![]() However, the drag strip, an 1/8-mile measuring rough 3/4-mile in total length, has already been built and signed off on by IHRA officials for sanctioned racing. Those plans appear to have been shelved or scrapped altogether. The project has been in the works, according to online reports, for more than a decade, with initial plans to build a high-banked oval. The Mingo County Redevelopment Commission owns the deed to the land, and through the Mingo County Commission, has invested $300,000 into the project, while the Logan County Commission has contributed $200,000. The Twin Branch Motorsports Complex, as it’s known, is a bit of a unique venture between state and county officials, private businesses, and area racers, all of whom are collaborating to see the project to the finish line. ![]() ![]() But, like many race track ventures since the turn of the century, the story is a bit convoluted, and its future perhaps - even with physical progress made - still a bit uncertain. But, just because some regions are seeing, for one reason or another, their racing facilities fade away, doesn’t mean other locales aren’t reaping the benefits of track operators that are still turning a profit and peacefully coexisting with their neighbors and local government.Īnd racers in the southwest portion of West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and western Virginia hope that’s precisely the case with a brand new drag strip that’s under construction in the mining town of Twin Branch, West Virginia. When it comes to the business of operating drag strips in today’s economy, the news seems to lean toward the negative more often than the positive, as at least a couple of tracks around the country close each and every year.
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