Drag strip opportunity in West Virginia
 

If you always wanted to operate a hilltop track in the mountains, here's your chance.

The track's scenic location.

Official RFP

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Frito!!!!!!

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Ok very nice but where is the pits ??? no tower ??? Almost looks like a circle track to the left in that pic

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this is an old airport that was closed, The whole county has 25K people living in it. anyone that would invest in the track would be throwing money away


https://www.williamsondailynews.com/...4bd30f3e2.html

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Looks great to me in a romantic way. Back in the sixties and early seventies it would have been too cool. Today, a money pit.

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Uphill staging lanes, oh joy.

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Cool looking place but when I go to Google Earth that doesn't look much like it unless they've done a LOT of earth moving since 2019.

I don't think the low population is a problem as long as there is an above average ratio of racers to non racers.

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I have seen a couple in car camera videos going down that track at one of the 2 events they had.. and it is by far the roughest track I have ever seen.. they parked mining equipment on it for all the years it sat vacant.. I wish for all the WV racers this would be a solution to not having a track anywhere in the state..

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Frito said he knows exactly where this is. He lived in Mingo County for a few years. No way it will ever get built. They have been messing with it for over 8 years now. Even "Special Ed" wouldn't race there but there is a good place to hang his hammock ....

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That looks like an old open-pit mine to me.

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reclaimed Strip Mine

had a buddy that went to one race there last year. track was really rough, and a whole lot of dust in the pit-return road.

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The proposed dragstrip and the airport are NOT the same location. The dragstrip was previously a strip mine

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If the state or counties were going to invest money, they should have purchased Kanawha Valley Dragway. The infrastructure was already there plus alot more people to draw from and close the 4 lane rt 35 now.

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This track is the punchline to the joke of mountaintop removal mining. In this place they faked building a dragstrip. In other places they build a ballfield. Unfortunately, it's a facade and they never really give good access and it's never finished; they dump it on the county to sink taxpayer dollars in. If you read about the track you'll see they have to share the road with the mining company.

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King Coal.

Kind of reminds me of the track at London KY.
You go through the Daniel Boone Nat Forest to reach it.

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This track is back in the news. The new operators are the Kirk Family. The track will be named 304 Motorsports Park under WDRA sanction. A lot of infrastructure will be needed, but they hope to have a soft opening before the end of the season.

Kirk Family Steps Up to Save Closed West Virginia Drag Strip

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For the family's sake I hope they know every detail and it works out for them.