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Article: Driving ambition: the France family of Daytona turned NASCAR and International Speedway Corp. into a national phenomenon, but the caution flag is out as they try to expand into Seattle and New York.(National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing)
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- October 1, 2005
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New York City Councilman James Oddo grasps for a way to make the sentiments of his Staten Island constituents understandable to an outsider. First, there's the road congestion--three of the four island bridges are overcrowded. "I can't begin to explain to you the traffic," says Oddo, a Republican. And then there are the hard feelings, even after 60 years, over being stuck with New York's primary landfill. "This is a jaded constituency, and rightly so."
So forgive Staten Islanders if not all of them are salivating over International Speedway's plan to build an 80,000-seat NASCAR track and a 50-acre retail center on an old petroleum tank farm there. The local ...