Quote Originally Posted by nigel watts View Post
The effect of what they've done is to turn an 'open' circuit into a 'street' circuit. I have a horrible feeling that, apart from the annual V8 races, they've effectively killed Pukekohe as a viable track. I can't imagine that many racers that don't have big corporate budgets will be that keen to race in a concrete jungle.
I've been going to Pukekohe as a spectator since it first opened but it remains to be seen whether that will continue or not.
I'm not really that worried though because Hampton Downs is closer to me.
Imagine if HD had got the nod.... all that concrete and high mesh fencing everywhere would have completely stuffed what we have now.. I reckon we should thank our lucky stars that it didn't happen.
HD didn't need any of the Hamilton infrastructure, so it would not have changed. HD also didn't need the $6.6 million 'upgrade', as it was already ready to go. One of the reasons Cochrane went to Pukekohe was to use the Hamilton infrastructure that he had paid for.