TRAC news: Team Racing Auto Circuit [TRAC] recently announcing five of its tracks for next season. Darlington Raceway will not be one of the venues. Darlington Raceway President Andrew Gurtis said his track, along with the 12 other major International Speedway Corporation tracks, will take a wait-and-see approach before housing a TRAC event. TRAC kicks off its first season next April. “I haven’t been contacted about Darlington Raceway in particular,” Gurtis said. “I do think they talked to ISC. But, like all motorsports tracks, we want to bring out fans, have safe competition and we want to add value for our stockholders. We look at all of those things. We’re open to it, just taking a wait-and-see approach.”(Florence Morning News) AND A new racing league that will field three-car teams representing host cities hopes to place a team in Nashville, and is exploring the possibility of running a race next year at Fairgrounds Speedway. Team Racing Auto Circuit (TRAC) is scheduled to open its season April 5, 2003, and plans to have a team the Tennessee Express headquartered in either Nashville or Knoxville.(Tennssean)(5-14-2002)
