Hampton Downs dump

[madbikeboy]

The track and the infrastructure is amazing (we donated a whole pile of fibre optic cable - kilometers of it), it's seriously good. There is a simulator which shows the track on their site.

It's going to be an awesome motorcycle track, and the guys who run the track are great, real petrol heads.

I'm looking forward to it like you wouldn't believe.

[dwnundabkr]

bring on superbikes

[eelracing]

Just shove some vaseline up your nose if its that bad.I for one can't wait to have a ride on it,it sounds like its going to be a real race track.

[325rocket]

bring on superbikes

bring on track days!!!!!

[sAsLEX]

I sniffed ferociously as I went past today.

No unpleasant odours detected.

[icekiwi]

So who else has booked for the first Trackday?

[smoky]

I was at the track yesterday and there was no smell at all.

I can assure you 4 days out of 5 - it stinks

There is a 200 room hotel going on site in 12 -18 months so accomodation should be eased for smaller events.

They may say they will, but we'll see - I don't know why anyone would build a 200 room hotel there, apart from the track there is no reason anyone would stay there. It may be booked out for one event a year, and a few people on the occassional weekend, that won't pay for the running and construction of a 200 bedroom hotel, Get real.

venue will attract motorsport events that it was not possible to hold in NZ before and all people can do is complain about traffic. Please... get a life

No ones complaining about the traffic!! so what are you on about?
And I've already got a life thanks.
I'm looking forward to NZ having a new track - just question why it in such a crazy place; in a swamp between a prison and a dump? And what that's going to do for our international image?
I can just see the international TV coverage – helicopter views looking down at the track, surrounded by a prison and a large dump – mind you the river will look good, but so will the swamp

[Max Headroom]

They may say they will, but we'll see - I don't know why anyone would build a 200 room hotel there, apart from the track there is no reason anyone would stay there. It may be booked out for one event a year, and a few people on the occassional weekend, that won't pay for the running and construction of a 200 bedroom hotel, Get real.

No ones complaining about the traffic!! so what are you on about?
And I've already got a life thanks.
I'm looking forward to NZ having a new track - just question why it in such a crazy place; in a swamp between a prison and a dump? And what that's going to do for our international image?
I can just see the international TV coverage – helicopter views looking down at the track, surrounded by a prison and a large dump – mind you the river will look good, but so will the swamp

I'm intrigued. If you feel so strongly about the location of the track, don't you think the time to object would be BEFORE it was built, not AFTER? The location, construction and details of the Hampton Downs facility have probably been more rigorously vetted and fine-tuned than most big projects in recent history.

The guys behind the project have already stated that the circuit will be viable even if they never host a competitive race meeting, ever. There will be several commercial businesses based around the track perimeter, and there will be new vehicle launches as well as various minor events and activities. The expectation is that the track will be used daily. The conference centre will be popular simply because of the convenient location for companies bringing staff together from around the North Island. Big race meetings are only a small part of what Hampton Downs is about. It will create its' own momentum...

As for the smell, we live less than 10km from there, and drive/ride past quite frequently. Personally, I've never noticed a smell.

I'm looking forward to this facility being finished. I think it's a real asset and has been well thought out. If you don't share this view, that's your perogative. Exercise your rights by staying away....

[325rocket]

As for the smell, we live less than 10km from there,

another bonus ... cheap accommodation less then 10km from the track haha

[MIXONE]

I remember Meremere dragstrip being built and all the naysayers going "but it's reclaimed swamp land in the middle of nowhere.It'll never work"
30+ years later and still going strong.

[Kiwi Graham:Me]

Yes the prison will always be there but I guess the dump will get covered over at some point. If we can get WSB here fukin great, I'll be there, even if I have to que up! Seen the simulator, looks awsome. Just hope they dont price the normal folk out of the pleasure's it has to offer!

[Max Headroom]

another bonus ... cheap accommodation less then 10km from the track haha

yep, plenty of room for tents!!! Secure parking for bikes too.....

[Quasievil]

pack of pussies, who cares, its a race track if you want a nice smell go to the garden

Hamilton is 35 mins away btw

and the track is a Waikato one so fuck off Aucklanders its ours.
Waikato IS NZ motorsport capital of NZ so there

[gammaguy]

Mate - honestly that smell is putrid, it turns your stomach, they actually dump human waste in the landfill out there - I just don't understand why any one would think that’s a good place for an international race track?
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it simple really..its a reminder that if you miss the braking marker,you,ll be in the shit

[BM-GS]

The easy way to minimise the traffic jam problem is to ride your bike...

Been to WSB & GP in the UK, and it was the cages which caused the problems (not the bikes squeezing through every gap & stopping them from moving).

Of course it would help if there were roads going different ways from multiple exits, but there you go.