Site Search Still Underway
It appeared that we had finally solved one of the challenges in getting the club off the ground (site selection) in December 2007 when we located a tract in northern Blanco County near US 281 and FM 962. Our architects constructed a draft Site Plan that confirmed though smaller than the original footprint we targeted, this tract could work. Regretably, the “locals” have rallied to convince the seller not to sell the land the tract for motorsport use so we’re setting sights on alternative unrestricted land tracts in the hopes of being able to update our newsletter readers with a fresh draft Site Plan.
Patrick Long: Makin’ us all Proud
Kuddo’s to Patrick Long for winning the GT2 class at the 24 Hours of LeMans last week and then finding time to honor Glen Gatlin’s request to drop by Motorsport Ranch/Cresson next week for a driving clinic. We’re talking with Patrick’s agent regarding design input to the Bergrennenring, as I had the pleasure of having him as a drive instructor in my Porsche GT3 Cup back in 2004 at Road America.
We like Patrick and believe he’s a great prospective talent for project input. Krohn Racing’s Colin Braun has already emailed us with interest in providing clinics/etc. once the intial track facilities are in place. With Colin’s new contract to move to Roush/Fenway Racing after this season, looks like Tracy Krohn will be searching for a new Daytona Prototype driver.
Service Firms Reach Out to Bergrennenring Team
Multiple meetings were held this month with San Antonio-based PR and architectural firms who are interested in becoming involved in the Bergrennenring development, as a result of the San Antonio Business Journal article that ran on May 25. MRI will review proposals from these firms — including strategic relationships that they can bring.
The Austin Business Journal ran a story on Bergrennenring last week that was a variation of the story that the San Antonio Business Journal ran last month.?
Texas Race Driver Support
One of the medium-rangeáobjectives for the Bergrennenring is to host some professional series races.á Obtaining pro driver input and involvementáis key.áá Our first meeting is witháaáformer NASCAR driver (and Texas resident)áare happening.
Separately, we’re pursuing botháALMS and Grand Am driversáwho we expect to follow up with after the LeMans race this coming weekend.á Interestingly, my brother was in the Charlotte airport on Tuesday and pitched the concept to Mario Andretti who said he actually evaluated getting involved with a Texas track opportunity years ago that ran into environmental issues — however, he believes the location/timing is right.