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Title: Willow Springs Race Track Formally Listed For Sale
Post by: JWH on June 05, 2024, 05:19:18 PM
Our daughter-in-law works for the group that has the listing on the track and let me know that it is formally for sale.

https://willowsprings.teamscarborough.com

There are a ton of stories and history involving Shelby's cars racing at Willow Springs. So much so that the first picture you see when you click on the link is of a '66 GT350 running on the track.
Jeff
Title: Re: Willow Springs Race Track Formally Listed For Sale
Post by: 98SVT - was 06GT on June 05, 2024, 07:25:58 PM
How much? The last 5-6 years it's been we'll take 6.5 million for the place.
The downside is whoever buys it will want to turn it into a cash machine to replenish their purchase price. I imagine the current COCOA $200/250 for the whole weekend will double.
It's also cheap enough that a few buddies may buy it and padlock it to the public adding some condos and landscaping for their own amusement.
Title: Re: Willow Springs Race Track Formally Listed For Sale
Post by: Coralsnake on June 07, 2024, 10:19:31 AM
Dealing with the State and the neighbors are the biggest issues
Title: Re: Willow Springs Race Track Formally Listed For Sale
Post by: QuickSilverShelby on June 08, 2024, 11:57:35 AM
Quote from: Coralsnake on June 07, 2024, 10:19:31 AMDealing with the State and the neighbors are the biggest issues
I can only imagine the grinder the new owners will be put through.  Most race tracks are under some sort of threat from the general public.

QSS
Title: Re: Willow Springs Race Track Formally Listed For Sale
Post by: FL SAAC on June 08, 2024, 02:33:49 PM
This is news to me.....unbelievable all that racing history ..... gone in 60 seconds  !
Title: Re: Willow Springs Race Track Formally Listed For Sale
Post by: Bigfoot on June 08, 2024, 04:58:27 PM
For the kind of car that could run around two minutes on the full track at Watkins Glen, what would be a comparable time at Willow Springs?