The biggest difference is that the MRA membership and the Board has been kept well informed of exactly where we are at in the High Plains Project since we own the thing. We know where the money is coming from and how much needs to be raised, when the permitting should be done, the construction schedule, etc, etc. Based on this information we feel comfortable committing dates to this facility in 2008.Originally Posted by Coop
We have no such information about Genoa. According to their "Progress Page" http://www.genoamotorsports.com/sub_progress.php they have been in the planning stage for at least a year and nothing appears to be happening. Now, having been in on the HPR process I can tell you that the APPEARANCE of nothing happening doesn't mean it's so, but without more information or seeing dirt being moved there isn't any sense in putting them on the schedule.
Because HPR will be OWNED BY THE CLUBS our first financial obligation is to support our own track, to race there and insure it stays financially viable. Of course races will be scheduled at other venues, but not at the expense of HPR dates.
Lastly, it is to the members advantage financially to have the clubs race at HPR as much as possible. We (CAMA) have made commitments to keep the rates at HPR as close as possible to the rates at SCR when it closed in 2005 (which hadn't increased since about 2002) and our financial models show that we can do this because our facility is being built on a relatively modest budget and the debt ratio is being kept very low with financial donations from the Club Members and the Clubs themselves. This means the rates at HPR will be more than 50% lower than the "market rate" for other equivalent facilities such as MMP, MPH, Heartland Park, Topeka, Mid-America, and so on. I do not know what the rates at Genoa will be, or if they have even been set yet, their site only says that they will "offer competitive market rates".
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