logic

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I was just emailed this by the staff at chitownracing, and thought it would be appropriate to repost here, especially since so many folks here race at GLD: I won't be able to make it, so the least I can do is spread the word a bit. A small suggestion for anyone attending: be very civil, listen to what people have concerns about and address those if you stand up to say something, and try not to arrive dressed like an emo-goth boy-racer.

Piro Fyre

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What's this about?

Brian

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Thanks for posting this up, Ed.

As far as what it's about, my guess is that they are going to try and limit the hours that they are running at the very least. . . or someone's upset that the house they built within eyeshot of a racetrack gets noise from that racetrack.

Genesis8

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Who told them to built there house near a race track. They should know that it's gonna be loud when they have events at GLD.

Brian

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I don't know that's the case, I'm just saying. . I guess that's what happened with Byron and it's why they haven't tried to be open evenings. . Though I had heard some rumblings a while back that they had won a court case regarding it.

spoolme

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this is so dumb... like ppl that get a house by highway for really cheap and then complain about the noise

JRR

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dangit!!! and i was thinking of raiding my moms refridgerator today and thats basically in my parents back yard. its like 30 mins from my parents house! spent many hours there watching and wrenching.

josh

logic

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Update: apparently there was a very good turnout from the racers, with the room itself packed, and the hallways outside overflowing as well. I'm passing this along second-hand, so forgive me if I get some of the details wrong.

The engineering company that took measurements (4000' from the track itself) saw 90dB peaks on Labor Day (w/nostalgia funny cars), and 50dB peaks (with higher spikes that were attributed to a nearby lawnmower) two weeks later. The noise in the meeting room with everyone in it was 65dB, for comparison. The engineering company basically said they don't see a problem.

One township board member was concerned about a noise policy impacting local farming, as common farming activity can produce noise in easily the same ranges.

No action was taken last night, although I suspect builder activity will probably cause this issue to come up again.

dsm2308

here is the video from the meeting:

http://www.didiblink.com/miscvideo/gldvsparis.wmv

enjoy!