Google Earth possibilities. lol

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Google Earth possibilities. lol

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#1) Smokies Stadium
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 9&t=h&z=17
#2) And this one I believe is the old Siemens building in Johnson City
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source= ... 9&t=h&z=16
Google......
Its a great way to kill some time looking for tarmac! :)
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Those links are the same.
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Smokies stadium is old and busted....we used to run there.

Is Siemen's the building with the unbelievably awful pavement?
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Fixed it :pirate:
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thrdeye wrote:Smokies stadium is old and busted....we used to run there.

Is Siemen's the building with the unbelievably awful pavement?
I went to a game a couple of weeks ago and the pavement still had the break. My uncle lives right near the stadium and passes it everyday. He is suppose to call me as soon as he sees someone out there paving the lot. But, he has been suppose to call me for the last 2-3 years.
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We ran at Seimen's yrs ago and the managers son ran with us but they didnt like the marks that we left on the lot.
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whenry wrote:We ran at Seimen's yrs ago and the managers son ran with us but they didnt like the marks that we left on the lot.
:lol: Boo hoo, I got marks on my lot...
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whenry wrote:We ran at Seimen's yrs ago and the managers son ran with us but they didnt like the marks that we left on the lot.
McCrary and Pilson? :lol:
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Seimen's went out a long time ago. Borla exhaust owns it now. If pavement is good it would be worth a shot. Chad
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hmm you would think Borla would welcome some sort of motorsports... free advertising to gearheads.. ???
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TedV wrote:hmm you would think Borla would welcome some sort of motorsports... free advertising to gearheads.. ???
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Didn't the BMW club or somebody have an event there? I forget the guys name but I think the guy from Bristol with the older M3 that is just georgous was talking about an event there.
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gbwrx wrote:I forget the guys name but I think the guy ... that is just georgous was talking about an event there.

Is there something we should know?
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gbwrx wrote:Didn't the BMW club or somebody have an event there? I forget the guys name but I think the guy from Bristol with the older M3 that is just georgous was talking about an event there.
Mike Washington is his name. He posts on here sometimes. He worked at the company that had that building before Borla. He'd probably be a good way in there.
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It was looked at before and the problem was not Borla. In fact they welcomed us. Maybe it was Doug or Mark that took a look.

The first step is to actually look at the lot.

BTW, most people badly under-estimate the amount of space needed although this lot maybe big enough. I have gone on many wild goose chases where the lots were way too small.
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