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Mike Croley · 02-08-2012, 07:32 PM

Sunshine Dragstrip is going to continue . The entire complex ( oval track and dragstrip ) were purchased by the State of Florida several years ago . They were going to use the property for a new connector road . Florida realized it couldn't afford the new road , and decided to lease the property out instead of just leaving it sit . So it went up for bid , an oval track racer/local business man named Robert Yoho won the bid . I understand that Robert offered the current drag strip promoter a deal to stay on , but the deal was rejected . The current drag strip promoter is behind the ads saying the track is closing .
The oval track will require a lot of work to get it back up and running , the drag strip is supposed to be running again in three weeks or so . I haven't heard who will be running the day to day operations at the strip .
And the name Sunshine Dragstrip cannot be used again , so they are working on a new name .

02-08-2012, 07:32 PM	#4
Mike Croley Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 182 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Sunshine Closing-Why? Sunshine Dragstrip is going to continue . The entire complex ( oval track and dragstrip ) were purchased by the State of Florida several years ago . They were going to use the property for a new connector road . Florida realized it couldn't afford the new road , and decided to lease the property out instead of just leaving it sit . So it went up for bid , an oval track racer/local business man named Robert Yoho won the bid . I understand that Robert offered the current drag strip promoter a deal to stay on , but the deal was rejected . The current drag strip promoter is behind the ads saying the track is closing . The oval track will require a lot of work to get it back up and running , the drag strip is supposed to be running again in three weeks or so . I haven't heard who will be running the day to day operations at the strip . And the name Sunshine Dragstrip cannot be used again , so they are working on a new name .