Have You Guys Heard?!

[Matt.S]

About the track in Dawsonville!!
Link (http://www.atlantamotorsportspark.net)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/Ishibubu/speed.gif
I'm excited. It's about an hour away from home, same as the mountains. Time to save up haha. Sportbiketracktimes.com already has times available starting in April, maybe even March.

Hope this isn't a repost I haven't heard anyone talking about it? I just stumbled upon it looking for track times.

[dep411]

huh only an hour away from me too
i might have to check it out this year

[Huey130]

We had a private tour a few months ago. I unfortunately wasn't able to attend but I heard back from a lot of customers they were pretty impressed... THey put a lot of up to minute info on their facebook page.

[Matt.S]

There will be track times every month once they open so many opputunities. $195 for a weekend (~$375 bundle) or $150 for a weekday. I'm eyeballing the weekday ones, seems like less traffic from what I'd assume and I'd just have to ask off work.

[Lazarus]

So how many tracks does Atlanta have with this one? Roebling, Road Atlanta, and Atlanta Motorsports Park? Is this the one that also has a private club?

[wbeck257]

So how many tracks does Atlanta have with this one? Roebling, Road Atlanta, and Atlanta Motorsports Park? Is this the one that also has a private club?

When did Savannah become part of Atlanta?

[Lazarus]

When did Savannah become part of Atlanta?

I meant Georgia.

[dep411]

weekdays for the win

[Seca]

weekdays for the win

+1

[Derrick]

Yep, our new owner was really proactive in getting slots for track days when AMP opens up. I can't freaking wait!!!

I hope to see a bunch of you guys/gals out there this year!!!

How cool will it be to be one of the first riders to turn a wheel on a new track.

[Over TWO Customs]

da da da bird bird bird. da bird is da word.

[JSKeezy]

We will be tracked out by the end of this year ':lol:

[wbeck257]

And STT in March/April?
I doubt it...

[Derrick]

And STT in March/April?
I doubt it...
Maybe you're right, but we're there when it does get finished. Nice weather should make way for a lot of progress in the coming weeks.

[wbeck257]

Maybe you're right, but we're there when it does get finished. Nice weather should make way for a lot of progress in the coming weeks.

Too bad March averages the highest amount of percepitation for any month in Georgia.

[Matt.S]

Yes, to who asked, it is the one with a private club. It's actually called a "Motorsport Country Club" lmao. I'm already gonna start having to put money aside for this bad boy, so much for saving haha.

[donati05r6]

to expensive for my blood

[Jerk]

Did someone mention that track day name? LOL

[maxleanangle]

Yes, when Atlanta Motorsports Park opens Atlanta will have more tracks within a short drive than anyone else in the country.

Sportbike Track Time has a bunch of dates at AMP listed for 2011. Unfortunately the March weekend has already been cancelled - track won't be ready in time.

AMP has been able to stay pretty close to their extremely aggressive construction timeline. Here's hoping this doesn't turn into another Bluegrass Motorsports Park - BMP was on STT's schedule for 2010 (maybe even 2009), hit some "environmental" snag, and still isn't open.

All the drawings for AMP looked great and everyone I know who has been able to tour the site says it should be a fantastic facility.

Keep your fingers crossed!

[Ga-Bandit]

Well, I just was sent an email showing Atlanta Motorsports Park is starting to lay some pavement. 1st layer down?????

They seem to have the crusher-run-dot base down too.


http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/atlantamotorsportspark

[EA6BMECH]

So is AMP gonna sponsor their own track days like Jennings???

[maxleanangle]

I strongly doubt it, at least initially. Existing trackday outfits are lining up for dates. No reason for AMP to do the extra work of promoting an event themselves.

Plus the AMP "members" have paid $50,000+ a piece for access to the facility, so I dont' expect them to be excited about giving up dates to any more "outsider" events than they have to.

[wbeck257]

5 months behind..

My guess is late 2012 -- maybe.

[Todd]

5 months behind..

My guess is late 2012 -- maybe.yup, i dont see it happening this year.

