The Agribusiness Development Corp. took issue with a well-attended event in which vehicles raced down a dirt track. The Agribusiness Development Corp.
has issued a violation notice to one of its license-holders after he claimed an unapproved drag-racing event on state farmland was a way of tilling the soil. “I don’t know that I agree that mud bogging is good for tilling soil. I would argue that you’re compacting it,” ADC board member Jayson Watt said during a Thursday board meeting.
“I’m a little concerned that ...
maybe you don’t understand that component of farming.” The ADC issued Scott Wong of Ohana Hui Ventures the notice Wednesday for violating his agreement with the corporation by not seeking approval for the event , along with additional alleged violations, including sub-licensing of the land. Wong held the “Built From Scratch Mud Drag” on his 400-acre parcel Oct.
12, with pickups and specialized vehicles racing down a dirt track. The event attracted about 1,000 people, with a stage, food trucks and a $25 admission fee. “To do the mud drag, to be honest, was the wrong decision,” Wong told the ADC board Thursday.
“I have no excuse for that.” The ADC tried — and failed — to cancel the Whitmore Village event the night before it was held. Stopping it the next day was impossible because the police were outnumbered, ADC property manager Roger Clemente told the board.
Board members peppered Wong with questions, including why some attendees had.