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3 Palms Speedway
The Charlotte County Airport Authority today accepted the lease bid of Haase Investments, a real estate business based in Indianapolis, for the former Punta Gorda Speedway. James Haase said today that the new name for the track will be '3 Palms Speedway', and that it will be a few months before the track is in operation. “We’re a racing family,” Andrew Haase said. “(Owning a track) is a family goal.” He said he races Legend cars, which are three-eighths scale versions of 1930s and ’40s sedans powered by Yamaha motorcycle motors. His brother is a “drifter” who competes in controlled-slide competitions. And his father is a former Legend racer, Haase said. The Haase family has been looking for a track to acquire for the past two years, he said. Family members have investigated such opportunities in Florida, Alabama and Illinois, he said. Haase said he’s aware of “some bad blood” between the former lessee Kevin Williams and authority staffers. He’s also aware Williams removed fixtures that he claims he owns and left the track in a shambles. However, Haase said his business remains confident it will be able to refurbish the track.
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