Opponauts, UNITE! We must buy that airport!

"themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
07/17/2014 at 11:09 • Filed to: Track day bro

My fellow Opponauts, I know not all of you agree with me. This is because you are wrong. But even the most wrong among you will attest to the brilliance of this idea - we buy the athens international airport that was !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and turn it into The International Motorsports Park of Oppositelock. Or IMPO, for short.

While some people did suggest that we turn the vast expanse of tarmac into a track, what I am suggesting is that we go so much further than just the road course.

If Sebring got it's start as a former airport runway, then there's no reason why this can't be the basis for a world class racing facility. All the runways and taxi areas would be great for a permanent road course area, as people suggested already. Control tower = race control area and press box so we've got that going for us.

I reckon this section would be either garage space/pit lane OR the outdoor go-kart staging area. Depending on its location in respect to the road course. And yes, there will be an indoor kart track too. This is a motorsports PARK, not just a track. There's even another go-kart track !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

I dare you to look at the picture above and tell me that wouldn't make a sweet little indoor kart track. Hey at this rate, we can have a whole championship of go kart races at multiple venues in the same facility! WAIT! BETTER IDEA! I call it "Oppo Golf". You drive your kart to each of the 18 karting tracks at IMPO. Some indoor, some outdoor. You get a fixed number of laps at each track and your best lap is kept. Lowest overall time wins. No bonus points for racing between the individual tracks (but we know you will anyways). This is the future of sunday afternoon motorsports.

And there's just so much more that this airport comes with. Take a look at this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! or how about a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ? I went ahead and outlined a general way to carve up the land.

Red = General road course layout
Blue = garages/pitlane facilities/indoor kart tracks
Green = Rallycross/outdoor karts/autocross
Yellow = skidpad/autocross/outdoor karts

I think we can all see that this plan is both brilliant and foolproof. If we do it well, it could soon hail the arrival of similar parks all over the globe. Thoughts? Suggestions? What else do we need here? I haven't found room for a 1/4 mile drag strip yet but maybe we can sneak in an 1/8 mile?

DISCUSSION (16)

505Turbeaux > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/17/2014 at 11:10

um, hell yeah? Kickstart my heart

PatBateman > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/17/2014 at 11:13

Dibs on the abandoned planes!!

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > 505Turbeaux
07/17/2014 at 11:21

Kickstart? Greece is so broke they'll probably give us the place for free if we promise to make something out of it.

505Turbeaux > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/17/2014 at 11:25

done, I am first on a boat over. DO IT

N51fanatic > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/17/2014 at 11:32

I have always said, that when i hit the lotto, I would build a secluded estate with a small road track on the property.

StoneCold > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/17/2014 at 11:40

The straightaway on the road course would work for drag racing. That's how meadowdale did it back in the day

BATC42 > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/17/2014 at 11:47

Afterwards, and after the sucess of this first facility, we could open another one at Nicosia Airport in Cyprus (it's in the UN buffer zone).

https://www.google.fr/maps/place/Nic…

Imirrelephant > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/17/2014 at 11:50

We will still need a Kickstarter to fund the fleet of awesome cars to be kept at the facility. We can all take turns performing maintenance!

MedievalDriving > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/17/2014 at 12:13

Uh I hate to be the one to ask, but does anyone know how to buy an airport from another country? or how much it would cost?

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > MedievalDriving
07/17/2014 at 12:13

It's Greece. They'd probably give it to us if we asked nicely.

MedievalDriving > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/17/2014 at 12:20

But on the matters of international affairs, first we have to get some dual citizenship passport or something so that we can buy property in Greece. Then there is required by law to have a price on something, so they get the taxes from it, so they could boost the economy. Plus, we are American. Everyone else loos at us as if hour pockets are infinite and rip us off as the 'tourists' we are. Ever been to Mexico?

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/17/2014 at 12:22

Best. Idea. Ever.

I'm in :)

We could make the karting track a miniature version of the race track. I wish people would do that more often as I think it's a great idea. Imaging driving a mini-Spa in a kart :)

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
07/17/2014 at 12:28

We could have a few miniature tracks. Oppo golf should take up the whole afternoon.

Team6.1 > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/17/2014 at 15:39

Too much kart, not enough corners. Otherwise yes please

therevengeofthesaab (really likes pre-2005 hondas right now) > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/17/2014 at 21:06

In case they don't, Just bring a couple dollars.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > therevengeofthesaab (really likes pre-2005 hondas right now)
07/17/2014 at 22:53

How much? About tree fiddy?