Richard Petty and Junior Johnson used to race on what used to be called the toughest short track in the South. Now Chesterfield County wants to bring auto racing back to Southside Speedway.
“It’s a second home to a lot of racing people. I don’t think the county realized what that place meant to so many people,” said Lin O’Neill of the Save Southside Speedway movement that has advocated for a return of car racing to the venue.
Boone Homes is under contract to purchase the site from Bill Stinson, a fellow homebuilder and co-founder of landscape supply company Yard Works whose family has owned the land for decades.