First TSA, now NASCAR

I've got a friend based at Old Bridge in NJ. Same piece of property as an
NHRA drag strip. There is a major national event there once a year.

He won't go near the airport when the race is going on. Too crowded.

NHRA doesn't rate TFRs , but I suspect the same thing will happen in
Marysville. Too many pilots unfamiliar with the airport, parking in front of
hangars, etc.


"David Brooks" wrote in message
...
I haven't heard a peep from anyone in aviation about this, but now it
appears the Northwest can't survive without a NASCAR track, and yesterday
the finalist was announced. Marysville, just a hair south of Arlington
(AWO). From the maps
(http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABP...2002045069.jpg), it
sits
right under the straight-in for 34. It has the nearest IAPs to Everett,
making it a popular location for checkrides (it seems like you're still in
the PAE pattern when you get vectored to the intercept).

Yes, the EAA Arlington. What fun it will be when the EAA and NASCAR choose
the same weekend.

OK, so if you're thinking about the stadium TFR, they talk about there
being
only three meets per year. But once this big facility is built, the owners
will probably find other ways to use it. The LOC 34 MDA is 469 feet above
TDZE - would anyone like to hazard a guess about what it would be when the
TERPSters are done with it?

Does anyone else have experience with a NASCAR track snuggled close to
their
favorite non-towered airport?

-- David Brooks

Steve Foley wrote:

I've got a friend based at Old Bridge in NJ. Same piece of property as an
NHRA drag strip. There is a major national event there once a year.

He won't go near the airport when the race is going on. Too crowded.

Old Bridge has a perimeter fence. Aircraft owners are given keys to the gate. Most
days, owners park in the lot outside the fence and it's frowned upon to park inside.
On race days, everybody parks inside.

Getting there is an exercise if you don't know the back roads, however. I suspect
he's used to coming in the front way right by the track entrance. He needs to learn
the back way in.

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.