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TEXAS INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
CONSTRUCTION TO START SOON
The TEXAS IIVTERNATIONAL SI'EEllWAY WILL
SOON BE A REALITY. The formtl announcement
of the proposed S(i m/liton auto racing facU[ry
[o be bu[It S miles Southeast ut Cuuege Station
adJolning Hlghray 6, w¢s mtde In Dallas Tuesday
Dennle Gurhring, president of Bank of A 6 M,
was instrumental In bringing the multi-million
dollar racing complex to the Bryan College station
area.
Cons[rucllon la scheduled to start almost lmmc-
dlately on 2tA0 acres of land which han already
been purchased by Texas International Speedway
according to Lawrence }1. 1.oPatin, President and
i)etrott financier. A November wmpleaon date
Is planned.
The fleet race set (or Ihcember 7, t')09 could
decide the NASGAR ORANU NA~(!UNAL CHAMPION
for 1969. Dill Prance, pccstdrnt o! the National
Asap>claUon for Scock Car Racfng, said Tuc>dsy
the ftrat race scheduled on the two-mile banked
oval wlll be a %Yt-m.lr rv,•nt tur `AtiCAR Grand
Natlonal Stock Car,.
The new racing faculty vr111 contain a 2 mile
banked oval high-speed track capable of hnndling
the [asceae cars In the world. A 2.75 mile Grand
Prix road radcrg course, an inside course to be
used [or InternaUunal Ractt[g School, snd oUicrauto-
motive [earing (aculUes. The grand stands wul
accomodate 75,OW apectuora wirh guarameed visl-
blllty of the entire oval track aml unuml[ed apace
for spectators on the Itdleld and perimeter,
On-site faclltaea will include a modern preasiwx
on top of [!Ie main grandstand, controLLed parking
areas arountl [he perimeter of the oval end road
circuits, acorebutttda providing up-w-thr-minute
standings, times and other track mt~rniufun.
Constructlun wW be undor the dlrrc:cion of LPaUe
Share, vice prrsldi~nt and gimertl marutger u( the
plant,
Spencer J, Buchanan k A.aoclatrs, (nc, of Bryan
wul be the engineers Cur the protect.
Charles Moneypenny d Unyrona, Florlda,wellknovm
automopve racy fulltry dealgn,:r wUi design B-C.S.
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