1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: After ninety five year Speaking of cars, ninety five years, 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: Auckland's Western Springs Speedway moving to wake Oraka Park. Auckland 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: councilors yesterday fist the old meeting. Apparently they voted to 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: move it out to way Iraka. It's spent eleven million 5 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: dollars upgrading the place. It's been a real battle. John 6 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: McCallum's the manager of Western Springs Speedway and as well 7 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: as John Morning. 8 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 2: Good morning man. You said indeed we are. Yeah, I 9 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 2: mean who wouldn't be ninety five years at history and 10 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 2: that's an iconic venue. Finally pointing the curtain down. 11 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: Does it make sense? It loses money, You're better off 12 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: somewhere else, make some more money, do it more often? 13 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:33,840 Speaker 1: Blah blah blah or is that just bollocks? 14 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: No, it makes sense if you want to face the realities. 15 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 2: But normally a counsel investment of eleven million dollars a 16 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 2: year sport you'd be jumping for joy. But it's a 17 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 2: pretty hard fact to celebrate when it's tied to You 18 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 2: could have the eleven million dollars, but you're no long 19 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 2: going to be your. 20 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: Home and so so if you would, could you have 21 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: done anything at Western Springs's Was there a way around it, 22 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: realistically or not realistically? 23 00:00:57,800 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 2: There was there was. It was made very clear to 24 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 2: us by Tau, the landlord there, that there was no 25 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 2: future for speedway Western Springs. They hadn't hidden from that, 26 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 2: and I guess one of the things that came out 27 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 2: of yesterday was the chair of Tartak. He was able 28 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 2: to stand up there and say, look, we're not offering 29 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 2: a new license. There is no future at Western Springs 30 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 2: and everybody got to hear that. But they have delivered 31 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,479 Speaker 2: on their promise of assisting with the eleven million dollars 32 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 2: to build a new facility. 33 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: Could it boom at why Kraka the Sports It could? 34 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,559 Speaker 2: I mean we've got a huge opportunity there to build 35 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 2: a new track, a new stadium. All the things that 36 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 2: were missing at Western Springs, the many benefits around the 37 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 2: accessibility and for competitors, and the amount of restriction on 38 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 2: dates and the things that make Western Springs so hard 39 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 2: to operate under the Unitary Plan and the Council regulations etc. 40 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 2: Will be removed. So it will definitely give it a lifeline. 41 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 2: And it was the only lifeline. It's been a much 42 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 2: better option than disappearing completely. There was no open wheeler 43 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 2: racing in Auckland or take our money. Yeah, go to 44 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 2: wike Grecord Park and build your whole future. 45 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: Good stuff, build it, they will come good on you. John, 46 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: appreciate it very much. John McCallum, the meeting, This has 47 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: been going on for years. Of course it won't bore 48 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: the rest of the country with Auckland's problems, but they 49 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: had a nice seven hour dissertation yesterday. Just in case 50 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: you want to be a counselor and you wonder why 51 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 1: know where you can be bothered voting in half the 52 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: people are on council alreadiot because yesterday just one decision 53 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: was and this was not just one meeting. They've had 54 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: god knows how many meetings over the years, but yesterday's 55 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 1: back and forward was just the just the cool seven hours. 56 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 2: For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 57 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 2: news talks it'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 58 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.