Mr. Wallace and His drag strip.

[Speed JUnkyz]

http://www.smiliegenerator.de/s36/smilies-22654.pngOk in this thread you will find updates, dates and times, info on track, progress being made, etc. etc. etc.


We all went to the Jan 14th Meeting and had to leave early. From what we hear it went ok, but we will be having another one.

This one will be on the 27th of January 2009 at 7:30pm

I myself plan to go and show some support the best way I can. Maybe next time I'll get to meet the Owner ;)

I will be trying to keep a close contact with Joe and stay in the loop. I don't want this idea to get washed away by a bunch of non supporters with bogus reasoning's, Like traffic increase, and more smog and pollution (when alcohol and methanol burns cleaner than most gases), or to big of a sewage disposal needed......Those are just a couple of the stupid replies that they were saying to try and stop this thing.



I feel we can win this, we will just have to stand strong. My thoughts are that they are trying to drag (get it HAHA) this on to the point where we give up. And I say HELL NO WE WON'T GO LMAO ;)


Again Joe I extend my hand, if you need anything done let me know. You have my number and now I have Ron's. So I will be around.http://www.smiliegenerator.de/s36/smilies-22654.png




Airstrip buy fuels drag strip dream

Tuesday, November 04, 2008 BY DAN MILLER
Of The Patriot-News

An East Berlin man acknowledges some neighbors oppose his plans to convert an airstrip into a drag strip.
But Ronald L. Wallace, 69, says he can change their minds if given a chance.
"I feel I can address all their questions and give them honest answers," said Wallace, who bought the 34-acre former Circle W Airport at auction Saturday.



Proposed race track will be a drag, neighbors say

by T.W. BURGER, Of The Patriot-News Friday October 17, 2008, 1:24 PM


Ronald Wallace wants to turn an old landing strip near Kralltown, York County, into a drag strip, complete with souvenir shop, campground and flea market. But neighbors, some of whose homes are 100 feet or less from the proposed track, are saying, "I don't think so."
Wallace has asked for a special permit to build the venue in Washington Township's rural residential zoning district. A hearing was scheduled for next Wednesday, but on Thursday the township received a fax from Wallace's attorney, Brian Linsenbach of Dillsburg, asking to postpone that hearing.
"We wanted, frankly, some more time to prepare," Linsenbach said. "We want to address as many of the issues that have been raised as we can before we go to a hearing."

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http://ydr.inyork.com/ydr/local/ci_11262931

Drag-strip hearing not done yet

By GREG GROSS For the Daily Record/Sunday News


Updated: 12/18/2008 02:06:57 PM EST


After a nearly four-hour hearing Wednesday night, Ronald Wallace still doesn't know if he may build a drag strip on his property in Washington Township.
The zoning hearing board meeting on whether to grant Wallace, a longtime race-car driver, the special permit he needs drew a packed house at Kralltown Elementary School. Residents poured out of the cafeteria and into the hallway. Many in the audience, most of whom opposed the facility, brought lawn chairs while others stood, lining the walls.
Wallace, the former owner of South Mountain Dragway in Cumberland County, wants to turn the private airstrip, Circle W Airfield, on Baltimore Pike into a racing haven. He bought the 34-acre property in November at auction for about $410,000.
His plans for the site also include a flea market, an overnight camping area, a concessions stand, a racing school, a soccer field for use on nonrace days and a helipad that could be used by a medical helicopter.
Wallace said the racing school would serve as a place for young drivers to learn about racing and would steer youths away from street racing.
"We need to get these kids off the streets before they get killed," Wallace said.
The camping area would be for teams racing at the track and would not have water hookups, he said.
Attorneys representing residents who live near the property, the solicitor for the township's board of supervisors, and residents raised questions about the noise level the track would generate.


Wallace said noises from the cars would "probably (be) less than a vacuum cleaner." He also said that, unlike lapped races that produce a constant noise, drag races last only a few seconds and engine noise would be intermittent.
However, Wallace had little information on how loud the public-address system would be.
Races would be held Fridays through Sundays from April to November, and possibly on holidays such as Memorial Day, Labor Day and the Fourth of July. Friday and Saturday races would end at 11 p.m., and Sunday's races would end at 7 p.m.
Another issue raised was the consumption of alcohol at the track.
Since Wallace doesn't have a liquor license, alcoholic drinks won't be sold, but he admitted people have been known to bring drinks to races.
When questioned by Archie Diveglia, an attorney representing four property owners, on preventing alcohol from being brought to the track, Wallace said it's not "kosher" to stop it.
Wallace added that, if fans did become rowdy, he'd tell them to settle down.
Diveglia also raised concerns about damage to adjacent properties, pollution, and the placing of 35-foot-high lighting stands and bleachers within 50 feet of some adjoining neighbors' property lines.
Scott Akens, Wallace's engineer, said a visual barrier of undetermined height would separate the facility from residential properties, as required by township ordinance. New Life Assembly of God also abuts Wallace's property.
As the meeting drew to a close, Diveglia asked the board to deny Wallace's request.
"You have it right now," Diveglia said. "You can quash it right now."
But Victor Neubaum, the board's solicitor, said the board will hear the entire case before it makes a decision.

