Kitsap Caucus

Gearing Up

Chuck Stark writes:
As the Kitsap Sun’s sports editor, I’ll try to keep you updated on what the speedway means to motorsports fans and, more importantly, what it means to the future of motorsports in this region.

I’ll try to answer any questions you have about the NASCAR Nextel Cup, Busch, Craftsman Truck, and IndyCar races. And if I don’t know the answers, I’ll try to find someone who can.
Currently, Bremerton Raceway serves as the home for local drag racers and sports car clubs. But the Bremerton Port, which leases the property on the back side of Bremerton National Airport, has told the racing community that the airport will eventually expand to that area.
Bremerton Motorsports Park, which oversees the racing at Bremerton Raceway, has talked about building a new facility adjacent to the new speedway, providing it gets built. The BMP remains in a waiting mode. The BMP has talked about providing a go-cart track, an oval for stock car and demolition derbies, a road-racing course, a drag strip, motorcyclists, BMX racers, the whole gamut.
Like the International Speedway Corportation racetrack, the BMP’s project would be a public/private partnership.

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4 Responses to “Gearing Up”

1. Vivian Henderson Says:
   December 7th, 2005 at 8:07 pm

   I haven’t been for or against the track. I’m not a big fan of spending tax payers money for sports stadiums. But on the other hand I spent much of my youth at the Daytona Speedway and it is a way of life down there. So I don’t understand the big objection. But when I read in the paper that if it is built as a public/private venture it will not generate any property taxes it is losing favor with me. We have enough property off the tax rolls in Kitsap County.

2. Bryan Payne Says:
   December 13th, 2005 at 6:34 am

   I can’t speak specificly to wether or not they will be paying property taxes or not, but I’m pretty positive of this, the revenue a facility like this will generate when built will be imense! Every hotel full for at least a 100 mile radius.

3. Zachary Slaton Says:
   August 6th, 2006 at 8:05 pm

   I think Bryan is on to something. What about additional revenues not only generated on race day, but property taxes generated from the additional hotels that might be built in the area to house those attending the race?

4. Linda Hinton Says:
   August 7th, 2006 at 11:18 pm

   You know, people come from a hundred miles around to see Santa that one day of the year. Lots of crowds, the stores and restaurants, and even the hotels are full….. And then what?

   To me, there is just a huge concrete, polluting eyesore! What a terrible waste. The stores survive because they always have another holiday, another sale, constant change. And do we need another “Silverdale Way” traffic jam, magnified by a zillion? Look at the energy and money that is being invested in working to improve it. Silverdale Way is the heart of that town, so it has a purpose.