[cripplecreek]

NASCAR can do some really great things for a community. I live just a few miles from MIS and see a lot of money coming into the area every summer. Without MIS Brooklyn Mi would be a ghost town. When Roger penske owned the place he paid the full cost of paving several roads in the area using recycled track surface.

There are inconveniences that come with living near the track but its not a taxpayer supported sport and the annual money influx is in the 3 billion plus range.

[TaxRelief]

There are inconveniences that come with living near the track but its not a taxpayer supported sport....

Yet.

NC *Ping*

Let MYkdsmom, Constitution Day or Taxrelief know if you want on or off the NCPing list, or if you think you've been accidentally dropped, or ....

[o_zarkman44]

I made my first ever pass through the Charlotte, Mooresville area last fall. Of course being a motorsports enthusiast we had to take in what we could of the area in about a day including an over night stay in Concord.

We were very impressed with the area. We were impressed with the friendly people who took the time to guide us to places of interest. We were impressed with the tasteful and moving tributes to Dale Earnhardt at DEI and Kannapolis. We were so impressed we have included a followup visit through Charlotte this fall, including tickets to my first ever major Nascar Nextel Cup Event at Lowes Motor Speedway.

What the people of North Carolina have is very much worth preserving. They have something that few other places can boast of outside of maybe Indianapolis. Heritage, tradition, the people make the Carolinas a place like no other. And seeing is believing. The economic impact of motorsports is tremendous. The star power is huge.
From the dirt tracks here in Missouri to the super speedways, weekly attendance and the amount of time and money we devote to our cars and tracks is very satisfying when the stands are full.

But nobody does motorsports like the Carolinas!

[pnz1]

MIS is pretty much out in the country isn't it?