On behalf of the Australian Motorsport Club we have created a survey regarding Calder Park & "AIR" Virginia Raceway - we ask that all interested off street drag racing participants and spectators please take a couple of minutes to complete the survey. With both track undergoing major renovations, we are interested to know our customers thoughts on a range of issues, especially the preferred day of off street drag racing at both venues. Theres plenty of exciting new to be released over the next couple of months Thanks in advance... Survey http://www.slydesigns.com.au/limesur...=88957&lang=en (http://www.slydesigns.com.au/limesurvey/index.php?sid=88957&lang=en)

pretty **** survey lol

**** survey. Perhaps someones actually doing something about AIR and no longer ****ing us all over, cant wait for a CHOICE in venues for off-street racing in SA.

**** survey buddy

yer twas pretty gay

hah lovely survey. Do you have any comments or suggestions? Its over priced for everything!

First off let me say a big thanks to the over 340 people who have completed the survey so far, it will be running until the end of the May so please if you haven�t already completed it click on the link in the 1st post and help us get as much feedback as we can. There�s been some great feedback so far, some negative �understandably� but plenty of positive ideas coming through as well. Some of the things we will be looking at from the feed back received so far are � Pricing � Entrant & Spectator � What day the week off street drags are run � Timing boards in kph & mph also showing 60� time instead of RT � How we get updates and Information to the public � racers � spectators � Use of garages � Scrutineering rules � Beginners � how to drag race days � Burnout comp issues � when/if to run it etc � Food & drink range & pricing Please keep the comments coming Also I would just like to clear up a few items in some of the comments, they regarded the return road, the pits and the timing boards. Understandably some people haven�t been out the Calder for awhile and hadn�t realised these issues had been fixed. The return road, pits and line up area were fully resealed approx 6 months ago, so no more dust, dirt & stones The new Timing boards were up and running in March 2005 Now for the latest info Calder Park Off Street Drags will be run fortnightly on the following dates Friday May 16th 2008 Friday May 30th 2008 Friday June 13th 2008 Friday June 27th 2008 Calder Park will then be closed for the months of July & August 2008 for major works including 1. Move the start and finish down the track by some 15 meters 2. Install all new cabling systems for timing etc 3. Move the left hand concrete wall over to the edge of the strip eliminating the current grassed area 4. If time allows we will build a new Drag Race Control centre on the hill in line with the strip centre line. If we run out of time they will do it later in the year. also The first of many big drag race meeting has been confirmed November 15th �08 with an contingency of November 16th �08 Big Open Drag Race Meeting at Calder Park presented by Australian Motorsport Club and Exesive Motorsport Most Brackets plus Motorcycles Lots of Spectator prizes Really good Competitor Prizes This will be the first big meeting on the realign drag strip � more details soon� Adelaide International Raceway Adelaide International Raceway has started the resurfacing and the drag strip will be finished this week!!! Once again thanks to everyone who has completed the survey, once completed we will be sitting down and having a good look at what you the public would prefer and hopefully implementing a lot of the ideas put forward. Also thanks to the forum owners for allowing us to use the forums to keep your Members up to date with what is going on. Stay tuned more news soon.. Cheers

all that from the servey eh? sounds alright

Quote: Originally Posted by SLY LS1 First off let me say a big thanks to the over 340 people who have completed the survey so far, it will be running until the end of the May so please if you haven�t already completed it click on the link in the 1st post and help us get as much feedback as we can. There�s been some great feedback so far, some negative �understandably� but plenty of positive ideas coming through as well. Some of the things we will be looking at from the feed back received so far are � Pricing � Entrant & Spectator � What day the week off street drags are run � Timing boards in kph & mph also showing 60� time instead of RT � How we get updates and Information to the public � racers � spectators � Use of garages � Scrutineering rules � Beginners � how to drag race days � Burnout comp issues � when/if to run it etc � Food & drink range & pricing Please keep the comments coming Also I would just like to clear up a few items in some of the comments, they regarded the return road, the pits and the timing boards. Understandably some people haven�t been out the Calder for awhile and hadn�t realised these issues had been fixed. The return road, pits and line up area were fully resealed approx 6 months ago, so no more dust, dirt & stones The new Timing boards were up and running in March 2005 Now for the latest info Calder Park Off Street Drags will be run fortnightly on the following dates Friday May 16th 2008 Friday May 30th 2008 Friday June 13th 2008 Friday June 27th 2008 Calder Park will then be closed for the months of July & August 2008 for major works including 1. Move the start and finish down the track by some 15 meters 2. Install all new cabling systems for timing etc 3. Move the left hand concrete wall over to the edge of the strip eliminating the current grassed area 4. If time allows we will build a new Drag Race Control centre on the hill in line with the strip centre line. If we run out of time they will do it later in the year. also The first of many big drag race meeting has been confirmed November 15th �08 with an contingency of November 16th �08 Big Open Drag Race Meeting at Calder Park presented by Australian Motorsport Club and Exesive Motorsport Most Brackets plus Motorcycles Lots of Spectator prizes Really good Competitor Prizes This will be the first big meeting on the realign drag strip � more details soon� Adelaide International Raceway Adelaide International Raceway has started the resurfacing and the drag strip will be finished this week!!! Once again thanks to everyone who has completed the survey, once completed we will be sitting down and having a good look at what you the public would prefer and hopefully implementing a lot of the ideas put forward. Also thanks to the forum owners for allowing us to use the forums to keep your Members up to date with what is going on. Stay tuned more news soon.. Cheers is this 100% for sure? since hearing so much crap about the place over the years and nothing coming true us in Adelaide can be skeptical about news like this dont mean to sound like a prick just curious

