Rocky Mountain Vintage Racing- Hastings 2013

bbtran72 · Post by **bbtran72** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:08 pm

These guys come to MPH(Motorsports Park Hastings) every year during the weekend of Labor Day and they are a blast and also super lould. I am supprise the track does not advertise this event or most of the events they have because i'm sure lots of people would come since they do not charge to get in. For the rest check my flickr out

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbtran72

Post by **Brad** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:19 pm

Nice. Â I have been to Hastings many times, but I never knew there was a track there.

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:18 pm

Where is this?

Post by **Brad** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:25 pm

Coyote wrote:Where is this?

East edge of Hastings, Nebraska. Â In railroad terms, South of the BN, East of the UP...

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:51 pm

That explains a LOT. Â On Saturday of labor day weekend this year we went to Grand Island to the state fair. Â on I80 West bound I passed or was passed by at least 5 difforent cars of this style being trailers. Â Wondered what was going on. Â now I know!

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:54 pm

Coyote wrote:Where is this?

Hastings is South of Grand ISland about 25 miles or about 20 Miles S of the interstate! Â Â

bbtran72 · Post by **bbtran72** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:14 pm

Here's a better view of the track(2.1 mile) looking south west with highway 6 on the bottom right and UP railroad intersecting it. Â I have been working for the track since it opened in 2006 and i doubt even 25% of people on here knows about it or been there. Though i admit it is a really sweet track in the middle of Nebraska.

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:17 pm

I had never heard of this before, and I am a huge fan. I looked at it from Google maps, but couldn't see a Grandstand there...

Post by **Brad** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:25 pm

Coyote wrote:I had never heard of this before, and I am a huge fan. I looked at it from Google maps, but couldn't see a Grandstand there...

May be we will need to go take a few laps on our way to see the cranes in the spring...

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:33 pm

Brad wrote:
Coyote wrote:I had never heard of this before, and I am a huge fan. I looked at it from Google maps, but couldn't see a Grandstand there...
May be we will need to go take a few laps on our way to see the cranes in the spring...

In Elmer? Â :;):

bbtran72 · Post by **bbtran72** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:45 pm

There isn't really a Grandstand, which is sad because big events(80+ cars) like these will bring hundreds of people and there's only 1 stand that holds 30 ish. Â They also have a facebook page(that i started and run for them) that you guys should check out. Â It's almost the end of the racing season but usually there's a motorcycle, car, street drag event once a month which keeps the track and i pretty busy.

https://www.facebook.com/RaceMph

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:01 pm

This would have been so neat to go to. My dad would have loved this.

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:52 pm

If I had known about this, I would have had hundreds of photos on my page by now.

Who is the promoter? And why as this place been so obscure?

bbtran72 · Post by **bbtran72** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:57 pm

Coyote wrote:If I had known about this, I would have had hundreds of photos on my page by now.

Who is the promoter? And why as this place been so obscure?

Promoter/ guy running the show is the track manager. Â He runs it by word of mouth which is to me not the best business strategies for multimillion dollar track if the investors ever want there money back. Â No advertisement is your answer.

guitarguy · Post by **guitarguy** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:25 pm

Is this track open to the public? In the not so distant future I plan on making a cheap road course race car and have been bummed about the lack of racing options around the area..

bbtran72 · Post by **bbtran72** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 7:33 am

guitarguy wrote:Is this track open to the public? In the not so distant future I plan on making a cheap road course race car and have been bummed about the lack of racing options around the area..

YES it is. Â Every Friday they have this event called Speed Friday where you can take your car and go crazy from 10am-4pm for $125

Candleshoe · Post by **Candleshoe** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 7:43 am

George Anderson of Gessford Machine Shop http://www.gessford.com/ is the primary owner.

The original plan was to have grandstands, but in the early days as the first events took place and the rented temporary bleachers were moderately filled, it seemed like this type of road racing wasn't going to be a terrific draw on a regular basis. Combining this with the cost of staffing public events and the insurance required to have public attendance and George made the decision to focus on leasing the track to clubs as opposed to being a promoter of local public race events. These regional and national clubs are made up of people who have stupid amounts of money to put into their hobby and there are precious few places for them to hold their rallies. Hastings is as perfect a location as you could probably find.

bbtran72 · Post by **bbtran72** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 9:02 am

candleshoes pretty much answered it when it was in the early years. Â But now that it is SLOWLY getting popular due to friday night street drag, they should build a bigger stand because on any given night when it is held, you can expect over 150+ people watching easily. They do have security right at the entrance and enough staff to do so. Â Also George mainly runs it/manage it, he doesn't own it. Â There are over a dozen of owners/investors

Post by **Brad** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 9:48 am

bbtran72 wrote:YES it is. Every Friday they have this event called Speed Friday where you can take your car and go crazy from 10am-4pm for $125

I should take my 67 Volkswagen Beetle out there. Â It would be awesome to get it up to 65...

bbtran72 · Post by **bbtran72** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 10:25 am

Brad wrote:
bbtran72 wrote:YES it is. Every Friday they have this event called Speed Friday where you can take your car and go crazy from 10am-4pm for $125
I should take my 67 Volkswagen Beetle out there. It would be awesome to get it up to 65...

Ratrod it

then you could turn that beetle into a 150+mph monster

Post by **Brad** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 10:29 am

bbtran72 wrote:
Brad wrote:
bbtran72 wrote:YES it is. Every Friday they have this event called Speed Friday where you can take your car and go crazy from 10am-4pm for $125
I should take my 67 Volkswagen Beetle out there. It would be awesome to get it up to 65...
Ratrod it then you could turn that beetle into a 150+mph monster

No thanks. Â Its mostly original and it's a pre-august 67 so it has all the old lights, bumpers, dash, and other items.

guitarguy · Post by **guitarguy** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 3:35 pm

Thanks for the info!! Looks like I have found where I will be heading towards for racing..

icejammer · Post by **icejammer** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 12:28 pm

bbtran72 wrote:YES it is. Every Friday they have this event called Speed Friday where you can take your car and go crazy from 10am-4pm for $125

Sounds pretty comparable in price to Mid America Motorplex down by Glenwood

bbtran72 · Post by **bbtran72** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 2:47 pm

icejammer wrote:
bbtran72 wrote:YES it is. Every Friday they have this event called Speed Friday where you can take your car and go crazy from 10am-4pm for $125
Sounds pretty comparable in price to Mid America Motorplex down by Glenwood

It is and even tracks that i have been to from colorado and ks are priced similar.

TitosBuritoBarn · Post by **TitosBuritoBarn** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 5:24 pm

Interesting mix of cars. Is it like a mix of car clubs? There's a surprising number of Austin Healey Sprites, Porsche 914s and E21 BMW 3-Series.

bbtran72 · Post by **bbtran72** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 8:52 pm

TitosBuritoBarn wrote:Interesting mix of cars. Is it like a mix of car clubs? There's a surprising number of Austin Healey Sprites, Porsche 914s and E21 BMW 3-Series.

Yes different clubs every month and each club has different class for faster/slow cars, Â RMVR is definitely my favorite event of the year. Most people have some of these car parked in the garage and only take it out on a sunny day, where these guys take it around the track bumping each other.

List of couple of clubs that Motorsports Park Hastings hosts:

Porsche club america
SCCA
RVMR
Ducati Omaha-Track addix
Nasa
Mustang/ Ford
Viper/Mopar Rendezvous
KART
Harchelroad