I read this old ABC news dated the 19th June 2008:
A local car club has abandoned plans to set up a drag racing strip in Kalgoorlie, saying its efforts have been blocked by Western Australian Government red tape.
The Goldfields Street and Strip Club first proposed the quarter-mile drag strip nearly four years ago at a site north of the Kalgoorlie Boulder Speedway.
The proposal had financial backing from BHP Billiton and council approval.
But club spokesman Andy Boult says the Department for Planning and Infrastructure has placed too many conditions on the plan.
"The State Government is just not interested at all. In fact they've put BHP absolutely through the hoops and BHP kept jumping them, until they got to a point where they said enough's enough," he said.
"At this point in time there's not going to be a drag racing facility in Kalgoorlie Boulder. You can write that in blood."
Hmm... they might have to change their club name to 'The Goldfields Street Club';]
