A private investor will be meeting with Mayor Mallinson this month to
discuss building an NHRA-regulation drag racing strip along the Missouri
River in Sugar
Creek.
“It’s a perfect location,” says the investor, who asked not to be named
in this article. “The river and bluffs
will muffle the sounds of roaring engines and screeching tires, and the scenery
couldn’t be any prettier.”
Sugar Creek has more riverfront acreage than any other city in Missouri other than St. Charles, and developing the land along the river has long been a topic of discussion among citizens and city leaders. At least two riverboat casino deals have fallen through, and plans for an entertainment district have never materialized.
But a drag strip?
“Missouri
doesn’t have an NHRA track,” he said.
“The closest one is in Topeka. The KCIR track (which the City of Kansas City took
possession of earlier this year and closed down) brought tens of thousands of
people a year to its events and the loss of it left a really big void, and not
just for local racing fans. People came
from all around.”
He cited revenue that could be generated from fuel sales and auto parts,
from the jobs created during the construction and the track’s operation, and
from the visitors it would bring to the area.
“It will bring more businesses to Sugar Creek and give people around
here something fun to do.” He also
mentioned that it would be good for LaFarge. “We would need a lot of Portland
Cement.”
2 comments:
Lafarge is gone, central plains cement is now the local producer
If there was a drag strip down by the river, maybe the crotch rocket riders would go there and stay off the freeways. I think it's a good idea.
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