[steve c]

Earliest date I've heard is August - depending on weather. If they don't get any dates during the '11 season I wonder if they money will hold out over the winter. I'd hate to see another Bluegrass-type situation.
Best of luck (and weather) to those trying to make it happen.

s

[Trey]

Anyone else see the sign on Hwy 9 right before D'ville stating "STOP THE MOTORSPORTS PARK" or something to that effect? I think the naysayer is a little late... :lol:

next time I head that way I'll snap a pic

[wbeck257]

Bump -- looks like they are still putting the finishing touches on it.
AHRMA seems convinced -- they have a round schedule there for April. Wonder if they'll make it..

[Derrick]

I hope it's rideable by April...I am confident that it will be finished(or finished enough to host events) in 2012 and I cannot wait to burn some laps there!

[wbeck257]

I was looking at their facebook and they said to look on STT's website for trackday information -- but I don't see any there. Whats up?

[Derrick]

I was looking at their facebook and they said to look on STT's website for trackday information -- but I don't see any there. Whats up?
Our schedule is posted, but not completely 'final'. We will be adding events throughout the year...as soon as AMP is ready we will have dates there for sure.

[steve c]

Any rumors or guesses about regi$tration cost?

I saw Track Tactics is charging $235 to ride NOMP on 2/11.

- Steve

PS: glad to see some traffic in here. Winter is too long with out a track day. Bench racing, or forum racing helps pass the time :)

[esq'z me]

Only 2 memberships left???? That's what the Facebook page says....and looks like there is going to be a driving school there shortly. Appears very close to ready

[Todd]

They have been saying that for over a year now. I will believe it when I see vehicles on the track.

[JSKeezy]

They have been saying that for over a year now. I will believe it when I see vehicles on the track.

+1 Not to bust anyones bubble and all but its seems as if I am looking at at thread about Bluegrass Speedway in Ky and we all know what happened to that (well most should know)

[esq'z me]

I was up at AMP for a tour last October...they had made a lot of progress at that time and had a lot of workers on site. They were in process of building the bridge over the creek at the bottom of a hill so they could complete the paving. Most of the track was paved. Guard rails and F1 level catch walls being installed.
I believe they are getting close.

[Dave1kRR]

I was up at AMP for a tour last October...they had made a lot of progress at that time and had a lot of workers on site. They were in process of building the bridge over the creek at the bottom of a hill so they could complete the paving. Most of the track was paved. Guard rails and F1 level catch walls being installed.
I believe they are getting close.

...and you probably saw a hand full of GSB members out there slaving building stacks of tires for pennies on the hour (aka free track time). :lol:

[ramm]

They have been saying that for over a year now. I will believe it when I see vehicles on the track.

There is a video of some car doing a lap there. :D

It was just a teaser, but they are pretty damn close to finishing!

edit: here it is, from November.

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5vOZkaeYhCg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Dave1kRR]

There is a video of some car doing a lap there. :D

It was just a teaser, but they are pretty damn close to finishing!

edit: here it is, from November.

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5vOZkaeYhCg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

:drool: That looks like a fun piece of track!

[esq'z me]

...and you probably saw a hand full of GSB members out there slaving building stacks of tires for pennies on the hour (aka free track time). :lol:

Yes I did !!!!! Wish I could have joined in, but had a broken collar bone at the time....no free track time for me!!!

[X-Man]

I hope everyone realizes it takes more then one layer of paving to surface the track, that video looks just like the base layer and it looks beat up from work vehicles being on it. Paving is THE most expense part of the track.

It does look like a cool layout.

[wbeck257]

Bluegrass has proved you can have all the pavement in the world and still not an open track:
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk304/racintracy/bg.jpg?t=1325769101

That picture, and the thread on the WERA forum is what made me look up AMP again and bump this thread

[ramm]

I didn't think Blue Grass got half of their track paved?

Oh and update as of Tuesday...I think this thing is actually going to be finished and ran on. :drool:


PROJECT UPDATES - NEARING COMPLETION! JUST NEED SOME DRY WEATHER TO DRY OUT PAVING AREAS!!!

