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Jackson MS Can’t Maintain Their Streets, But Want to Build a NASCAR Track
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:29 pm
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JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) - Six figure crowds. Speeds of 200 miles per hour. And Jackson city leaders see it right off I-55. “We have gotten farther along than what I thought,” says Ward 6 City Councilman Aaron Banks. “Something that looked like it was a far-fetched dream, is closer and closer to a reality.” Banks is steering the project for the city of Jackson. They envision a wooded area off I-55 south near the Elton Road Exit backing up to the Pearl River as the future home of a NASCAR track. Banks tells MSNewsNow the area is designated as a flood zone.
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Attracting a base to come here with an anchor sport like NASCAR, then now we get an opportunity to showcase what Jackson is,” says Banks. “We’ve had festivals, but we haven’t had that anchor thing that would just bring people into Jackson.”
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Project leaders have found an ally in Max Siegel. The former president of Dale Earnhardt Incorporated, Siegel now owns “Rev Racing”, the driving force behind NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba believes Jackson has what NASCAR is looking for. “We understand that our interests converge.” says Mayor Lumumba. “NASCAR having the interest of trying to broaden their demographics, and Jackson having the interest in economic development. If the effort of NASCAR is truly to create new exposure, then we see no better place than Jackson, Mississippi.”
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But Jackson’s dream of NASCAR remains in neutral, pending the results of a feasibility study later this year. “We’re sure, we’re quite sure, just based off of research and looking at other cities that it would work well here,” says Banks. “But again, doing this feasibility study is a big part for getting other stakeholders that want to sign on to help make this happen.”
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:31 pm to DingLeeBerry
Monroe had this
Not NASCAR though
Not NASCAR though
This post was edited on 5/23/18 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:31 pm to DingLeeBerry
If you build it, they will come.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:32 pm to DingLeeBerry
Not saying I give a shite about Jackson, but you do realize that things like spectator event spaces generate revenue to pay for streets, right?
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:32 pm to DingLeeBerry
That’s a lot of info about Mississippi & NASCAR. Didn’t read. Did downvote.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:32 pm to DingLeeBerry
nvm
This post was edited on 5/23/18 at 7:33 pm
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:35 pm to DingLeeBerry
Black people like Nascar?
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:35 pm to Bob Sacamano
When I breeze into that city, people gonna stoop and bow.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:38 pm to DingLeeBerry
A foole and his money be soone at debate/which after with sorow repents him too late
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:44 pm to DingLeeBerry
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we get an opportunity to showcase what Jackson is
I would think that's the last thing they want to do.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:46 pm to DingLeeBerry
I wouldn't think the demographics of Jackson bode well for a NASCAR venue.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:46 pm to DingLeeBerry
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then now we get an opportunity to showcase what Jackson is
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:49 pm to DingLeeBerry
Let's attract a sport in decline and entice them to an area with nothing to offer. Byram.
But the best part:
But the best part:
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now we get an opportunity to showcase what Jackson is,
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:49 pm to DingLeeBerry
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Siegel now owns “Rev Racing”, the driving force behind NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba believes Jackson has what NASCAR is looking for.
Good Lord this shite has even infiltrated Nascar. Isn't Chokwe a black separatist? I thought he wanted to build a New Afrika out of LA, MS, GA, & AL
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:51 pm to Cdawg
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Let's attract a sport in decline and entice them to an area with nothing to offer. Byram.
Maybe they think Continental Tire will shell out some money for it. That’s about the only angle I can think of.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:55 pm to DingLeeBerry
It will never happen, but that is the perfect place for a major speedway. It’s not the dumbest plan ever floated by Jackson leaders.
I still contend that the only chance to fix Jackson is a forced metropolitan Government and every major entity like airports be governed by regional authorities.
Continental is opening in Hinds County in 2020. The olive branch needs to be extended before then.
I still contend that the only chance to fix Jackson is a forced metropolitan Government and every major entity like airports be governed by regional authorities.
Continental is opening in Hinds County in 2020. The olive branch needs to be extended before then.
This post was edited on 5/23/18 at 8:00 pm
Posted on 5/23/18 at 7:57 pm to DavidTheGnome
I hope this goes through
Posted on 5/23/18 at 8:15 pm to DingLeeBerry
I would definitely drive to Jackson for a NASCAR race.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 8:39 pm to Sao
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When I breeze into that city, people gonna stoop and bow.
As good a tune as that is, Johnny Cash references might be wasted here.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 9:22 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
Leave it to Jackson to invest their livelihood into a dying sport.
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