Drag Strip to be added to Lowe’s Speedway

Speedway Motorsports Inc. chairman Bruton Smith confirmed Thursday that he is considering adding a drag-racing facility to the motorsports complex at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

"We are looking at that very hard, yes sir," Smith said.

Smith pointed to success in hosting events sanctioned by the National Hot Rod Association, whose PowerAde Series is the premiere drag racing series in the country, at drag strips that are part of SMI complexes at Bristol Motor Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.

"We have had a lot of success and we like what we see in drag racing," Smith said.

Concord and Cabarrus County officials already have begun preliminary discussions about the drag strip. More at ThatsRacin.com