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:



There will be two pedestrian tunnels under the track.

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.
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