‘Final lap’: Group fighting to save Upstate speedway signs purchase agreement to preserve historic racetrack

PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – Tasha Kummer, who is fighting to keep the Greenville-Pickens Speedway alive, said she has signed a purchase agreement for the track.

The speedway hosted NASCAR’s first-ever start-to-finish live televised race in 1971.

Kummer’s group now has to raise $3.7 million to close on the racetrack. She said they have months, not weeks, to reach that goal, but they are in what she calls the “final lap.”…

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