All stormwater piping and structures are installed and finished
Geobrugg F1 Debris fence is on site and being installed (One of three tracks in the world with this fence)
Guard rail is on site and being installed
Fencing around the property is on site and being installed
All retaining walls are installed and now planted with ivy
All mass grading is finished, just "blue topping" and fine grading to be completed
Tire walls are being bundled and finished, about 2/3rds of the way completed
Irrigation system on site and being installed
All retention ponds are completed
All fiber wire conduit on site and nearing completion of installation

Spread the word and re-post...
If sitting on the fence, come do a tour this Sat @ 9:30 - RSVP to Becky@100mphlunch.com

[Todd]

I didn't think Blue Grass got half of their track paved?

Oh and update as of Tuesday...I think this thing is actually going to be finished and ran on. :drool:
you would be wrong.

I agree that AMP is definitely further along than Bluegrass was, but it could still flop tomorrow. Quite simply, they still dont have EVERYTHING paid for yet. I hope it comes to fruition myself, but again, i wouldnt hold my breath and wont believe it will ever open until the first event is actually done. Hell, STT booked all those dates there last year on the premise of the track being complete, here it is, a year later, and AMP will be LUCKY to be opened by the end of this year, and i think even STT isnt dumb enuff to fall for that again. You put all your eggs in one basket like they did last year, and you'll struggle to stay in business.

[louie3]

There is a video of some car doing a lap there. :D

It was just a teaser, but they are pretty damn close to finishing!

edit: here it is, from November.

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5vOZkaeYhCg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

i think that was the owner in his porsche. he was whipping around while we were slaving on the tire walls.

hopefully this thing is done this year, those free trackdays expire in december 2012~!!

[ramm]

you would be wrong.

I agree that AMP is definitely further along than Bluegrass was, but it could still flop tomorrow. Quite simply, they still dont have EVERYTHING paid for yet. I hope it comes to fruition myself, but again, i wouldnt hold my breath and wont believe it will ever open until the first event is actually done. Hell, STT booked all those dates there last year on the premise of the track being complete, here it is, a year later, and AMP will be LUCKY to be opened by the end of this year, and i think even STT isnt dumb enuff to fall for that again. You put all your eggs in one basket like they did last year, and you'll struggle to stay in business.

Dang..so they got it paved and that's about it? By the looks of it.

Wonder what it would take for someone to pick it up and get it rolling again?

[Seca]

Dang..so they got it paved and that's about it? By the looks of it.

Wonder what it would take for someone to pick it up and get it rolling again?


From what I hear its impossible with all the litigation thats still tied up in Blue grass.

[steve c]

Bump to see if anyone has an updated status. I believe they keep FB up-to-the-minute (FB is blocked by the net-nazis here at the office.)

s

[wbeck257]

If it is like any construction project that I've been involved with in North Georgia right now they probably haven't gotten a whole lot, if anything done since December because of rain.

To put it in perspective, I finally just got a one day job built that we originally scheduled for the week after Thanksgiving done.

[wbeck257]

Bump to see if anyone has an updated status. I believe they keep FB up-to-the-minute (FB is blocked by the net-nazis here at the office.)

s

Bump

I just happened to be surfing the AHRMA site for a pre-reg date and I saw this nugget... http://dev.ahrma.org/?p=2856

[Todd]

whats so funny, is that AHRMA (vintage bikes) has now cancelled their April event there. They dont think its going to be built, and yet what i find simply ludicrous is that AMP is still trying to use "bad weather" as the excuse for all the delays when this has been one of the mildest winters on record, and the last several months have been nothing but good weather for outdoor work.

I'd love to see this place built, but the ownership is lacking...............well................somethin g.

