Victory Lane: Subdivision for Race Fans
Published by Joel May 8th, 2007 in Cars, Real Estate. Share This
I hate subdivisions. Grew up in ‘em in my teen years. Just aren’t my scene. Not enough character.
But if I were going to move into one—and god forbid a faux “luxury” one—it would be “Victory Lane,” the under-development community being built in the hills of Georgia. At Victory Lane’s heart: a 4.5-mile race track, including a mile-long straight that doubles as an airstrip.
Watching the promotional video is creepy, of course, not only because Le Mons winner Phil Hill looks like he’s on his last legs, but because of the thumping, action movie soundtrack, showing armed guards and a surely statistically disproportionate amount of white folk for the Georgia hills. But I love the idea of suburbs being built around hobbies that aren’t golf. (Although Victory Lane has a golf course, too, naturally.)
Lots start at $665k. If you build a house there, be sure to invite me. I’ll bring the beer—you bring the Veyron.
Victory Lane home [UnlimitedSpeed.net via John Chow]
Well, it looks like I’m going to have to move to Georgia.
Actually, the development is located in the piedmont section of Georgia, within an hour of the Atlantic coast. It is not very “hilly”. (btw, the residents of the Georgia hills are disproportionately “white” as compared to the rest of the state’s population). The average income of the families residing within 30 miles of this project is around 20k per year. I doubt many of us will get to step foot on the property once it is completed. MAYBE some of the lucky ones will get service jobs. I personally think it is obscene to build a mega-million playground for the rich across the road from ramshackle mobile homes inhabited by primarily illegal mexicans who rely on the local Vidalia Sweet Onion crop to make a living. But, since the whole area is economically depressed, any kind of activity which might augment the local tax base is appreciated, I suppose.
I hope they hurry up and get fully entrenched on the property… before the south georgia summer dampens their enthusiasm. Oh yeah, we have gnats, too. ( and ticks, chiggers, snakes, mosquitos)
I guess a dome might be considered in the future.
Personally, my family and I have been waiting for thisa type of opportunity for years. They have 122 sites w/at leat ten sold already. What is the limit on one family can buy? We are looking at buying the remainder of the lots available and maybe building ten houses, Not to live in…. but it sure is easy money!We’ve been doing this for 30 years +. We haven’t lost a dime to date. Don’t get any ideas though. Early bird gets the worm., None will be left by the time you call!
Discusting. I can’t think of a more miserable place nto live. Can you squeeze in another way to waste fuel please?
No doubt, the machine guns are needed to keep those undesirable Mexican immegrants from crossing the road and tainting the luxurious fantasy land created by a visionary with more money than sense. After getting up at the crack of dawn to dig onions by hand until dusk I imagine the migrant workers might get a little peeved when their uppity neighbors next door decide to rev up the engines all night. As for the inordinately high number of white folks in the video…well, when you watch a Nascar race look in the stands. Mostley white? Uh…yep. Besides, most black folk can’t afford that fat $665 lot expense. The ones that can are too smart to move there in the first place. Like most ventures of this magnitude that start out in our area, this one will probably be a royal failure within 5 years. The race track will be grown over with weeds and the gunmen will be playing cards with the Mexican’s because they are bored. I agree with Race Fan. With gas prices and the concerns of fuel economy being a national concern, building a race track luxury resort is impractical and abusive to our natural resources.