Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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I have a better idea ..
How bout sell shares of $1000.00 each to 700 people
And let the gate pay the weekly bills, repairs
All the "profits" go into a kitty..
I'll buy two shares ..
Who is next ??
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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I have a better idea ..
How bout sell shares of $1000.00 each to 700 people
And let the gate pay the weekly bills, repairs
All the "profits" go into a kitty..
I'll buy two shares ..
Who is next ??
ill match that and raise ya on share.
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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Ok !!
695 shares left people , step up !!
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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Alright .. !!
This is too easy, 693 shares left !
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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Hi Jim, 1st dibs on the woody !!
692 shares left .. business is BOOMING today !
ps.
Better bet than a 401k lately
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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Hi Jim, 1st dibs on the woody !!
Better bet than a 401k lately
Ain't that the truth.
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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How about we make it 70 shares at $10,000 a piece...I'm in for that one I have been trying to talk the wife and my partner has been working on his. We have contacted the owners with a few generic questions about the place. The deal seems almost to good to be true, but I guess times are tough and real estate/land in the area is depressed. We have an agent doing a little research on the area and situation. Doubt we will get the wives to buy in but you never know.
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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Well you have hit on some of the "issues" Although so far it looks like they are really not going to be issues. The place is kind of isolated surrounded by farms. Gilliam is the closest town and it is relatively close but not much else around. Our guy is trying to get a feel for how the city "fathers" feel about the facility... Bad news for large events is there is no place nearby to stay really. The pits are fairly small as well..Not sure it can be a big money maker ever but worth a look and maybe a run at it..
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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Well it is 156.98 acres of land. If it is not sold it WILL NOT be re-opening for the foreseeable future. Leasing the facility is NOT an option either, the Wilhite family want it sold as they want/need to focus on their main business. Cant really blame them for that.
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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I kind of like the shares idea, HOWEVER the possibility of 699 other partners quite frankly scares the heck out of me...Been there done that with partnerships. Heck I used to be a partner is a Comp car, it was only 4 guys and it ended pretty ugly...
However I would not be opposed to buying a place like this and issuing shares to others, while maintaining a majority share. Of course I am not sure it can be made profitable for any of the share holders. One of the largest issues right now is MONEY is extremely tight right now, especially for business ventures.
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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Thats how the Green Bay Packers are ..
I don't think there would be 700 owners either more like 250 maybe (or less)
Just like buying stocks in any venture on a much smaller scale
Majority rules --2 years everyone wants to sell it goes ..simple as that really
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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Well you have hit on some of the "issues" Although so far it looks like they are really not going to be issues. The place is kind of isolated surrounded by farms. Gilliam is the closest town and it is relatively close but not much else around. Our guy is trying to get a feel for how the city "fathers" feel about the facility...
Bad news for large events is there is no place nearby to stay really. The pits are fairly small as well..Not sure it can be a big money maker ever but worth a look and maybe a run at it..
That's a real concern. Anybody who's interested should talk to the city/county planning dept; ask what their view is for the future of the area.
My dad bought a commercial building just outside of Seattle for the same price as that dragstrip; has a $6000 payment every month.
Seems that the city planners really want to see a retail establishment instead of a food processor. Even though his business fits the zoning, he's got all kinds of problems with parking, building permits, etc...
People putting in retail stores (which pay more taxes than wholesalers) aren't having these problems w/ the city hall.
If the local municipality is cool, then on to the next issue: why were the previous owners shrinking the business as opposed to growing it? Not saying it can't be turned around, but there has to be a real good plan in place to do so. We're heading into a temporary financial downturn, which will likely be very hard on a thing like a drag strip which lives or dies by peoples' discretionary income.
One more 'buzzkill' point... in the likelihood that this would take more capital to get it profitable, where would the money come from? Getting a group of guys to put the purchase price together really wouldn't be that hard. If it would pay for itself. But, if it loses money, someone's got to foot the bill. Otherwise, all the guys who put up $1000 for a piece of the action lose it when the place gets closed back down due to not being profitable, and then have to sell or be foreclosed upon.
Not trying to bash this idea; I love land, I love business, and I love racing. I think it's a REAL shame whenever a drag strip closes. But IMHO, buying into a business for emotional reasons is a good way to lose money.
Hopefully interested parties will be able to solve these problems and keep a strip open!
-bill
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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It would give you a built-in count of neighbors who won't snivel about the dragstrip being there when a community starts to build up around it! -bill
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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Well it is 156.98 acres of land. If it is not sold it WILL NOT be re-opening for the foreseeable future. Leasing the facility is NOT an option either, the Wilhite family want it sold as they want/need to focus on their main business. Cant really blame them for that.
THIS is a very unusual attitude ....something does not "smell right" here.
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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Bigdad, I remember the other track in east TX on the other site. It also started out okay, but nothing ever went further. I'm in for 2K, and I've never been as far east as NM!
In the case of Hallsvile track
A few that shall remain nameless ..
Took a offer of $390k to them ( that was asking price of it), it was was tangled in a web of murder, theft, etc
County did not want it to be used as a track, would not issue release of tax debt and so on
it sold on county courthouse to be used I'm told as homes ..
I did not go to auction guy I know did, he said it brought allot more than asking price
Soooooooo ..
There is all I know about it
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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I would be interested under the right terms. I guess i would like to see what Al and everyone find out.
I agree... Under the right terms, I would be interested. I would even be willing to review the financials, etc. to determine if it would be a viable option. There are obviously reasons, why they are selling. We would have to make sure that the proper managment team is in place to overcome what ever hurdles may come.
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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...ran quite similar to a corporation with officers and etc..
It would HAVE to be setup as a Corporation. For many reasons, liability being the biggest.
Steve
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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PS .. The NHRA is set up as a non profit organization
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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The NHRA is set up as a non profit organization
Non profits are also corporations. I do not think we would be able to come up with an exempt purpose. BTW - You would never get anyone to invest into a nonprofit.
Steve
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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An LLC is a possibility!!!
For liability reasons... YES but for transferability of ownership, etc. LLCs are not ideal.
Steve
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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700 shares at 1K each and your already out of business. Better go for 500 shares at 3K. Wages, operating expenses, improvements, etc have to come from somehere.
That's right!
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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I have a better idea ..
How bout sell shares of $1000.00 each to 700 people
And let the gate pay the weekly bills, repairs
All the "profits" go into a kitty..
I'll buy two shares ..
Who is next ??
I'm in.
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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ill take 351 shares just kidding.... tracks closing up sucks.
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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Well they changed the name of the track and web site..so someone bought it ?
Do you have a link to the new web site? Jim
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Re: Drag Strip Business Opportunity
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What he said...The Cherokee site just absorbed the Red River webpage, nothing has changed, at least in the last 48 hours.
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NEWS FLASH !!!!
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Here is the news as I hear it .. Cherokee county (Rusk, Tx) has been closed forever, some say the bulldozers have already been there ? Its going to be a game ranch ? look on website message board and some of that looks to be confirmed there I am also told that Red River is sold and will open in January Possible there is a connection ? I will bring more news as I dig it up
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Re: NEWS FLASH !!!!
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Any other news , It has been sold they tell me
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