The East Lincoln Motor Speedway is gearing up for some serious lights, camera and action next week. The speedway will be bustling with activity starting Monday in order to film, ÃÂÃÂ3: The Dale Earnhardt Story,ÃÂÃÂ a made for TV movie. Victory Lane Productions chose the speedway in December and found it to be the right size. ÃÂÃÂThey looked at us first and then came back and told us they wanted to film here,ÃÂÃÂ said Ernie Knight, co-promoter for the speedway. Scenes from the movie will also be filmed at the LoweÃÂÃÂs Motor Speedway in Charlotte. The movie will be shot starting Monday and continue until Wednesday. Knight said they will be doing a lot of painting, will change some signs and will be spending time making the building look old in preparation for the production. The goal is to have the speedway look like the old Metrolina and Concord Speedway of the ÃÂÃÂ60s and ÃÂÃÂ70s. Although the regular race season has begun at the speedway, filming will be scheduled around those times. Race season started April 3 and will continue until October.(Lincoln Times-News), past news on the movie on my Media/Movies page.(4-16-2004)
