks like GH Fenton is being very reasonable. I praise them for that.
They are doing the right thing.

As for the remaining 137+ acres that is known as Carlsbad Raceway,
I am afraid that the news is not as good.

THE END - - is in sight for the Raceway.
Grading is scheduled for mid to late November! We have not been able to stop it.

Several events have had a negative effect on our plans to save the raceway.
1. The State of California could not fund the purchase of this property at this time.
2. HG Fenton closed escrow much earlier than originally anticipated.
3. Lack of funding to support our accumulated legal fees.
4. Dooms dayers negative propaganda helped squelch our ability to gain more support.



The Raceway as we know it could be gone in as soon as a week or two.
Only a combined purchase offer of $20 mil could change this.
So far, the indications are clear that there is NO interest, corporate or private, in purchasing this property. So, without interested buyer(s) / investor(s), the 143 acre Raceway is doomed. It is just a matter of days now. Only a miracle of immediate investment activity can save the entire 143 acre raceway. This would indeed be a surprise to me. Time is quickly running out on the drag strip & motocross track.

Because of this, I do not plan to spend any more time on the Carlsbad Raceway effort.
Instead, I hope that we all can get behind David Bergthold and the rest of the Skate guys, in order to help them wrap up the skate park effort. I intend to work to support them. Although there is much to do, and more hills to climb, this effort looks to have success written all over it. It appears that it can indeed be preserved.
The now buried Carlsbad Skate Park, is the worlds first skate park, and for that reason should be preserved. Many young skate boarders will be able to enjoy it.
I know that my seven year old will want to be having fun at this historic facility. And I cannot wait to get him over there. I am very happy that this looks to be moving forward.

Although I am sad that our efforts to save the 143 acre Raceway look to be at an end, I can honestly say that we have indeed made a difference. By helping save and uncover the historic Carlsbad Skate Park we will have achieved a great deal of success. We will have helped preserve something that would have more than likely been destroyed, and in doing so, skate boarders from all over the world will enjoy this area for many years to come.
We can be proud of this. This is very special indeed.


I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart.
Your support was appreciated.
You have indeed helped us, and have made an impact.
You are all great.

I hope that we can some day meet up again, at a new raceway, a better one!


Sincerely:
Bruce Santourian
Save Carlsbad Raceway, Chairman
www.savecarlsbadraceway.com

 

That sucks.....now what is Kevin gonna do for a 12sec timeslip?

 

Add nitrous!

I think these guys waited waaaaaay too long to start trying to save Carlsbad. They should have started 5 years ago when the businesses were built on the corner, and residents started complaining to the city to get Melrose Ave extended. Nothing ever gets done at the last minute.

I guess I am one of those dooms dayers...

 

Didnt you guys read the first paragraph?
Its GREAT NEWS !!!
They are saving the skate park!!

I like how he leads with that, like anyone cares.

 

 

I suppose he could strip the interior and have someone else drive.

 

Ouch, that hurt...NOT!

How do you know the interior was stripped? Because I said so? What advantage would that give me in this highly competitve field? Yes, I throw out a lotta of FUD over the boards and you should believe what you see and not what you read. Maybe that's your problem. Every change I have made, major or minor, was known about previously by both Don and Vincent even though the info on the boards stated otherwise.

As soon as the fastest cars list is updates you'll see me at number 7 and Mike will still be at number 3. Before me you'll see two nitrous'd cars and drivers such as Vincent, Jerry, and Randy in NA cars. Those cars are just as modified, if not more, than mine with a specific setups with drag racing in mind. My car was setup entirely for road racing with any drag performance given no consideration. There nothing wrong with being number 15 or 22, seriously.

 

But it is nice to be closer to the top of the list