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To: montag813

The reopening of North Wilkesboro was due to government subsidies that paid for the renovation.

More than $30 trillion in debt and our politicians can’t find any money to save. How about not renovating the North Wilkesboro Speedway with borrowed money? Our politicians are pathetic.


20 posted on 05/22/2023 4:43:38 PM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it)
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To: Soul of the South

On November 18, 2021, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed the 2021–2022 North Carolina state budget, which allocated $40 million for three race tracks: Charlotte Motor Speedway, Rockingham Speedway, and North Wilkesboro Speedway.[22] The funding made the track financially viable to re-open according to Speedway Motorsports President and CEO Marcus Smith, “The allocation toward North Wilkesboro provides the starting capital needed to rebuild the infrastructure of the historic facility. With state budget amounts now finalized, we can zero in on project priorities and determine work schedules. T

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Wilkesboro_Speedway


26 posted on 05/22/2023 5:24:21 PM PDT by TexasGator
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