Wow..... your story about the possibility of your range closing down brought back some memories. One of the local dirt tracks I used to race at up in Jersey was going through the same crap. The track was there since the late 60's, and there was only one house on the corner (about 1/2 mile from the track.... with nothing but farm fields between), but in the late 80's - Early 90's the old man died and his sons did not want to take over the family farm, so they sold it to a developer who then began putting houses up on the fields. Many a times; it went to the courts and township hearing and what not, and the track has always won due to the acknowledgement it was there before these houses were built. But in 2006 - 2007, the track owner and management decided they got tired of the complaints and legal procedures so decided to close down (which actually worked in benefit, because they then built up a bigger and better venue about an hour or so away...... went from a 5/8 dirt oval to a 2.25 asphalt road course with a dirt track in the plans on the adjacent property). Cracks me up though because last time I was up that way, they ended up building a motocross track right on the same property where the track was located.... they are even using the same stands when there are bigger events there.
