New 4-lane dragstrip being built, all concrete

:stare Wow this is some damn big news for drag racing if you ask me. In Concord, North Carolina, they are in the middle of building a new 4-lane dragstrip, all concrete. This will be the only 4 lane quarter mile strip in the US and only the 2nd dragstrip to be all concrete.

It sounds almost unbelievable but the budget is $60 Million and from what I could find, it will be like two regular dragstrips side by side (not truly 4 lanes like a 4 lane highway).

They're calling this "the Bellagio of Drag strips" seating 30,000 and I'm told it's being constructed in 5 months, with a scheduled NHRA race in September. Here's a construction photo:

http://www.nhra.com/2008/images/news/june/z2.jpg

There will be two pedestrian tunnels under the track.

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Of particular interest to drivers such as Force [...] on hand Saturday, are two facts about the facility. It will have four lanes for competition, and the entire quarter-mile track will be concrete.

There's a lot of talk in the drag racing world about how a four-lane facility can be used. One set of lanes could be prepped to optimize conditions for Top Fuel and Funny Cars, for instance, while the other pair could be prepared with Pro Stock and Pro Stock motorcycles in mind. Having two pairs of race-worthy lanes also could streamline the length of a day of competition.

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Source: http://www.thatsracin.com/commentary/story/14629.html

Here are some more links:

June 5th 2008 construction photo gallery: http://www.lowesmotorspeedway.com/ne...ry/sf5826.html

http://www.nhra.com/content/news/29612.htm

Drag racer's discussion: http://forum.competitionplus.com/showthread.php?t=2714

that is badass!

Wow, 4 way races, that should cut down line wait time and increase spectators... lol

now you don't have to grab a lane
you can grab a few lanes.

Sounds Cool! Thanks for posting! Now a place for the new Fast and Furious movie lol! :rolf

I am moving 11 miles south of there so YAY for new attractions!! No more driving to rockingham. I am from Charlotte and got dragged up here by my wife. Should be back home by next August. That place is growing so damn fast.

This is super cool!! I Remember growing up working in the pits of scotty cannon when he was running a willy at shuffletown dragway and mooresville which is the GLD equivalent there in northern charlotte

nice. Do I hear a BCM roadtrip once its done.......

Ok, I'll take 2 and the hit from you, you'll start 1 car ahead of me, and you get 10 and the swing, haha

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Originally Posted by fly5150

nice. Do I hear a BCM roadtrip once its done.......

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x2....HELL YES...

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Originally Posted by nitroxtreme

x2....HELL YES...

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i'm in...:thumbsup:thumbsup

Let me share some scenery pics of driving through to charlotte. Hitting those mountains were a blast and this isnt even the blue ridge parkway. I took some video of going through the tunnels in the stang there but my damn camera decided sound wasnt needed.

Highly recommend road trip to that area!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...w/100_3167.jpg

wish the picture depicted how steep this hill was and the banking in the turn to the left. When you get to the bottom just looks like a wall of mountain with no where to go

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...w/100_3171.jpg

not sure but heard that they scratched the four lane idea could be wrong

Badass either way .....any new competition worthy drag strip that is done right is a good thing in my book :thumbsup

NICE TRACK FOR SURE......state of the art maybe...but how can they schedule a race for sept...when sept is fully sheduled.?????????? which track do the dump for that month...Charlotte....????????

Man I hope they continue to make this...bad ass track!

According to the Lowe Motor Speedway site it's still on schedule and still 4 lanes.

when is this suppose to be done.. i would love to road trip to see this

Its 13.5 hours from here. Just fyi

Took that drive from 7 times already. Hopefully only 1 more drive to do.

its supposed to have a national event there september 11-14

http://www.nhra.com/content/news.asp...29186&zoneid=8

the frist race has already been completed with dump trucks