smith point race info
 

hey guys, a friend told me he heard on the local news that the smith point race was canceled by the town. Hope to god it aint true, dying to see a local race.

Smiths Point race
 

Sorry to say the Smiths Point Race has been cancelled. After a years work and all permits approved the County of Suffolk pulled there permit siting traffic issues. Coast Guard Permit approved, Town of Brookhaven Regatta permit approved, use of DEC property for environment group approved, use of Parking lot at Mastic Shirley Train Station approved ( overage parking if the 5000+ Smiths Point lot is full). The parks dept. Police was concerned about our traffic plan, when asked what he thought we could change on it his reply was I haven't read it, this is the tip of the iceberg. Safety was stated as a reason for these concerns, when we showed how our plan addressed the possibility of a traffic back up they looked like the heard it for the first time, when in fact they received this info months prior. First being, we had contracted an ambulance company with 2 ambulances at the beach to respond to an emergency along with 2 roving emt's and a 4 wheel drive beach rescue vehicle. In the event of a life threatening injury we had an airlift set up in conjuctionwith our helicopter. Last weekend they closed the bridge trapping beach goers for hours to run a marathon. Doesn't make sense to me when all the local fans and businesses were ecstatic that there would be a race in the area. I would like to hear everyone's opinion of what transpired, please post it, Thanks Louie

Louie,
All we can say is thank you for trying to get it done. The Battle on the Bay is one of our favorite events and we look forward to coming back to Long Island.

Rich & Pete
Joker Powerboats/CRC 611

That's bull $hit.

Lookin like MI is on board, while ne / mid atlantic venues bail.

Sorry to hear the bad news

MD

I just dont understand some elected officals.. I guess they dont need or want extra people and money to be spend in there town.

Sorry all your hard work was tossed in the pisser due to few people.

Sound like typical politics and now all the local business Suffer along with all the hard work from Louie and his crew. I think we should all write a letter to the powers that be voicing our support for Louie and the people who worked so hard putting this event together only to have it cancled . Who should they be directed towards? And I hope the businesses in the area follow up also. I saw many smiling faces from the locals in st Clair last weekend counting up the cash from all the racers and fans. Were all behind you Louie.

Mike O
531 WHOZ YOUR DADDY

Thanks Louie
 

For all the hard work and many hours you put in. Too bad the people on Long Island didn't go to one or more of the races in Michigan to see the show. Looks like next year we may be going to Michigan 4 times?

Ray and team
Knot Guilty #644

Thanks Louie...some things you cant control.Hopefully another race in Long Island can be planned for the 2013 season.Long Island has such a strong offshore powerboat racing heritage;and we all look forward to racing there!

Man this really sucks my A$$$. I'm bustin butt along with many other friends and fellow racers to complete the build of our 4 boat and planned to debut the boat in NY. It's possible to make Port Huron but I don't want to rush. I appreciate all the hard work the OPA does for us and hope to see them continue the push to expand this sport. After all you bastards sucked me In.

Damn

Sucks to hear it Lou :(
A huge thanks to you, Kevin, Don and the whole crew for your efforts!
Jason and Johnny

That relly sucks great guys!
Maybe next year!??

It sucks that all the hard work all the OPA people did is shot down. Remember though, this is Long Island. If it's fun, than it probably wont get approved, if it's profitable, than it probably won't get approved, if it's fun and profitable than it definitely won't get approved. Our elected officials are a bunch of wankers. I'm not actually sure what thier interests really are, it definitely isn't what they say they are. I guess it's all ego. Anybody that would spend millions of dollars on a campaign to get a job where they earn between 70 and 120 thousand dollars a year isn't right upstairs in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, L I isn't all terrible. My wife and I make a pretty good living and have very nice lives here, but with that said, we get the hell out of here whenever possible. We take 3 or 4 nice vacations a year, and every place we go is better than here. It's very hard for our economy to get any better here when the elected wankers chase everybody away and do nothing to bring other people here. I know this is a bunch of venting, but it's frustrating. I couldn't even imagine how frustrating it must be for Lou and the crew. I appreciate and respect all of the effort they put in and I'm sorry that all there hard work was shot down.

You didn't see my other post.
It has nothing to do with fun or profits. Long island has alot of racing.
Fire truck races in central islip, car and bike races in riverhead. The don aronow boat race around long island. Marathon and bicycle races.
Bad mouthing the guy on the internet won't help or solve anything either.
He is a public employee and he or a rep from his office has to be brought before a judge to explain why the race is a threat to the public health and safety. This is not a hard thing to do and i was willing to help with time and money.
Lou worked hard and its a shame for him to have to put up with this nonsense from this one individual.
Jeff jacobs-country service auto transport-long islands #1 auto hauler since 1992

I guess you were responding to my post. I did say I was venting, but with that said, everything I said was accurrate. The Don Aronow race ? Really ? I know their is a little "un-official" run around L I. The real one was stopped 40-50 years ago. As far as car racing, what a joke. We had 3 tracks, they forced 2 of them out of business. No offense and I don't really want to get away from what this thread is intended for, but I stand by what I originally said.
I'm still not really sure if you were responding to my earlier post, so if you weren't, sorry. - but if you were, I hope you get what I'm talking about.

Sorry to hear of your hard work down the tube.

Sorry to hear this Louie!! All the effort of you and your crew is not taken lightly! THANKS!!!!! We'll just have to show them somewhere else what their gonna miss!

Damn Louie I know how hard you have worked at this. Hats off to you my friend for always giving it your best!!!

Sure is getting difficult to live here on this sandbar. Thanks for the hard work Louie.