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Rupewrecht
21-05-2003, 10:52 AM
Taken from the CAMS website:

CAMS today announced the cancellation of Calder Park’s track licence, effective immediately, due to the operator, Calder Park Motorsport Promotions Pty Ltd, becoming insolvent.

The Board of Calder Park Motorsport Promotions Pty Ltd passed a resolution on 19 March 2003 that the entity was insolvent and has been subsequently placed into administration.

With no expectations of future trading and no ability to pay for Calder Park’s track licence for 2003, CAMS President, Colin Osborne, said CAMS had no option but to remove the licence.

"This unfortunately means that no CAMS permitted events can be held at Calder Park after today unless a new operator successfully applies for a track licence", said Osborne.

"Administrators of Calder Park Motorsport Promotions Pty Ltd have been given every opportunity to continue with the current track licence but have chosen not to."

Osborne concluded, "The situation is obviously disappointing for clubs that have meetings planned at Calder Park in the coming months. CAMS will endeavour to provide assistance to the affected clubs in sourcing alternative venues to enable these meetings to run".

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That pretty fubar, but it's been coming for a while - Calders been for sale for ages, and the land is worth a fortune. But losing a dragstrip so close to the city is a big loss for Melb, and is only going to push more of it back onto the streets...not that it ever left by any stretch of the imagination :wink:

oh well, i was going to go to Heathcote anyway :? :roll:

kyra
21-05-2003, 11:15 AM
Dan,

It does not affect the off-street drags, or private events. It only affects CAMS affiliated events, such as the Konica V8's etc.
Bob Jane will be appealing this in court soon.

But yeah, plenty of land dollar value there.

Cheers,
Bill

Rupewrecht
21-05-2003, 11:57 AM
yeah - i just read the paper and saw that! doh! :oops:

i saw this last night and at the time there was no reply from Calder/Bob Jane...doh! :(

Cosmo Dude
21-05-2003, 01:20 PM
I've just read the blurb from CAMS (pre press release).

Looks like a new housing estate in the nort west :cry:
Looks like one less job for Bob. Many people have wanted to update Calder in the past but Bob Jane wouldn't sell.

The track licence was a joke, if it rained then you couldn't race on the drag strip.

Rod

kyra
21-05-2003, 04:05 PM
yeah, and Rob, that was for good reason! you don't want some 400hp car sliding out of control in the wet... it is about limiting liability, and dare say, when it rains, the probability of crashing goes through the roof.

Cosmo Dude
21-05-2003, 09:57 PM
Kerah,
My point was that Calder was not well maintained and that Bob was more interested in cash flow than motorsport. Selling the land as housing lots would be better for his pocket than providing a safe motorsport venue :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Dogo
22-05-2003, 08:59 AM
who's rich ?
lets buy the company !