Keep Dragracing alive in Holland(Europe) we need your vote and support

Dragracedr88.nl is now official online! We need your help

The site is in Dutch and English! here some more information.

Holland is a small country, we have only one Dragstrip.
This strip is located in Drachten, in the northern part of Holland.
Its normally in use as a local airport for business and hobby planes.
Last Year the City Council and Major of Drachten gave a company the assignment to clean the Airstrip. This was done 3 days before the last event of the year. The company used chemicals that disintegrated the tar, and destroyed the surface of the strip. This Resulted in a major defect to the surface, and the race had to be cancelled unfortunately.
After this major mistake, Explosion filed a complaint to the City Council and Major. The two party’s are not on speaking terms anymore, at least not in a public way.



So we need you to vote! Please help us!!!

The site is owned, and run by volunteers and people who love the sport!The site is payed for by private and corporate sponsors.




Dont let Dutch Dragracind die pleease

 

I've voted.
I would also like to ask everyone on here to support this. Just imagine if your local drag racing strip was to close!
Well...this is the ONLY one in Holland. There is no other places only in other countries. They need your support and it won't take you much time.
Thanks
Mel

 

Don't know how effective it can be, coming from someone from a distant country, but I voted! Hope it can help in some way.

 

Thanx for the Support!!

And thanx to all who that are going to vote and Support us!!

later today ot tommorow i`m goint to fix some support banners and adds in english..



We realy apriciate the support and effort from every one!

 

BTTT

Dont wanna look like spam, but we need all the help...

 

I voted too!
I guess its like everywhere in europe, they build soccerstadiums for millions, but cant provide a simple straight piece of asphalt to race on!

 

You got it right...

thanx for the support

spread the word in sweden!!!

 

"300" votes in 24 hour

Keep it going strong fellow rodders!!

 

Is this anywhere close to Elspeet?

 

Its a small country, Cali is bigger, so Yes its close to Elspeet!!


WE need vote`s People

 

It's about an hour's drive from Drachten to Elspeet.

Maybe some pics might help to get some 'perspective' on things in our tiny country;

Here's a Google-map of the airstrip in question: Click Here
It's a little over a half-mile stretch of asphalt, where Dragrace-club "Explosion" holds (only) 3 three-day race-events every year.
At the moment, it's the only location in the Netherlands where a 'full-scale' race-event can be held.

Aerial-photo during a race-event...



Here are some dragrace actionpics of July 2006, the last dragrace just before the 'trouble started' on the strip....

http://www.explosiondragracing.com/history/2006/DII/1.htm
http://www.explosiondragracing.com/history/2006/DII/2.htm
http://www.explosiondragracing.com/history/2006/DII/3.htm
http://www.explosiondragracing.com/history/2006/DII/4.htm
http://www.explosiondragracing.com/history/2006/DII/5.htm

After the "cleanup" ordered by the City-council, parts of the track looked like this...
http://www.dutchmusclecars.com/dmcforum/album_pic.php?pic_id=837

So the following race-event had to be cancelled becasue of this. This was last year and as of today, there's unfortunatly still no sight of if, or when, there will be another dragrace in Drachten.



Some 'forum-period' correct pics of cars at the strip..

 

Got my vote and added a link on the UK NSRA website for you also.

Also e-mailed the story to every car guy I know and asked them to spead the word.

Good Luck!!!

Gotzy

 

Thanx Gotzy!!

Thats the feedback we need!!! Spread the gospel, if this Strip closes down, we no longer have a dragstrip in Holland...

we made 400 + votes now

 

sorry to this, we need the help BTTT

(how can i reach a modderator, can this be a sticky Topic, we could use the attention form fellow rodders and racers)

 

BTTT sorry

 

diddely Done
Sure hope things goes your way !!
Klaz

 

We made an English version for the clickable banner
spread the word and help us...others wise we are screwed




Plaese spread this banner..

 

we made 600 votes in 3 days
Thanks to those who voted, and thow who will vote in the near future

 

Site was ofline due to bandtwith problems, back online

 

I voted too... I wish we had a dragstrip around here...

 

we have lots of germans Racing here..
Thanx for the vote!!

 

I voted. Being danish, a regular asphalt strip is just not something you find in your backyard, or generally anywhere but in air strips. So more european strips nearby couldn't be better!

Good luck guys!

 

In '87, me and a couple of buddy's went there.

I hydroplaned all the way over there, changed tires and put open exhaust on my Abarth, and made a couple of passes.

My low 17, high 16sec times were even good enough for a couple of win's...( a wet track, the great equaliser...)

Granaded the diff in my car, which ment a long trip home at the end of a rope...

That was a fun day.

I hope you guys get this situation sorted out...

 

One vote from Finland

 

When you vote,tell them the "motivation"is tourism(you would like to attend when you are in holland.Politicians eat up the T word.

 

Thanx to all of you, and good to hear and read the comments

Keep them votes getting in and spread the word!

You guys rule 4 voting!!

 

Placed my vote this morning. I hope everything works out for everyone concerned.

Glenn

 

I'm in there too

Good Luck

Paul

 

Thanx again, and a nice sneaky BTTT

 

Yep you did!! Thanx!!!