Once again, i'll believe it will open when i see it actually "open". The way its going right now, its looking like another "Bluegrass"

[wbeck257]

whats so funny, is that AHRMA (vintage bikes) has now cancelled their April event there. They dont think its going to be built, and yet what i find simply ludicrous is that AMP is still trying to use "bad weather" as the excuse for all the delays when this has been one of the mildest winters on record, and the last several months have been nothing but good weather for outdoor work.

I'd love to see this place built, but the ownership is lacking...............well................somethin g.

Once again, i'll believe it will open when i see it actually "open". The way its going right now, its looking like another "Bluegrass"

I disagree. It has rained a lot of days (not more rain, just rainy days).
I can't get a bucket truck off the pavement without having to have a tow truck and landscape crew behind it.

There problem is they don't know how to schedule and have unobtainable goals -- and instead of listening, they just plug there ears and say "we'll be ready! we'll be ready! promise!" when they know they won't. They got memberships to sell, and posting on FB that you will be 18 months behind won't fill slots.

[Todd]

Funny, it hasn't kept the dozers and stuff from working out here.

[livelikeyrdyin]

I went to AMP today. The guy working there took me on a tour, then we got in his Toyota pick up and did a fast half of a lap. It was a blast, especially that long left carousel in the back before you come on to the front straight. The guy did great, considering we were in a pick up! It was fun!!

[jimgl3]

this doesn't look so good...
http://www.georgiasportbike.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3960

[A1willson]

Just don't crash

[Todd]

Just don't crash

Yea, that's what AMP management had to say when asked about it too. Shitty attitude by management if ya ask me, it just shows their lack of concern of motorcyclist. Also, for those of you who built tire barriers, better check your free trackday coupon, I'm hearing they put an expiration date on there and some have already expired. Another shitty move on their part.

[A1willson]

Damn I'm glad I was out of town and could not go help make tire barriers. I was really hoping and I'm still hoping it will be a good motorcycle track since I have family not far from there so staying up there would have been so easy.

[ramm]

I don't think you can run bikes on that track with such little run off. Correct me if I'm wrong...

[Todd]

I don't think you can run bikes on that track with such little run off. Correct me if I'm wrong...
you can run bikes on any track you'd like, no matter the run off. its up to YOU as to whether you want to run on it or not. This track is not being built to any type of "bike" requirements for racing, keep in mind, the owners claimed there would be no racing on the track, at least thats what they told the people at the hearings when they were trying to get approval to build it.

There is a lot of shady shit thats gone on with that place from the git go that im not diggin. And if that pic is any indication of the type of safety theyre gonna build, then screw them, i'll never ride that track. This shits dangerous enough without having to worry about crap like that.

[livelikeyrdyin]

you can run bikes on any track you'd like, no matter the run off. its up to YOU as to whether you want to run on it or not. This track is not being built to any type of "bike" requirements for racing, keep in mind, the owners claimed there would be no racing on the track, at least thats what they told the people at the hearings when they were trying to get approval to build it.

There is a lot of shady shit thats gone on with that place from the git go that im not diggin. And if that pic is any indication of the type of safety theyre gonna build, then screw them, i'll never ride that track. This shits dangerous enough without having to worry about crap like that.

That's exactly right. You can run any track you want, it's up to you.

As a matter of fact, a man that I have great respect for and genuinely really like by the name of Ed Bargy told me the same thing 10 or 11 years ago! LOL!

IF this track ever does get built and IF they ever have trackdays there for motorcycles, I may just run it because when I went there last week the layout really looked like a blast!!

Of course, I'd love to run the Isle of Mann and really really miss the old turn 12 at Road Atlanta, too, so I probably have a screw loose anyhow! Ha! Ha!

[Todd]

Kevin, there is NO DOUBT you have more than ONE screw loose!!! :rofl:

[Georgiacbr]

this doesn't look so good...
http://www.georgiasportbike.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3960

WTF is that Jeez talk about poor planning here...

[Todd]

ya think? :lol:

[louie3]

I helped with the tire wall. Expiration on mine is december of this year I think. I don't think this track will be finished at this rate. And that pic makes me want to just take my pickup truck instead of my bike. Not a pretty area to crash in.

