Aging Baby Boomers Will Love this Fast Track

It’s the fourth of July in the cafe, and we’re getting our reward for sending out emails to our coffee lovers. I got at least six people who said they came in ’cause we sent the email. It’s not that busy but it is always heartening to welcome new folks here. Among them was a local man with a large Honda Gullwing motorcycle and the principal of the Deerfield Elementary school, both here for their first visit.

Today’s WSJ has a story about a place where drivers of fast cars can go to put the pedal to the metal–legally. In Monticello, NY, a course is being built at a $50 million cost that will allow speeds up to 200 mph. Passing is not allowed. In the passenger seat sits an instructor, who tells the novice Ferrari or Porsche owner when to speed up and when to slow down.

Of course, like so many things in life these days—this won’t come cheap. Initiation fees of $100,000, and annual dues of up to $7500 will make this appropriate for those who spend $200K on their cars. It turns out one of the owners of the track, Michael Kaplan, did some research and found that New York, Jersey and Connecticut had the highest concentration of fast car owners in the US.

The new track will be heaven for those who want to speed–straightaways with twice the width of an interstate, and triple wide around corners. A one-mile straight shot will be a perfect place to really test out their cars top speeds.