For those local motorists that are residing in the 403, you know that our local race track – Race City, is in danger of being removed. Race city for many of us is a place to take our work of sweat and tears to beat around. With it removed, it means several things.
– Street racing
– Less race enthusiasm
– More accidents

There are many other things that one can come up with. It makes no sense because the city wants street racing to end, yet they remove the source of what many of us call our getaway. Steven Laz – founder of Calgary Racing Core, and a local enthusiast recently attended a meeting in regards to Race City. Here are his minutes:

Over 30 representatives from the racing community were at the meeting hosted by Shane Keating. As everyone was introduced, I was finally able to put some faces to names from the message boards, emails and phone calls that I had worked on over the past 3 months.

Over the ninety minute meeting, many points were covered, including looking into building a new race track, and the economic benefits of keeping the track where it is. Many viewpoints were discussed but the general consensus of the meeting was to bring forward a proposal to the City to keep the track operational. Whether it be a City owned organization like Portland International Raceway which was pointed out to be is fully self sufficient; a Not For Profit owned organization marketed by a for profit company like the NHL; or simply keeping the same business idea running and re-vitalizing it, we need a cohesive plan for dealing with the Race City situation.

The selection of members to the task force was put on the agenda for the next meeting. This task force will put forward a proposal to City Council that will represent the best interests for both the city and racing community. There is a lot of work ahead for this task force, but it does look promising.

Those of you interested in following Steven’s progress and updates can visit Calgary Racing Core. Give him a shout if you have any questions or suggestions.