Concord lifts drag racing ban for Bruton Smith, names...

Concord lifts drag racing ban for Bruton Smith, names street after him

Bruton Smith got his way Friday night. The billionaire owner of Lowe’s Motor Speedway had threatened to move his track after Concord barred him from building a drag-racing strip on his property. On Friday, council members voted unanimously to remove that restriction. But it’s not clear whether Smith wants to make up with the motorsports city. “I think that would show a lot of friendship,” Smith said Friday afternoon when asked whether a vote in his favor that night would keep the speedway in Concord. But he said he would continue to consider suitors in other cities. They’ve offered to let him build his drag strip. They may offer him a tax break. Now Cabarrus County officials are offering billionaire Bruton Smith the ultimate form of civic love if he keeps Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord: his own road. Concord City Council members and Cabarrus County commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to ask the state to change the name of Speedway Boulevard to Bruton Smith Boulevard. Charlotte Observer Bookmark to:

Date: October / 27 / 2007
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