Big, loud, colourful drag racers haven’t been at the Alberni Valley Regional Airport since it was expanded in 2015.
A Port Alberni drag-racing association is hoping to persuade those in charge of the area’s airport to allow an annual racing event called Thunder in the Valley back on airport property.
The association wants to use one end of the airport’s 5,000-foot runway, Haggerty said. Racing would take place on a 660-foot stretch, which would give racers a one-eighth-of-a-mile track.“If something goes wrong, the cars can coast to a stop.” Haggerty said in the past, Thunder in the Valley has attracted an average of 3,000 spectators a day, of whom about 65 per cent were from out of town, which means revenue for local businesses, he said.These days, the economy would likely get a boost of $1.7 million, he said.
A one-day charity cruise showcasing the cars raised $15,000, which was split between the West Coast General Hospital Foundation and Tseshaht First Nation’s memorial project to commemorate children who died at the now-closed Alberni residential school.
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