Sorry, guys. Things aren't looking so good for Primus. Manatee county officials and apparently a few "local residents" are putting up roadblocks and there's not much the track owner can do right now.

The June event is now officially cancelled. All entries received for that event will be returned by mail. Those who paid cash will receive a refund check from the club.

Things are still up in the air, but we expect that the September Primus event probably won't happen. The December one... maaaaybe, but I'm not really optomistic about that one. We're dealing with governmental red tape and politics, these things take time.

At this point, the SunRiders are looking for other options for the scheduled dates. Our sponsor, Ferman MINI, wants to continue to support these types of events, we just need to find a venue for them.

I know we've touched on this subject in this forum before, but if anyone has any ideas, and especially good contacts for a small track such as Primus, or even a really big autocross site, please let me know.

Right now I can tell you that Sunshine Speedway is too small (for this... we could do a small SPC-type autocross there), Tampa Bay Downs is too expensive ($1500 plus $5M in insurance coverage... the insurance is the killer, it would cost us over $8k... for an autocross!), Tropicana Field is too expensive ($3k+ just to rent). We're trying to get a crew over to the big Oval track in Lakeland (I forget the name) this weekend to check it out and see if we can do anything with that.

Other ideas are welcome!