Nascar In Branson

[BredMan]

Does any more land need to be developed (destroyed) in the Branson area for the sake of making a quick dollar? When I heard a NASCAR track was being proposed in Branson I thought for sure I heard wrong. I like NASCAR but do they really need an 80,000+ seat 1-1/4 mile race track there? We had a NASCAR track here in St Louis that couldn't make it and closed about a month or so ago. Isn't there enough idle developments and so-called entertainment venues that set empty on once pristine land in the Branson area. If the dream comes true I guess you will see likes of Dale Jr, Tony Stewart, Jimmy Johnson, and 80,000 race fans slinging their lines in outlet #2 before and after race day.

Good luck on that venture but I don't get it. Just my opinion.

[skeeter]

We aren't called the "Show-Me" State for nothing. Believe it when you see it.

So many other blue-sky, "fly-by-night" junk has been yapped about in the Branson area it's laughable. While SW MO seems to have a fan base for NAPCAR, the recent demise of Gateway International is a classic example of a track doing poorly due to not being able to land a Cup Race date. Fans will not turn out in numbers for the NAPCAR support races for Trucks and the Nationwide (Busch) Series.

It boils down to two things, the cost of moving a cubic yard of dirt in the area and whether the owner/promoter can get a Cup Event.

The talked-about site for the track is supposed to be just West of the new Branson Airport and just East of Highways 65 and 86 intersections. There are a few million yards of dirt liberally mixed with Ozark rock that would have to be moved and the political and court based gamesmanship that has been going on between Bruton Smith and the France family over Cup Dates goes back several years so how a new guy would be awarded a Cup event is beyond me.