[livelikeyrdyin]

Kevin, there is NO DOUBT you have more than ONE screw loose!!! :rofl:

Yeah! NO DOUBT is right!...........Hey! March 24 is my birthday, I turn 51, that's even older than you (albeit by only a few months) LOL!......I'm thinking about celebrating it at Barber by taking my 2010 Mv Agusta F4 out on the track.

Now, that would prove to people that don't even know me that I have more than one screw loose! What da think!? LOL!

[bseballkid1990]

you would be wrong.

I agree that AMP is definitely further along than Bluegrass was, but it could still flop tomorrow. Quite simply, they still dont have EVERYTHING paid for yet. I hope it comes to fruition myself, but again, i wouldnt hold my breath and wont believe it will ever open until the first event is actually done. Hell, STT booked all those dates there last year on the premise of the track being complete, here it is, a year later, and AMP will be LUCKY to be opened by the end of this year, and i think even STT isnt dumb enuff to fall for that again. You put all your eggs in one basket like they did last year, and you'll struggle to stay in business.

That looks like a wet dream... haha. What happened to it? Did they just run outta money?


this doesn't look so good...
http://www.georgiasportbike.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3960

That's some scary shit.

[Britt]

Don't forget to add to this, Guard Rail and atleast two rows of tire barrier...so effective runoff is reduced by about 3-4', What you are looking at is the posts for the "Famed F1 Debris Fence"...
I was told they are not going to be using Gravel Traps, but Sand Traps insted as it lowers the damage on the vehicles..and that is a plus.:)

this doesn't look so good...
http://www.georgiasportbike.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3960

[Seca]

Don't forget to add to this, Guard Rail and atleast two rows of tire barrier...so effective runoff is reduced by about 3-4', What you are looking at is the posts for the "Famed F1 Debris Fence"...
I was told they are not going to be using Gravel Traps, but Sand Traps insted as it lowers the damage on the vehicles..and that is a plus.:)

that doesnt make it any better.

[jimgl3]

sand? oh good. all the local felines can come take a crap in it.

[jimgl3]

that doesnt make it any better.

i txhxixnxk hope Britt was being sarcastic

[bryanj]

how long have they been building

[MX Tuner]

this doesn't look so good...
http://www.georgiasportbike.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3960

No, no, you'r supposed to *dodge* the posts.....

[KTM Rider]

sand run off is what broke rainey's neck

[Todd]

yea, the more im seeing and hearing of this place, the less im liking it.

[Todd]

Yeah! NO DOUBT is right!...........Hey! March 24 is my birthday, I turn 51, that's even older than you (albeit by only a few months) LOL!......I'm thinking about celebrating it at Barber by taking my 2010 Mv Agusta F4 out on the track.

Now, that would prove to people that don't even know me that I have more than one screw loose! What da think!? LOL!bring it on out, to prove it even more, you can let ME ride it!!!

[Lazarus]

From AMP's Facebook page:

AMP IS NOW 100% COVERED IN ASPHALT!!!!!! BRIDGE IS IN!!! Please spread the word and re-post, re-tweet, post on forums and email your friends... AMP is coming... Elevations are massive, turns are technical, and some corners and hills are blind... If you are waiting on asphalt to be completed for a membership, the time is now... The big changes are coming again on the membership classes, don't miss the Founding Memberships... God speed from Team AMP

[ramm]

From AMP's Facebook page:

AMP IS NOW 100% COVERED IN ASPHALT!!!!!! BRIDGE IS IN!!! Please spread the word and re-post, re-tweet, post on forums and email your friends... AMP is coming... Elevations are massive, turns are technical, and some corners and hills are blind... If you are waiting on asphalt to be completed for a membership, the time is now... The big changes are coming again on the membership classes, don't miss the Founding Memberships... God speed from Team AMP

Bluegrass is 100% paved too. :lol:

[Lazarus]

I know but I thought someone mentioned something about AMP not updating their Facebook page or something. Have AMP been 100% paved? I haven't been keeping up with the day to day updates.