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SurfaceUnits
12-20-06, 07:08 PM
"We want this weekend to be the place to be in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and southern Ontario,"

Plans take shape for Grand Prix
Extensive improvements to track, slightly shorter circuit and better viewing angles among changes.

Concrete installation for the Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle, which is returning to the city after a five-year hiatus, will begin in April.
There will be 450,000 square feet of concrete poured for a new paddock area and another 130,000 square feet of concrete will be used for race-circuit improvements, according to Bud Denker, senior vice president of Penske Corporation.

To enhance television and grandstand viewing, the track will be reconfigured slightly from a 2.4-mile circuit to a two-mile circuit with 14 turns.

Denker said there will be grandstand seating for 26,000 to 32,000, depending on ticket sales, and there will be 40 to 50 hospitality tents.

Rena Shanaman, events director for the Detroit Grand Prix, said that among the current priorities is signing up volunteers for the event.

TKGAngel
12-20-06, 08:27 PM
Denker said there will be grandstand seating for 26,000 to 32,000, depending on ticket sales, and there will be 40 to 50 hospitality tents.

Grandstand go up. Grandstand go down.


Rena Shanaman, events director for the Detroit Grand Prix, said that among the current priorities is signing up volunteers for the event.

Didn't she used to manage the GP of Cleveland?

Spicoli
12-20-06, 08:46 PM
Grandstand go up. Grandstand go down.



Didn't she used to manage the GP of Cleveland?

yep.

Hameroids
12-21-06, 12:21 AM
among the current priorities is signing up volunteers for the event.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e83/andrwhayess11/crackhead.jpg

theunions
12-21-06, 12:27 AM
yep.

And the US 500...

SteveH
12-21-06, 02:39 AM
And the last race at Chicago Motor Speedway

chop456
12-21-06, 03:00 AM
...there will be grandstand seating for 26,000 to 32,000, depending on how many people with free tickets can be bothered to show up.

Fixed.

pchall
12-21-06, 11:34 AM
I'd like to know who Penske payed off to get permission to make permanent alterations.

SurfaceUnits
12-21-06, 04:04 PM
^^^^ Probably the mayor- you know, the guy in hameroids post and we know what kinda currency the mayor and ftg have in common

pchall
12-21-06, 04:35 PM
^^^^ Probably the mayor- you know, the guy in hameroids post and we know what kinda currency the mayor and ftg have in common

Penske gave a small packet to the ghost of Coleman Young?

cameraman
12-21-06, 05:20 PM
You know a city is a true disaster area when somebody can come in and bulldoze a major park to fit their event without anyone saying a thing or giving a damn.:shakehead