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Originally Posted by Luke Plaizier
Yes. ABsoutely. If it's cheap enough.
There is nothing at all in Newcastle - the closest drag strip or race circuit other than go-karting is in Sydney. The cars all seem to line up at a big wide vacant road on Kooragang Island to race each other.
If there was a legal outlet for guys to score bragging rights, whether it be a circuit or/and a drag strip, as well as a 'cruising' area for the cars to park and the boys and girls to get out and socialise, then I think that would work really well.
The same thing could be said of Skate Parks - look how successfuly they have been now that there's a legitimate outlet for young board riders.
I subscribe to the idea that the vast majority of people are pleasant, law abiding and socially considerate when given the chance.
Lukeyson
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Do they still do that at kooragang? I don't think they have for a while.
I bet that 99% of those people who used to hang around there and race would go to a drag strip or burnout pad if one was available.
There is always going to be idiots who use the public roads as a race track, but having more legal venues will help reduce people doing it on the road because there is no where else.
That's true about skaters. I know because I used to skate.
We use to skate around the streets because there was barely any skate parks around Newcastle. The ones that did exist were all cheap pieces of crap that most people avoided. Now that there are lots of
Good skate parks around Newcastle they are always packed and you don't see people street skating as much anymore.