Chapter 141: Investing in the Racetrack [Third Update]

The day after returning home, Brian, the director of RM, informed An Feng that the flight carrying the three rare sports cars he had ordered had arrived at SLO Airport and was waiting for him to pick them up.

After receiving the notice, An Feng called the local towing company and asked them to send the car, and then drove the Ferrari in the garage and went to SLO with Joanna to see the car. The road was full of excitement and anticipation. He had been thinking about them since he saw them in Italy.

After a forty-minute drive, stop at the airport.

Three tightly wrapped sports cars have been unloaded, waiting for their owners in the warehouse. After An Feng arrived, the escort handed him an agreement: "Sir, you can check the status of the car now, if there is no problem, please sign your name here." ”

An Feng took the agreement, and the staff began to remove the car cover, revealing the true face of the three red sports cars, An Feng circled around them, one word: cool. Whether it's the flagship ENZO, the 599GTO, or the F50, the lines and colors of the three cars are very wonderful.

Needless to say, the front face of the ENZO is modeled after the F1, the two eyes are extremely aggressive, and the door opening method is typical of the "gullwing door", that is, the type that flips up. The interior is simple, and Ferrari tries to concentrate all the buttons that need to be operated on the steering wheel, so that the owner does not have to be distracted from touching other things.

Bend down and sit in the car, the seat is not very comfortable, but this is the case with sports cars, while pursuing speed, it will definitely give up comfort, this kind of car can occasionally drive for half an hour, and if you want to drive for several hours in a row, I am afraid that the driver will have to lie down tonight...... Behind the seats is the massive engine bay, where the red V12 engine is clearly visible, the 6.0-litre beast that pushes it to a top speed of 350 km/h.

Joanna also checked the status of the 599GTO for him. She still prefers the car, the ENZO's design is a bit unconventional, probably because of the pursuit of racing performance, it is as streamlined as possible, and it doesn't even want air conditioning and audio if it is not required by the owner.

The 599GT0 is normal. The engine is front-mounted, the charcoal black roof, the red body, and the effect of black and red are very eye-catching, showing the difference between itself and the ordinary 599GTB in a high-profile manner. There are also carbon fiber wheels and bright red brake calipers, which are a touching fiery red when the wheels are turning at high speeds.

But the experience of the seats is not too good, because it is a racing seat. Hard, and in pursuit of lightweight, Ferrari even saved the carpet under its feet, revealing a large patch of rough metal, she checked, there was not too much electronics, fortunately there was refrigeration.

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After checking that it was correct, An Feng signed his name. The three sports cars, including tariffs, have a total value of more than $4.5 million. But there is considerable room for appreciation...... An Feng was satisfied to drive the ENZO and F50 onto the trailer, and then left the 599GTO, his hands were already itchy, and he couldn't do it if he didn't play.

Got into the car and slowly turned around and drove out of the airport, Joanna driving California in front. An Feng followed behind her, trying the buttons on the steering wheel. In normal mode, the horse is quiet, revs around 4000, and there is no high-pitched sound. But when you change to RACE mode, the fierce sound of the engine and exhaust pipe resonates, like an exploding beast, and the strong feeling of pushing the back presses the body tightly against the back of the chair, unable to move. Watching it jump up at speed, the speed exceeded 6000, and the adrenaline was also secreted wildly.

The paddle keeps your hands off the steering wheel when shifting gears, and the gear changes so fast that you can barely feel like you're already in gear, and the engine whistles low when reversing, as if you're not satisfied with a monster that's stopped...... If it weren't for the rules on the road, he really wanted to race.

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When I got home, I stared at the four fierce horses in the garage, and there was a fierce McLaren P1 parked next to it. What's a bit bad is that after all, the highway is protected by regulations, and he can't just stage a drag racing duel casually.

And Joanna didn't approve of him going racing on the road.

An Feng didn't dare to tell her about the feat of driving 320 on an unmanned road...... There is no shortage of blame, he doesn't want Joanna to worry, but he wants to drag racing, what should he do? There is a track in Monterrey, more than 100 kilometers away, but the distance is very long, and it takes several hours to go back and forth.

Joanna looked at him looking at the sports car in the garage and smiled for his childishness: "You have to like racing so much, isn't it good to go to the racetrack?" ”

"It's far away, and the track is not your own, how can you do what you want?"

"Then build a track!" Joanna didn't think it was a problem.

