Maximize your profit by hosting car races at your track. That is how some of the early NASCAR tracks got started : someone bulldozed a ring back in the woods, put up some slats around it, invited the local moonshiners to come down from the hollers to trade paint, and took the mill worker's cash at the gate.
Darlington began kind of like that and still used at the top level.
4 acres of Sh*t land would only cost ya a few thousand bucks if you look hard enough. It might be a long drive from the nearest population center though.
I live on 15 acres in the central Midwest. Literally the week after I moved in, I carefully surveyed and laid out an accurate 400M oval. The only deficiency is that there is a dip between turn 3 and turn 4 of a couple feet. Only a problem in the spring when it fills with water temporarily. It's not dirt but maintained as mowed grass.
I've had a chronic injury I'm only getting over after 6-7 years, so it went a long time without much use (I laid it out 18 years ago). In the early years I used it for epic annual beer miles. Now my son has been bitten by the XC bug in junior high and my girls enjoy walking for fitness, so I have zero regrets for maintaining it all these years.
I just saw a 5 acre rectangular lot in MO for 28k. It's generously larger than you need.
Yup I know of a 12 acre chunk for 56k in Iowa about a mile from a popular lake. you could get a good half mile loop out there cross country style, maybe more than a half mile loop.
I'd add a cross country course to the plan. Zimmer is a great course and just uses a 20 acre parcel.
if i had country land i'd rather just set up loops around the property, leave the foliage and land more or less intact, and have an amorphous loop with varied stuff to look at, and comfortable running surfaces......or even change up how you run around it every day......
That's what my friend's done at her new place in Vermont. Her property is 11 acres and includes a log house and a pond. But you actually don't have to stay out your own property in a place like that unless a particular property is signed no trespassing. That's why you have to watch out for hunters on your property there during hunting season. So she has 3 miles of trail already (looking to make 5 miles), some that we cleared with just a folding hand saw/rake/clippers from old logging trails, some abandoned town hikng trails, some from game trails, and some new connecting links for a multi-loop system. No normal track would be possible though—it's too hilly (not that she'd want one when she has trails).
the ideal 400m race is on a 400m stretch of rural road way out in the plains. Then you know for a fact that it is absolutely level, and you can see far enough away that any cars will not get there before a 400m race is finished.
Then all you have to do to make a track is put down two strips of tape 400m apart. That is real cheap. Or you could drive two stakes into the dirt next to the road.
Personally, I hate running on a slope. Rural roads are all sloped for drainage.
For the low low price of $4,995, letsrun.com could purchase 5 acres of fairly flat land in Malheur County, OR, just a quick 1-hour's drive to the thriving metropolis of McDermitt, Nevada, population 513, and a mere 6hr 45min from the histroic Hayward field.
Using google's My Maps tool, I have confirmed that the 580ftx303ft footprint of an 8 lane, world athletics approved track would fit inside this plot of land. What's more the track would be at 4600ft, perfect for altitude training.
I believe it is high time the BroJos put their money where their mouth is and establish a training camp in High Desert Country that will return american distance running to greatness.
***See all of our listings by visiting us at governmentlandsales.us*** Remote 5 acre parcel in southeastern Oregon. It is located just south of Whitehorse Ranch Rd off HWY 95. It is just NW of Twelve
I am now hearing reports that the White Horse Inn in McDermitt actually sits on the OR/NV border, allowing one to place food and drink orders in Oregon (and avoid sales tax) while using the brothel on the NV side.
I am now hearing reports that the White Horse Inn in McDermitt actually sits on the OR/NV border, allowing one to place food and drink orders in Oregon (and avoid sales tax) while using the brothel on the NV side.
4 acres of Sh*t land would only cost ya a few thousand bucks if you look hard enough. It might be a long drive from the nearest population center though.
Ya. It might suck to train anywhere but the track you build though. People drive like 100+ on rural highways and all it takes is one guy not paying attention coming around a bend and you go splat! You might have to build a trail or cross country course too.
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The high desert on the OR/NV border would actually be a great place to build a track. On average, the temp is in the 40s-50s at some point every day including winter and summer. You'd have to be able to run at both dawn and dusk - maybe a work from home situation.
Looks like there are barely enough roads for a run around McDermit without getting splatted. That might not matter though, beautiful country.
Great , cause there aren’t 100,000 tracks already in the USA
Very few are public tracks. Some are kept locked up. The ones at schools may not be accessible to the public and if they are it may only be very early in the morning or late at night. I'd rather run at 4 pm after work than wait until 9 pm to use a track, especially in winter. If I had my own track though...
Mine is 480 yards of trail through maples and firs and is 80% complete; just needs a few more roots and rocks removed and lay down more grass next spring. Excited to get back in shape.
