Georgia lawmakers are trying to win NASCAR’s hall of fame for downtown Atlanta with millions of new dollars from Dale Earnhardt license plates and airport rental cars. Leaders in Georgia’s House will soon introduce legislation to shift additional money to the hall of fame project from Georgia’s new NASCAR license plate and Atlanta’s 10-year-old rental car tax. This would be on top of the $32 million in public incentives already on the table. The added money will help the local bid team seal a deal with NASCAR in a hall of fame race that could be Atlanta’s to lose, said state Rep. Mark Burkhalter (R-Alpharetta), the No. 2 man in the House who’s become the attraction’s point man under the Gold Dome.(Atlanta Journal-Constitution)(2-16-2006)