An Feng looked at the wife of the local tyrant and shook his head: "The track is not a road, it has high requirements in terms of adhesion, wear resistance and rolling resistance, and all aspects of the materials are the best requirements, and the average cost per meter is at least five times that of the road." ”

Joanna was puzzled: "Can building a track still make you poor?" ”

An Feng smiled: "It's you who support me!" ”

Joanna nodded: "Yes, I support you!" I'd rather you run on the track than see you on the road! ”

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Anfeng's requirements are "not high", a standardized track, capable of driving all kinds of cars, in line with the highest level: Formula 1 standards.

With a track, how can there be no spectator stands? Occasionally, you can hold a game to cheer on the audience, and maybe you can charge a fee for using the venue.

With the stands, what about the command center, the press center?

With the competition, what about the facilities needed for the competition?

On second thought, it is more cost-effective to build a racetrack, including a race track, a command center, a medical emergency center, a press center, a car tuning center, a pit area, grandstand facilities, protective facilities, a helipad, a fuel supply station, a fuel depot, a parking lot, and so on.

In the future, when I had more sports cars, I put them in the racing track, maintained by special personnel, and occasionally opened to tourists. When you want to play with the car, run a few laps, and when you don't have anything to do, the circuit is open to members – you have to start a racing association. Referring to how the nearby racetrack operates, this is a way to recoup your investment.

It would be nice to be able to hold a racing competition, and it would be even better if it had its own team! An Feng didn't think about it so much, so he thought about letting his friends, friends of friends, spread it in the circle and pay some dues. Isn't it safer and safer to come here to play with cars?

After having a plan, he ran to the computer to check the information, and the first thing he observed was several famous F1 circuits in the world, Hockenheim in Germany, Silverstone in the United Kingdom, Monte Carlo, Sepang and other circuits in other countries, and found some of their advantages.

The total length of the F1 circuit is generally between 5 and 6 kilometers, and in order to keep the spectators engaged, a straight track will be built in front of the spectators that can make the car go more than 300 kilometers, and then a variety of weird corners will be designed to increase the difficulty and fun of the car...... You have to find a professional designer in this area.

In addition to racing, there are also some racing museums, cultural centers, or theme shops, etc., there are many value-added projects, referring to the famous track in the world, and there are many entertainment venues around. This requires that the location must be close to the city and not too far away. No one will come to the wilderness.

The task of finding the design is left to the assistant to do, and An Feng is considering the location problem, he refers to the area of some racing tracks, and estimates that 1,500 acres is enough...... An Feng plans to make it bigger, in addition to the standard track, and extend a straight track to prepare for the usual straight acceleration race or pure straight line acceleration.

So his estimate of the area is preferably about 2,500 acres, in California this area of land is not cheap, look around, can't be too far away from yourself, otherwise you have to take a helicopter to play a car, of course, you have to find cheap land. It seems that a vacant lot of land in the southern part of SLO County was selected.

The area is 2,300 acres, which is just right, and the price is 18 million US dollars, which is a bit expensive, but it is still acceptable. After the venue is available, back to the question of the cost of the racetrack, which is not cheap. Like China's SH Circuit, it is said that it took 2.5 billion yuan, about 400 million US dollars to build, but its stalls are very large, and there are large supermarkets around, Anfeng does not plan to do this, depending on the future development.

The budget was finally set at between 350 million and 400 million US dollars, which is not a pressure at all for local tycoons who are now eager to turn money into business expenses and pay less taxes. There is really no money, and after waiting for half a year, the two billion wages will come again.

Edit the plan and prepare it to send to your team. Conventionally, the things that need to be thought about must be handed over to others to do, and the only thing you need is to contribute money and enjoy the results.

The car is there, the venue is there, so ...... Isn't it time to buy a fleet? It doesn't need to be too strong, those FIA-GT or DTM or something are too far away from him, and the investment is too big, and there are a lot of plans at present, and it is estimated that there will be spare money in two or three years. Just buy a regional fleet, right? There are quite a few RV races in California.

I gave John a call: "Hey, John, I have some options for you to look at for me." ”

After making it clear, John should be busy again, feeling that he always likes to throw things to him, An Feng specially suggested that he find an assistant. Yes, the assistant's assistant.

And then there's Angela, looking for a race track designer, and it's still very lucky.

"Okay Mr. An, I have written down your requirements, and I will find a suitable design team for you in the shortest possible time, please wait patiently."

Say goodbye to Angela, who has a sweet voice, and continue to stare at the computer.

The more I thought about it, the happier I became, the follow-up plan came out a bunch, and the total amount of investment continued to rise, if it wasn't for Joanna to call him to dinner, he really forgot that it was too late...... Decisively let go of the things at hand, because these are always secondary, and only his goddess is primary.

Picked up Joanna, kissed her a few times, and asked with a smile, "Hey, I'm breastfeeding today, right?" (To be continued......)