WHAT'S NEXT

The Washington Township zoning hearing board will continue hearing the Ronald Wallace case 7 p.m. Jan. 14 at Kralltown Elementary School, 21 Creek Road. <!--subtitle--><!--byline--> <!--date--> <!--secondary date--> <script language="JavaScript"> var requestedWidth = 0; </script> <script language="JavaScript"> if(requestedWidth > 0){ document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').styl e.width = requestedWidth + "px"; document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').styl e.margin = "0px 0px 10px 10px"; } </script>

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ANDREW RUSONIS For The York Dispatch
Updated: 12/18/2008 10:47:51 AM EST




After almost four hours of examination, cross-examination and questioning, the Washington Township zoning hearing board has not made a decision on whether to grant Ronald Wallace's request for a special permit to open a drag racing facility.
Instead, the zoning hearing board announced Wednesday that it will continue the hearing on the issue at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, at Kralltown Elementary, 21 Creek Road, East Berlin.
In front of an audience that packed the elementary school auditorium to capacity, Wallace, attorney Rex Bickley and engineer Scott Akens attempted to make his case to turn the Circle W. Airport on Baltimore Pike into a drag racing track.
Wallace, 69, purchased the property for $410,000 in November. Wallace previously owned and operated the South Mountain Dragway in Cumberland County.
Wallace told the board that he would like to run races April through November on Fridays, Saturdays and the occasional Sunday. Races, would run no later than 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 7 p.m. on Sundays, Wallace said.
He also outlined several other possible uses for the facilities, including car shows, a flea market, a concessions stand, overnight camping for visiting racers and a racing school for youths. He also expressed interest in building a LifeLion heliport on the grounds, as well as allowing children to play soccer there during non-race periods. Opposition: However, Wallace faced very vocal opposition from neighbors and other residents of Washington Township.

Attorney Archie Diveglia, who represents a group of
Wallace's neighbors, raised several concerns, including noise, pollution, consumption of alcohol on the facility and danger to adjacent properties.
Wallace also was questioned by attorney David Jones, who represented another group of residents. When asked about problems with neighbors at South Mountain, Wallace replied that he believed he had been a good neighbor and added that owners of adjacent properties were even able to sell their homes at a profit.
Wallace also faced questioning from about 20 township residents who had additional concerns ranging from increased traffic congestion around the site to the presence of an underground fuel tank on the site.
Plans: Akens, Wallace's engineer, was questioned about the site plans that had been presented. Both Diveglia and Jones, along with attorney Sharon Myers, who represents the Washington Township board of supervisors, questioned plans placing lighting structures and bleachers within 50 feet of adjacent properties.
Akens was also questioned on the facility's parking capacity and how the operators could create a complete visual barrier that would cover the elevated lighting structures and race control tower. Akens replied that all township ordinances would be respected and such issues could be addressed in a future land development plan.

Before the end of the meeting, Diveglia petitioned that the zoning hearing board reject Wallace's application on the spot, arguing Wallace's plan to implement other features such as the flea market and concessions stand violated the township's dual-purpose ordinance.
The board, through solicitor Victor Neubaum, declined to reject the application immediately, staying that they wanted to hear the entire story before making a decision. -- Reach Andrew Ru sonis at news@yorkdispatch.com or 854-1575

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This says its on the 28th of January. When we were there they said the 27th so if someone could verify since there is a confusion. Maybe Im confused but Im sure I heard them say the 27th. HAHA

Still no decision on drag-racing strip

Daily Record/Sunday News


Updated: 01/14/2009 11:31:32 PM EST


A Washington Township zoning hearing board meeting will continue 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28 at Kralltown Elementary School, 21 Creek Road in the township.
During a four-hour hearing Wednesday night, the opposition presented its case before the board. Dozens of citizens, both in opposition and in support of the drag strip, crammed into the school's cafeteria, some overflowing into the hallway.
Ron Wallace is requesting a special exception for a drag-racing strip and complex to be built on a former privately owned airstrip in the 2100 block of Baltimore Pike (Route 194).
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Here is a little snippet of someone responding to the drag strip idea.

