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Scrambul drag racing event will go on despite last-minute safety concerns
The Scrambul Runway Challenge drag racing event scheduled for this weekend at the Calverton Enterprise Park will go forward despite last-minute safety concerns raised by Supervisor Yvette Aguiar.
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Aguiar says she would support making Calverton drag strip permanent
Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar said today she would support making an unused airstrip at the Enterprise Park in Calverton a permanent site for racing.
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Drag racing returns to LI: ‘Race Track, Not Street’ event draws big crowd to Calverton
More than 200 cars raced on one of the Calverton Enterprise Park runways Saturday afternoon in the first installment of "Race Track, Not Street" series of drag racing events in Calverton. Photo slideshow.
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New drag racing series begins at EPCAL’s airstrip this Saturday
An airstrip at the Enterprise Park in Calverton is now set up and ready for an eight day, eighth-mile drag racing series, called “Race Track, Not Street," starting this Saturday and running through the next four weekends.
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Civic coalition brings concerns about Calverton drag racing events to State DEC
The EPCAL Watch Coalition wrote to DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos to ask the state environmental watchdog to step in to make sure the drag racing events won't endanger the groundwater aquifer or protected grassland habitats. Of particular concern, the group said, is a solvent-based resin to be used to enhance traction on the runway for drag racing.
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Drag race promoter says town permit allows 4,000 people per event, but runway agreement limits attendance to 1,100
Some town board members expressed confidence that everything will work out fine, despite apparent conflicting terms of permit and runway agreement.“We always can stop it on a moment's notice if it's not what we agreed to,” Councilman Tim Hubbard said.
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Riverhead approves drag racing events for five weekends in August and September
The “Race Track, Not Street” is a series pf eight race events — five daytime and three nighttime — over four consecutive weekends beginning Aug. 21. The Scrambul Runway Challenge is a two-day event on the weekend of Sept 25-26.
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Dates changed for EPCAL drag races to avoid bird-nesting season
The dates of the two drag racing proposals at the Calverton Enterprise Park have changed after an environmental assessment found that the event’s would interfere with local birds’ nesting season.
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Riverhead delays final approval for Scrambul Runway Challenge drag-racing event
After public comments and board discussion that lasted nearly two hours, the Riverhead Town Board delayed action on the Scrambul drag race event planned for June 19 & 20 until it received and reviewed the fire marshal's report and confirmed coordination with the police department, Manorville Fire Department and Riverhead ambulance.
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Drag-racing on Calverton runways approved for June 19 & 20
A two-day drag-racing event on the runways at the Calverton Enterprise Park won unanimous approval yesterday from the Riverhead Town Board. A second series of drag-racing events over eight days this summer remains under consideration.