![]() ![]() ![]() Such renovations included a slight course modification in the northeastern area, and the construciton of new facilities like semi-permanent viewing decks, storage sheds, and a two-floor building housing announcers and concessions. Track officials hoped to implement an amendment to the existing CUP which would allow for ERX to be expanded. ![]() As it is legally regarded as “Extreme Commercial Recreation”, a CUP is required to operate. The meeting’s ERX discussion lasted approximately three hours and focused on whether a conditional use permit should be approved. Prior to Monday, a petition circulated with calls to shut down the track. Non-racing events include Day of the Dozer, which teaches families about construction safety, and concerts. COR and Nitro RX held races at ERX during their inaugural seasons (track co-owner Andrew Carlson competed in both), and the latter is listed on ERX’s website as returning for the 2022/23 season on 1/2 October. The track began life as a snocross circuit before expanding to host short course off-road events. Perhaps the most notable example in recent American motorsport comes at the historic Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, where NASCAR‘s efforts to revitalise it for potential national series competition are hamstrung by residential opposition.Īlthough generally liked by the community and regarded as a boon to the local economy, ERX does not possess the benefit of extensive history like Nashville, having opened in 2008. Much of the resistance concerns noise or upgraded facilities encroaching on private property, both of which are not uncommon reasons for race tracks in populated residential areas failing to see much further development and/or the arrival of larger racing championships, a concept that is commonly dubbed NIMBYism (“Not In My Back Yard”). The Elk River City Council held a meeting on Monday to discuss whether to grant changes to the track’s conditional use permit (CUP), though debate has delayed a decision until the COR race weekend on 15/16 July. However, complaints have hampered hopes of expanding the facility and potentially placed its existence on the line. ERX Motor Park in Elk River, Minnesota, is a popular spot in the region for snowmobile and off-road racing, the latter of which includes annual stops by Championship Off-Road and Nitro Rallycross. ![]()
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