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Noddaz
Noddaz PowerDork
9/20/24 4:51 p.m.

Someone come up with millions and millions to do this.  Turn and old mall into a race complex.  The possibilities!

Aerial view:

Curtis73 (Forum Supporter)
Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
9/20/24 6:39 p.m.

A few months ago I posted that my local mall was being auctioned off and many people poo-poo'd the idea.

I'm with you, man.  Complete inner complex, usually a garage area, food service space, put bleachers on the roof, and bingo.

L5wolvesf
L5wolvesf Dork
9/20/24 6:47 p.m.

In reply to Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) :

Dude you forgot the indoor kart tack.

Andy Hollis
Andy Hollis
9/20/24 7:12 p.m.

Many years ago we used to use a local mall for autocrosses once a month because they were closed on Sundays.

Once a year, we'd get the whole place and build a road course around it.  This was in the early 80's when it was still hard to get on a real track.  It was pretty epic for a bunch of cone dodgers.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
9/20/24 7:36 p.m.

Call it Riverside’s Revenge.

MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt UltimaDork
9/20/24 7:40 p.m.

I was thinking more a chance to re-create a certain Blues Brothers scene.

02Pilot
02Pilot PowerDork
9/20/24 8:01 p.m.

In reply to MadScientistMatt :

You read my mind.

 

jgrewe
jgrewe Dork
9/20/24 8:14 p.m.

Considering that its hard enough to keep a track open when the town grows out to it, it would probably be easier to reopen Three Mile Island.

Oh, wait...

Gearheadotaku (Forum Supporter)
Gearheadotaku (Forum Supporter) UltimaDork
9/20/24 8:26 p.m.
L5wolvesf said:

In reply to Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) :

Dude you forgot the indoor kart tack.

Yes, this. Also indoor storage units and garage condos.

John Welsh
John Welsh Mod Squad
9/20/24 9:34 p.m.

There's a whole lot of electrical infrastructure at a mall....  Keep the noise down with a Tesla Model3 spec class.  

Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter)
Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) UltimaDork
9/20/24 9:41 p.m.
MadScientistMatt said:

I was thinking more a chance to re-create a certain Blues Brothers scene.

The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year.

kb58
kb58 UltraDork
9/21/24 11:07 a.m.
David S. Wallens said:

Call it Riverside’s Revenge.

Exactly my thought.

brandonsmash
brandonsmash Reader
9/21/24 11:16 a.m.

Noise regs and neighbors would ensure that this would never work, sadly.

On the other hand, why not gut the interior and make it into a go-kart track?

Captdownshift (Forum Supporter)
Captdownshift (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
9/21/24 12:28 p.m.

Electric karts outside would be epic, as with the width of kart tracks you could design an incredibly technical course several miles long. 

TravisTheHuman
TravisTheHuman MegaDork
9/21/24 12:37 p.m.

Seems like it would be a fun way to lose millions and millions

 

Asphalt_Gundam
Asphalt_Gundam HalfDork
9/21/24 12:58 p.m.
TravisTheHuman said:

Seems like it would be a fun way to lose millions and millions

 

But at least you're having fun doing it 

alfadriver
alfadriver MegaDork
9/21/24 1:08 p.m.

May work for an autocross location.  But no way for a race location without repaving an entire course.  Parking lot paving isn't as good as regular roads, which, in turn, isn't as good as race tracks.  

Having autocrossed on an old parking lot that just crumbled- I can't see this being a good value.

earlybroncoguy1
earlybroncoguy1 Reader
9/21/24 1:31 p.m.

In reply to Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) :

Disco pants and haircuts!

DarkMonohue
DarkMonohue SuperDork
9/21/24 1:34 p.m.

In reply to earlybroncoguy1 :

Baby clothes...

tomtomgt356 (Tommy)
tomtomgt356 (Tommy) Reader
9/21/24 1:36 p.m.
TravisTheHuman said:

Seems like it would be a fun way to lose millions and millions

 

How do you make a million dollars racing? Start with two million!

preach
preach UberDork
9/21/24 1:40 p.m.

Our local mall is being used as winter car storage.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
9/21/24 1:46 p.m.
Asphalt_Gundam said:
TravisTheHuman said:

Seems like it would be a fun way to lose millions and millions

 

But at least you're having fun doing it 

And how would you make it up?

Volume. 

Coniglio Rampante
Coniglio Rampante Reader
9/21/24 2:10 p.m.

It's good to think about repurposing vacant property , but ...

F1 infamously tried the parking lot idea at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, and IndyCar raced on a parking lot in Houston.  No one is clamoring for either of those again. 

MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt UltimaDork
9/21/24 3:33 p.m.
Coniglio Rampante said:

It's good to think about repurposing vacant property , but ...

F1 infamously tried the parking lot idea at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, and IndyCar raced on a parking lot in Houston.  No one is clamoring for either of those again. 

That's because F1 didn't think to make the Cesar's Palace course jump the fountains. devil

Noddaz
Noddaz PowerDork
9/21/24 3:59 p.m.
Coniglio Rampante said:

It's good to think about repurposing vacant property , but ...

F1 infamously tried the parking lot idea at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, and IndyCar raced on a parking lot in Houston.  No one is clamoring for either of those again. 

It just hasn't been done correctly yet.  

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