Hey Everyone, I’ve been waiting a very long time to write this. 12 years to be exact. Over Thanksgiving week, I found out some great news that I never thought would come true. Batavia Motorsports Park in Batavia, NY has been purchased and plans are underway to bring the track back to life. For th…

Some photos of young me at Batavia. [58675_1621106130021_8154070_n] [1918869_1277712385392_1868212_n] [1931436_1252638238554_1678145_n] [10398843_1227118040565_7414519_n] [10392107_1226035093492_4695766_n] [3240_1134283272136_6143383_n]

Really cool to see places like this come back to life. Its not often we get to see them go this direction… Usually they are getting boarded up or bulldozed. I liked their FB page to follow the progress. Already an awesome job getting started!

Cool to see someone bring it back. I don’t have any history with the track, but a longtime friend of mine lives near Batavia so maybe it’ll be an excuse to drag the family up and see him and catch a race in the future.

Road trip!!! 20 chars Controversial thought: I kinda like the idea of a track with plants in the infield. I’m sure it’s unsafe but it would be an interesting track to race with blind corners. [image] Maybe some nice flowering plants?

Like canaan? Go around the off camber high speed corner, with the only runoff being a marsh with 5 foot tall weeds

Water hazards are an underused feature in racing.

While we’re at it, why not throw some gators in?

I learned of this recently through a shared video: [Kelly's Motorsports Park 2021 Announcement]

[image] E13: why not throw some gators in? At Palm Beach in 2009 to avoid a spinner in a very wet morning warm-up, I drove off the track and slid up to the top of a canal berm. In the canal and not far from my new vantage point was an alligator.

Track Revival: Batavia Motorsports Park

wsalisbury3 (Will Salisbury) December 6, 2021, 5:02pm 2

Some photos of young me at Batavia.