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US owner threatens track closure
5th October 2007
Bruton Smith, the owner of the American Lowe's Motor Speedway race circuit near Charlotte, North Carolina that holds two NASCAR Nextel Cup races each year has threatened to close down the facility in a row with the local council over his plans to build a drag-racing strip at the site.
Earlier this week Charlotte city councillors acting on the concerns of people living near the track voted through to a change local zoning regulations that effectively banned the building of a drag racing strips.
Reacting to the council’s action Smith threatened not only to close the LMS facility but to build a new track at another location in the Charlotte area.
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