Neighbors concerned about noise are fighting plans for a go-kart track proposed by NASCAR driver Michael McDowell and ARCA racer Justin Marks. The drivers’ DryLake Entertainment LLC has offered to buy 31.68 acres for $821,431 for their Mooresville Motorplex go-kart track in a far end of the town of Mooresville’s new Mazeppa Park. The nearest such tracks are in Kershaw, S.C., and Danville, Va., Marks said. The drivers tried to ease concerns about noise when they met with about 30 concerned residents at nearby Triplett United Methodist Church on Wednesday night. The track’s developers will maintain the existing 80-foot buffer of pine woods while also planting evergreens, Virginia pines and Southern magnolia trees to further reduce sound carrying from the track, project architect Dick Brolin of Mooresville-based Piedmont Design Associates told the residents. Only two or three go-karts would practice at any given time during the week, with the sound minimal to neighboring properties, the drivers said. The track would host four to six competitions a year, Marks said, and letting people stay overnight at the track won’t be allowed. The karts would adhere to international karting standards for noise, the drivers added.(Charlotte Observer)(5-21-2010)
