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The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 81

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Charlotte, North Carolina
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81
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THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER 15 1970 17D lODqpnnnnDDP CMS Officials Plan Road Course In Near Future One day in the not too distant future Charlotte Motor high-banked turns and huge concrete grandstands long familiar to the roar of stock car racing will have to accustom themselves to the shrill-whine of sports cars and the staccato sound of motorcycle racing A road course will begin construction at the speedway racing np and down hill in in June and completion is addilim to gearing np and expected before this winter doWn for INFIELD START FINISH LINE -sc G-M Artist Drawing Of Road Course Planned For Charlotte Motor Speedway ij Richard Howard vice president and general manager of the 11-year-old facility has i announced that the Board of Directors have approved "'plans for the twisting course Howard said the ('original design for Charlotte "Motor Speedway was revealed a road course was included However they (the original management) ran short of time in completing ithe oval and then ran short of money loading to the reorganization of the early 19G0s Now we have both of the 5 things that they were short we want to go ahead with 'construction Starting at the start-finish line the course utilizes the front straightaway and first and second turns Coming out turns into the infield at the start of the backstretch and runs back toward the first turn of the track The course makes a left turn near the radial point of the first and second turns and goes through the center of the infield area with a chicane turn) in the center of the infield area behind the garages From the chicane the track will go down into the hole with a small radius right turn at the bottom From the bottom of the hole the course takes an uphill left turn to return to the backstretch at the entrance to the 24 -degree banked third turn The road course will be approximately 2y4-miles long mm die) 9 other road courses that have been built in connection with super speedway ovals arc ail basically flat We will have a course when finished that offers the challenge of THE FABULOUS BOH CLUB 2316 CENTRAL AVE PH 332-7285 NOW APPEARING 472-20-39 the wild one! Morgana opened baseball season this year bv runninq onto the playing field ana kissing homerun slugger Frank Howard at Griffin Stadium in Washington "Morgana" woman sufferage edn-didate for president bathed in a fountain in Atlanta while Mayor Allen was dedicating a skyscraper In Atlanta she ran onto the playing field and kissed Clefe Boyer pulling him out of a batting slump Morgana' act Is one you will not want to miss! WHAT AN WHAT A see Morgana "DO HER THING LOOK FOR US AT THE TRACK I VISIT US AT ONE OF OUR CONVEN IENT DOWNTOWN LOCATIONS ALL ROADS LEAD TO YOUR DOWNTOWN DEALER PLUS FAMOUS "TOPLESS REVUE" DANCING AND SHOW WITH THE OTHER BROTHERS FEATURING LUTHER MAXWELL ON SAX CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH 615 SOUTH TRYOH STREET AND 315 STONEWALL STREET PHONE 377-3601 OPEN WEEK NIGHTS 'TIL 9 PM COUNTRY AND WESTERN STAR JASPER APPEARED ON THE JOHNNY CASH MARTY ROBBINS A HANK SNOW SHqW PHONE 375-9362 FOR RESERVATIONS -SEEN WIIK-NlflHIl TIL 330 AMWIIK-NP1TH 400 AM Jl.

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