A drag strip is safe place for street racers

Letter to the Editor
Posted: 12/29/2008 08:28:56 AM EST


Editor:
I couldn't tell you how many times I have heard people complain about the "street racers" on Eisenhower Drive. Yet, it has come to my attention that there is a controversy over whether or not a local drag strip is to be built in East Berlin. So why are local citizens against building a safe and controlled environment for racing?
Eisenhower Drive on a Friday or Saturday is usually packed with kids who have nowhere else to go. Sure, they have the movies, or even the bowling ally. But today's kids are more into the automotive scene then ever before. They sit in a parking lot to show off what new modification they have done to their "ride" and are normally chased out for loitering. So they move to the streets, where street racing occurs.
Currently, the counties of Adams and York have housed many accidents (sometimes fatal) of illegal street racing. These "street races" are dangerous, illegal, and a nuisance to the citizens of Adams and York counties. It has ruined some roads, risks police officers of their lives by hunting down these "street racers," and causes trouble to the areas where participants loiter. Yet, now when we have a chance to give these local auto enthusiasts a place to "hang out" and show off their "rides" as well as a place where they can practice this sport safely without endangering others, we don't like it?
I believe that we should support this drag strip and that a legal drag strip would benefit the community. Yes, there are
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Christina Valenzia
New Oxford


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http://www.eveningsun.com/ci_11243817

Drag-strip plan in York County vexes church

<!--subtitle--><!--byline-->By MELISSA NANN BURKE
For The Evening Sun
<!--date-->Posted: 12/16/2008 08:38:54 AM EST


The Rev. Joel Everhart imagines himself presiding at a wedding or funeral at his Washington Township church, only to be drowned out by the rip-roaring growl of a drag race.
Everhart fears that might be his future if a proposal for a drag strip behind his church goes forward, he said.
"The major concern is the noise," said Everhart, pastor of New Life Assembly of God.
The man behind the race-track plan, property owner Ronald Wallace, says the racing won't affect church activities.
He has measured the sound levels at South Mountain Dragway in Cumberland County, which he used to co-own, and it's "no louder than their vacuum cleaner, lawn mower or chain saw," he said.
Wallace wants to turn the private, airplane landing strip known as Circle W Airfield into a drag-racing facility complete with a camping area, flea market and souvenir shop, he said.
The township zoning hearing board is set to consider Wallace's request Wednesday.
He needs a special permit to build the venue in a rural residential zoning district in the 2100 block of Baltimore Pike (Route 194) north of East Berlin.
New Life Assembly of God and several other neighbors object to the idea.
Retired Baltimore Sun editor Michael Pakenham plans to speak against Wallace's proposal. Pakenham and wife Rosalie moved to the area seven years ago, attracted by the open space and tranquility.
He calls the race-track plan "an assault on the rural, agricultural nature of the township."



In 2006, he helped produce a survey households in the 2,600-person community that showed most respondents supported a "restriction or limitation of industrial and commercial development," Pakenham said.
Everhart, the pastor, hosted community meetings at the church about the proposed race track.
He said residents are concerned about the noise, pollution and traffic a race track might bring.
Wallace, who lives in the township, said he'll share the decibel measurements from South Mountain Dragway on Wednesday and explain his traffic plan, which involves two lanes for people to pull off the highway into the facility.
Wallace, 69, has been racing and building dragsters since he was 16. The lay of the land makes Circle W Airfield ideal for a dragway, which Wallace would operate during the usual April-to-November racing season, he said.
He'd cater to a younger crowd on Fridays to "get the kids out of racing in the street and get them to come to the drag strip," where it's safer, Wallace said.
The airfield had been owned by Kenneth W. Wolff, a retired commercial pilot who died in March.
Wallace purchased the 34-acre property at auction Nov. 1 for a little more than $410,000, said Ronald Wolff of Willow Street, Kenneth's brother. He and his surviving brothers are executors of the estate. The settlement was held Friday.

IF YOU GO:
The Washington Township Zoning Hearing Board will meet 7 p.m. Wednesday in the township building at 14 Creek Road.
The board will consider a request for a drag strip/race facility, campground, flea market and other business for the property at 2164 Baltimore Pike. For details, call (717) 432-9814.

[Speed JUnkyz]

http://www.smiliegenerator.de/s36/smilies-22654.pngThere, i just posted a bunch of info and articles I found on this matter. If you found something different or new that I missed. By all means post it up. Please use the same color as I did top right hand corner of the color chart. That way we all can separate article and chat.


We do need to work hard at this, it doesn't look promising and I really want this to work out!!

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[Speed JUnkyz]

Ok so where we at with this idea from a year ago lol...Man I can't believe its been a year already!!!


SJ

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Oh sorry dude guess I should have updated this a while ago. It was turned down by the zoning committee, the assholes..

[Speed JUnkyz]

No appeals? New location? WTF!! I wanna go FAAAST baby