Ferrari Mailing List: TWS for sale

[Dave Craig (dave.craig]

Anyone want to buy an old race track?

 

 

 

From: http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=27994


<< Texas World Speedway For Sale


Jan 24, 2007

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Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas has been listed for sale, for
$10.5 million.

According to real estate listings, the speedway cost over $17 million to
build in 1969 and sits on 563 acres of land.

The listing follows the death of TWS Managing Partner Dick Conole on January
3.>>


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Texas World Speedway was built in 1969 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969>
and was one of only seven superspeedways
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superspeedway>  of two miles or greater in the
United States, the others being Indianapolis
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway> , Daytona
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytona_International_Speedway> , Pocono
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocono_Raceway> , Talladega
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talladega_Superspeedway> , California
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Motor_Speedway> , and Michigan
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_International_Speedway> . TWS is
located on approximately 600 acres (2.4 km²) on State Highway 6
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Highway_6_%28Texas%29>  in College
Station, Texas <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Station%2C_Texas> .
There is a 2 mile oval, and several road course configurations. The last
major race occurred at the track in 1981.

During the 1980s the track fell into a state of disrepair, and both NASCAR
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR>  and the Indycar series chose to drop
it from the schedule. It continued to operate in a limited role for amateur
racing. In 1993 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993> , the track reopened
after a repaving and moderate refurbishment. It hosted a race for the ARCA
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_Racing_Club_of_America>  series but due
to the lack of modern facilities and amenities, it has since served as a
circuit for amateur and club racing, along with private testing, and also
hosts NASCAR teams' testing for Michigan International Speedway
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_International_Speedway>  and
California Speedway <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Speedway>
because of NASCAR conducting new 2006 restrictions prohibiting both tracks
from being used for tests.>>




Dave Craig