The time has come to support a new race track facility in Mason County as The Ridge Motorsports Park project faces its last and final step: the special use permit hearing.
The hearing will be at 10AM on April 6th in the Mason County Commissioner’s chambers at 411 North Fifth Street, Shelton WA 98584. The hearing will be in front of an independent Special Hearings Examiner, who will set the conditions under which the track can operate based on the testimony of the public hearing.
We need to have as many people as possible to show support for the benefits of responsible usage of a new road course and drag strip facility. So come in force and let all the clubs and other user groups know. The Special Hearings Examiner has ten days after the hearing to submit a ruling, after which construction can begin immediately!
In the meantime — to provide a better understanding of how it might look to race The Ridge, here’s a simulation of a lap of the road course (the drag strip will run parallel and to the right of the front straight):
Virtual lap from the first-person perspective of Ridge Motorsports Park (track design v3).
April 14, 2011 at 7:09 pm
After you get the road track & drag strip completed are there any plans or land left for Autocross Competition? We sure need a new venue for that type of racing here in the Puget Sound Area and there seems to be lots of interest from the various car groups.