Washington Governor tells ISC to build track elsewhere in state
Quote selected text Published February 20th, 2007 in NASCAR News
Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire says International Speedway Corp. doesn’t have the political support necessary to put a track in Kitsap County and it needs to look at an alternate site in Washington.
ISC has submitted a bill in both houses of the state Legislature that would create a funding plan for a race track anywhere in Washington, but the company is focused on the Kitsap site for a 1.2-mile track located about 20 miles south of Seattle.
There are no Kitsap legislators signed on as sponsors of the funding package. At a meeting Friday with Kitsap legislators, there was not much support for the track in that area.
“They were a resounding no,” Gregoire said in a news conference Monday. “They don’t object to NASCAR; they don’t want it in its location in Kitsap County.”
Gregoire suggested to ISC that it look in Lewis County, which is 80-90 miles south of Seattle and 80-90 miles north of Portland, Ore.
Lewis County has a closed mine that it would like to donate for the track.
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Well how bout over on this side of the state then! Thgere are plenty of great area’s here near Spokane for a Nascar track