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Marking a change of course, the county’s goals for the racetrack property are to “return auto racing to Southside Speedway with sustainable business operations.”
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.