Baltimore Grand Prix

[DipStick]

Looking like the IndyCar Series will come to Baltimore next year!!!

City officials set to approve agreement for high-speed street race - baltimoresun.com

 

[Michael Delaney]

Awesome news!
I am not a big fan of the Indycar series but love roadcourse racing. Should be a neat event.

 

[wmburdette]

...Wednesday morning, the city's spending board is set to vote on a five-year contract with the Baltimore Racing Development Corp. that would pledge nearly $8 million in state and federal funds to prepare 2.4 miles of road for the race.

Why is the "Baltimore Racing Development Corp." pledging STATE and FEDERAL funds to turn downtown Baltimore into a race track? Why are the all taxpayers in Maryland and all other states having to pay for an event that will benefit Baltimore? I can understand that the "local business organizations" would benefit and therefore support the racing event but how will be people in Montana benefit from a race in Baltimore?
If the local businesses and taxpayers want to fund this event, well and good. That's their perogitive, but why should the rest of us have to pay?

 

[huntr1]

Why is the "Baltimore Racing Development Corp." pledging STATE and FEDERAL funds to turn downtown Baltimore into a race track? Why are the all taxpayers in Maryland and all other states having to pay for an event that will benefit Baltimore? I can understand that the "local business organizations" would benefit and therefore support the racing event but how will be people in Montana benefit from a race in Baltimore?
If the local businesses and taxpayers want to fund this event, well and good. That's their perogitive, but why should the rest of us have to pay?

Because part of the road course will be on federal highway? Just a guess...

Why should Baltimore have to shoulder the costs of this race by itself? The least that the rest of MD should do is give up more of their limited roads budget so that Baltimore can repave perfectly good roads. I mean really, you cannot expect Baltimore to pay it's own way. That is just not acceptable.

 

[DipStick]

Done deal, as far as Baltimore's concerned. Now, the IRL just has to approve it to the 2011 schedule (and they will).

Indy Event Racing Into Charm City - wjz.com

 

[forceofnature]

Nice, I like IndyCar racing. Nascar doesn't do anything for me. Better buy me a place in the City on the race route.

 

[huntr1]

Nice, I like IndyCar racing. Nascar doesn't do anything for me. Better buy me a place in the City on the race route.

Should be plenty of forclosures available cheap.

 

[flomaster]

 

[Michael Delaney]

Good Deal! I wish the ALMS Series would join them for the weekend too.

Done deal, as far as Baltimore's concerned. Now, the IRL just has to approve it to the 2011 schedule (and they will).

Indy Event Racing Into Charm City - wjz.com

 

[forceofnature]

Should be plenty of forclosures available cheap.

Yep. But less of them than I thought there would be. Even funnier is in the same block I found a couple with 200K - $5mill price range. lol what a price difference.