Fontana 2014...drag racing returns

Darter6 said
70aarcuda, You live in the Vegas area,so you remember the complaints about the homeowners around the Vegas airport.I just shake my head when people buy a home around a airport and then complain about the noise........Same thing applies to Fontana. I believe the track was there first. And you are right about sound walls not making any difference as far as repressing any noise.

The houses were actually there long before the track was built in this case. California Speedway was completed and started running Nascar events in 1997 on the former Kaiser steel mill site. Most of the houses are 20+ years old in the area north of the speedway.

The original drag strip was set up on the south side of the property and oval track bordering California Steel and other industrial property during the initial construction of the speedway. For some reason the management decided they needed that area for other plans and moved the drag strip to the north side of the property and the oval track. That move placed it closer to residential property and schools without the oval track for a sound buffer. It's my understanding there was no environment impact report done prior this move of location to the north side,that is most likely why the speedway lost the lawsuit. If they would of left the drag strip in the original location most likely there would have never been any issues. So bottom line is speedway ownership screwed them self and the racers on this deal.

All that being said I'm kind of getting excited about some 1/4 mile drag racing in the future.