Drachten 2008

[Ove Kröger]

super cool........

[Christoph]

WEIL DIE MAIL NICHT JEDER BEKOMMEN HAT :

Dragraces Drachten: It’s on!
Tuesday, 4th of March 2008

Today, in the city-hall of Smallingerland, a Declaration of Intent has been signed by Dragrace club eXplosion and Stichting Vliegveld Drachten, which means for the next five years, dragracing can be held again on the airstrip in Drachten.
On wednesday the 5th, contractor Joost Visser will start work on the tracksurface so dragracers can make their runs again on the 21st and 22nd of June this year.

The current airstrip will be lengthened by 92 meters at the starting-area. The following 220 meters will be milled and new asphalt will be layed down aswell. The first 310 meters of the track won’t be used by airplanes, they will use the remaining 710 meters for landing and take off. Track-work will have to be completed by the 15th of march, because of the upcoming bird breedingseason. During the breedingseason no activity is allowed on the field of the airport.

The signing of this Declaration of Intent marks an end of a long period of negotiations between Dragrace club eXplosion, the county of Smallingerland and Stichting Vliegveld Drachten.
During the summer of 2006, 30+ years of Dutch Dragracing came to a sudden halt because of an excessive track clean-up. Things got rolling again in the summer of 2007, after an initiative by small group of concerned citizens, who liked to see dragracing come back to their local airstrip. The city council unanimously agreed the citizen’s motion. After the mayor of Drachten, Bert Middel also agreed with eXplosions plans, negotiations could start which finally resulted in today’s signing of the Declaration of Intent by both parties.
Dragrace club eXplosion now has the right to organize 3 dragrace-events per year, for the next 5 years. This right was very important for eXplosion because of the investments needed to alter the airstrip netted a total of €150.000,-. This money will be primarily funded by inve stors and sponsors. The 3 race-weekends for 2008 are planned on 20-22 of june, 11-13 of july and 29-31 of august.

Chairman of eXplosion, Theo Willemse, was very pleased with the result and signing of the agreement. “We can make runs again and we’ll now get a dragrace-track of European quality.” Without the help of contractor Joost Visser things might have been a lot harder to accomplish in time. Theo also wants to thank the VVD and SP-fractions, and others, for their political support. Great thanks also go to the citizen’s who filed the initiative so it became an item on the local goverments meeting-agenda. Also thanks to the people who cooperated with us during this time. Bert Middel was pleased to be able announce on local radio today the return of dragracing to Drachten and the (economical) importance for the area.

[Christoph]

DANKE

an Theo und Alle, die das möglich gemacht haben

Grüße aus Frankfurt
Christoph

und natürlich DANKE an unseren "Fast Frisian" für die geilen Fotos.

[Merlin]

Many thanks to Theo and everybody involved in this hard battle.
We are all excited about the dates in Drachten this year and proud
to race on the new track.

Thx to our "Fast Frisian" for the update and pic
He is not only fast on the track, also on info sharing :grins:

Dann bekommt man Hoffnung für Wittstock.

CU three times in Drachten,

Merlin(R)

[Merlin]

Hi Racer und Fans,

mal aus aktuellem Anlass hier eine Erinnerung für die Nennung(en für
Drachten.
Die deutsche Fraktion ist ja bisher nicht so dolle vertreten
Unsere Anmeldung für drachten I, II und III ging gerade raus.

Also hopp hopp rauf auf die Seite

Deutsches Anmeldeformular

Cu at Track

Merlin(R)

[Fränky]

Da werd ich doch noch die fast 1100 Km einfach im Oldtimer-Lkw in Angriff nehmen müssen.....Hoffe mal das haut hin und freu mich auf ein geiles Rennen!!

[_i500]

Moin da ich nun in Holland (Assen) arbeite wollte ich mal fragenn ob noch weitere Termine sind ausser:

20-22 of june,
11-13 of july and
29-31 of august

und ob mann da als normaler zuschauer auch rein kann und was es ca kostet.


mfg

[Uwe K.]

Steht alles hier:

http://www.explosiondragracing.com/

[Merlin]

Hi @all,

sagt mal heißt das hier das auch das Grillen verboten ist?

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DOMESTIC EVENT REGULATIONS – DRACHTEN
The use of the temporary track in Drachten is liable to how eXplosion and the participants use the airport terrain. Each team has to read the Domestic Regulations. These can be found in the INFORMATION ENVELOPPES which you recieve at the gate. The driver will be held responsible if these rules are applied by the team. The following items are very important;

Enviromental rules:
- Do not litter - dispose of litter in garbagebags which can be found at the official centre
- sellling of foods and/or beverages is prohibited
- watch the speedlimit for quads and minibikes (15km/h max!)
- do not leave any chemical disposal
- use mats and bins to prevent fluid leakage
- the precence of a fire extinguisher is manditory
- no open fires in any form!

CATERER
The caterer for this year is Jan Vos Catering. From Thursday afternoon and evening is the opportunity to buy food from the snackcar. The assorment is different than last year: from friday to sunday you can buy fresh bread with toppings. Also available without toppings, so you can enjoy your own on fresh bread and add your own. The partytent is the place where you can have a pleasant conversation while you are enjoying your fresh coffee. At the end of the event the price award ceremony will take place here.
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Cu at Track

Merlin(R)

PS.
Wo sind denn nun die ganzen SuperGasser aus Deutschland

22 Teilnehmer sind wir schon, aber das geht doch noch mehr oder?????

[Welle]

Wenn grillen als offenes Feuer gilt scheint es so.
Na das is ja was, nur Ravioli vom Elektrogrill