closed all of july + august.. whats the date in september for it to be reopened ?

Some of you are such knobs. '**** survey'... jesus, shoot them down before theyve even taken flight. Maybe theyre starting to listen to what people want and gather information.

brett its a **** survey man lol yes its a survey and a step in the right direction, but you'd think after this time theyd have a few better and more specific questions to ask.

Brett. Its been a very very long time since AIR has been opened, and they stuffed around alot of people, with no apology or explanation.

Blink, I dont really care. Thats nothing to do with the survey. Ive just got an issue with people bagging the hell out of them when theyre obviously trying to do something right and see what the people think. It had a spot for additional comments if you werent happy with what the questions asked! The walls are being moved in, new start area, new screens... come on, rome wasnt built in a day. Im just as anti-calder as every one else at the moment but if all we feed them is negativity and tell them we wont race there then do you really think they will change thier ways? Bob Jane is more stubborn than you can imagine so to get this through (tiny as it may be) is a miracle!

Well said

Quote: Originally Posted by PROGMH Blink, I dont really care. Thats nothing to do with the survey. Ive just got an issue with people bagging the hell out of them when theyre obviously trying to do something right and see what the people think. It had a spot for additional comments if you werent happy with what the questions asked! The walls are being moved in, new start area, new screens... come on, rome wasnt built in a day. Im just as anti-calder as every one else at the moment but if all we feed them is negativity and tell them we wont race there then do you really think they will change thier ways? Bob Jane is more stubborn than you can imagine so to get this through (tiny as it may be) is a miracle! Thanks for the support Pro, the comments section of the survey has been very informative, we sat down with Bob Jane and the AMC people for a few hours last Friday working through the first 400 survey results and already there will be a lot of changes come the re opening in September, all of which have come from the majority or the comments on the survey. To the negative out there, I understand where your coming from BUT theres only 1 way to get things changed, sit on a internet forum and bag the **** out of things? no, get of your arse and go talk to the people running the show and tell them what the people want. anyway enough rant.. here is an update of where we are at.. Official AMC announcement... On behalf of the "AMC" Australian Motorsport Club we would like to thank everyone that has completed the survey so far, the comments have been a real opener for all involved and we hope to implement many of the ideas coming out of the survey, we would also like to thank all Competitors & Spectators for coming out last Friday May 16th on such a cold May night, the night was a huge success with 170 street entries and 13 comp car entries, we would like to say thank for your patience during the rather huge oil down issue from one of the comp cars that took a little time to be fixed as well. Our new track prep team produced a super sticky track as commented on by many competitors and saw many cars set new PB's and even a couple of great wheel stands from the comp cars. From now on we will be keeping everyone up to date with all the renovations at both Calder Park and Virginia Raceway, both of our websites are under total reconstruction and should be up and running very soon. Just some of the things happening at Calder are Moving the start and finish line down some 15 meters - "the drag strip then becomes a stand alone track with the circuit racers using the line up road as their main straight, this meaning the drag strip will be used for drag racing only. Installing all new cabling for the timing lights. Moving the left hand wall into the track edge, erecting cushioned saftey barrier on the right hand wall eliminating all the grass and providing a soft impact zone rather than a solid concrete wall. Moving all seating from the Thunderdome to the drag racing mounds. Re routing the return road so it becomes a straight line back to the pit area. Here are a few photos for people who have not been out for a while to show some works that have already been completed. Pit area re asphalted and old building removed, all buildings painted in the AMC colours Re asphalted the current return road Re asphalted the line up road Virginia Park I hope to have some updates and photos of Virginia Park in the new few days for the Adelaide people and then a re opening date very soon. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Wow, what a great effort! Drag strip used ONLY as a drag strip, amazing! Wow, looks like someone has pulled thier finger out. Great work! Oh, and moving the seating to the hill... by far the best decision you guys have made!

Agreed

finaly look like a dragstrip and not a buliding site

So what are the circuit cars going to use as a main straight? The pit in road around the top?