Fall River Ma. Race cancelled !
I received this e-mail today. Soo, i don't know if it's my buisness to announce it. I thought it would benefit anyone who had made plans to attend to get this news quickly. though.Special thanks to everyone who tried to make it happen.
From a sad race fan. Hello Racers and Race Fans, It’s not easy to write an email like this because of the message that it carries. The Fall River Race is officially CANCELLED. We will try again next year. The Fall River Race was to be a part of the annual summer festival that would have had you racing in front of 200,000 people that pack the streets of Fall River each summer during the festival weekend. The boat race was being positioned as the highlight of the weekend. This race was fully funded with General Motors and GMAC as the title sponsors. The town wanted the race, the mayor wanted the race and the racers gave their full support but the Coast Guard had their own concerns and denied the permit. Stating issues of homeland and harbor security, a convenient catch-all-phrase that can be wielded without any real merit under the guise of National Security. We filed the permit within the required 135 day time frame prior to the event and tried to work closely with the CG to remove any and all concerns about safety and security of the harbor. We got caught between the officer’s vacation time (three weeks) and his lack of checking out OPA’s reputation for running safe races at other locations, the easy answer was just to say no to racing. Smitty was prepared to do battle with the CG as he had done in Camden two years ago, which led to an approved permit but today at noon was GM’s absolute deadline. They needed to know TODAY so that they could plan their participation with car displays and spokes models. Working with the Coast Guard can often be difficult, especially when it’s a new race site like this one. For that reason, Smitty is putting in a permit TODAY for NEXT YEAR. The Coast Guard has been known to hold off on approving permits until just days or in some cases hours before the event. This is unfair to the racers, volunteers and fans that have to make travel plans weeks before the event. This has to change, and it’s our intention to pursue the issue until the Coast Guard sees it from our point of view and understands that more lives are affected than their own. OPA is truly sorry for this inconvenience to all the people that have worked so hard to make this race happen and especially to Walter Collins for his relentless effort. There is nothing more we can do for this year, but next year will be a different story. Moving on to the Maryland races in September. We have Coast Guard approvals in hand for both the Ocean City |
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that plain sucks :mad: they just had the poker run a couple of weeks ago :rolleyes: most be the dicks in the office
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:mad: :( douche bags
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uhhhh,
Since Fall River got cancelled, anybody want to come with Sticks and I to 1000 Islands? Sounds like a good time, no pressure,fun weekend. Jersey Boys,anybody ????? Rich Rio Roses |
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Darn one more race we wont make. :(
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