We Might Lose Our Racetracks To This... Housing Development Update #1

Today we went around to update everyone on the Development that's happening around the Freedom Factory and BMP. It's coming fast, here's everything you need to know, stop asking!





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[EliminatorPerformance]

Cleeter, I would also HIGHLY RECOMMEND you team up with the local Police department. Start having them come out to events, possibly host a fundraiser, for the sole purpose of reminding council, what happened to "take it to the track." Without the Freedom Factory, street racing in the area will no doubt increase. So the police have an incentive to keep the track open and active and protect the public.

[reidy]

Garrett I am a developer and we actually had the desoto track under contract prior to you purchasing it. After we did some research we decided it was best to not touch the track and do something next to the drag strip. We are big car guys and I am super glad you ended up purchasing it. If you ever need to chat about ways you can protect yourself against neighbors let me know.

I don’t really have any other way to connect with you other than this comment. Glad you said you appreciate developers but also need boundaries set.. and as a developer completely agree with that statement.

[GrindHardPlumbingCo]

Hope you get to keep the track! And REALLY hope Sam keeps his pistol range 🤟

[RobertMorgan]

Cleetus and I are now spirit animals of being surrounded! My 100 acres has been in the family since the 60s, in the dead middle of nowhere back then...today it's surrounded by dozens of houses and I'M the 'crazy neighbor with all the property making all the noise' in the neighborhood. And all their roads are named after me, so that's cool.

[dubthumpin]

You should get a dB reader or some sort of sort of measurement of sound, run the loudest top fuel car and stand where the closest house is going to be, then take that to the developer so they can add that to the agreement, so the buyer is 100% aware of how loud it actually is.

[gungadinn]

I grew up in a very rural area. There was a gun range that was built in the 1930's that continuously operated without issue until the mid 1980's when two farms adjacent to the range started building.

The smartest thing the range did was to erect 8X16" signs warning prospective purchasers, that if the objected to gunfire, don't buy here. They went as far as warning that the cost of all civil suits would be borne by those taking legal action.

Over the years they were sued a few times, and the people bringing suit all lost. Get the signs up NOW.

[kevincobb]

Keeping those tracks loud at all times is important. Let them hear the bald eagles when they show up to meet a realtor at 10:00am on a Monday morning. Keep those tracks active.

[MikeB]

This 99-44/100% about economics...racetracks were historically built on the outskirts of towns on cheap land not particularly suited for anything productive (particularly agriculture). If the land wasn't used for a race track, it got used as a drive-in movie theater.

As cities and towns have grown and sprawled, the value of the land as a residential development outstrips the value of using the land for a racetrack (or drive-in). Even if the track survives the first subdivisions, the commercial development that follows--the supermarkets, big-box retailers--will see the land that the track is on as an opportunity.

Sure, the first sign of trouble is when neighbors start complaining about the noise, and the greasers, and the stink. But the bigger issue is that the track owners will start getting offers for their land that involve life-changing sums of money.

So a lot of the old tracks are pretty much doomed. Complain about the Karens if it makes you feel better, but it's the Benjamins (and Grants and Hamiltons) that call the shots in this world.

[larrytemen]

Keep an eye on show dates for the homes and schedule top fuel races on those days so they can clearly see what they’re getting themselves into.

[bobeyes]

If people buy a house next to a race track, they have no right to complain.

[johndevries]

Put up a billboard warning potential home purchasers of the loud tracks. The developers don't give a crap once they sell it. Hopefully everything works out. Thanks for your videos!

[jarrodvsinclair]

You guys need to put signs up on every street corner in the area letting prospective home owners know about the racetrack and that they will now be able to stop it

[ibdagimp]

Investigations for payoffs to the county commissioners needs to happen.

[ripem]

You should schedule drag races on Sundays during open houses so buyers will know what they’re really getting into

[kage]

Fight it cleet, fight as long as you can. So many tracks are closing. You have the support and platform to voice your opinions and we have your back 100%..

[darrellbarr]

In Calgary they took our local racetrack that was located well outside the city and widely loved and respected, and turned it into a compost facility. When the subdivisions started popping up so did the number of noise complaints and eventually killed what was once an icon into a dump. All I can say is good luck Brother!

[readysetnogo]

With 100% certainty, those county commissioners are being paid by these development companies.

[wolfb]

We lost our drag strip just like this. People moved in next to the track. Developments replaced farms. I wish you luck Cleetus. I hope your in deed agreement holds.

[dirtcurt]

Turn the strip into an airstrip and get airport protections. Primary airstrip, secondary drag strip.

[Driven-Productions]

The developer is crazy to build homes that close! Interesting content my man