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Resourceful Land Acquisition and Track Construction

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Larry Pollard's Abandoned Go Kart Track & Historic NASCAR Busch Series Collection

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What happens here

Larry explains how he acquired the land and resources to build the original track. He traded fencing services for rear-end work on a race car with a paving company owner, who then offered to level the land with dirt from a nearby road construction project. This 'free' dirt created a large, buildable lot. Later, a friend with a paving company agreed to pave the track in exchange for advertising. Old race car tires were sourced to create the initial guardrails. This highlights a resourceful, bartering approach to initial setup costs.

Goal: Learn about low-cost methods for acquiring land and constructing track infrastructure through bartering.

Tools and materials

  • Asphalt Paving — Surfacing the go-kart track
  • Dirt/Fill Material — Leveling the lot and building up the track
  • Old Race Car Tires — Constructing track guardrails

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we thought about it there was a hole out here they were building a road over here off of 16 and the guy came by and said uh man uh you got any place put dirt we'll leave a bowl over here and everything said it won't cost you nothing we'll just bring these loads of dirt in and we'll we'll spread it around so they did and all of a sudden they made a big lot there you know it was just filled lot you couldn't build on it cuz it's all fill so I said huh that's looks like a good place for a go-kart track so I traded out the fansing to a guy that wanted some rear end work done for his race car and his boy so made that happen so in other words we're trying to make it work without spending a million dollars on it and then uh it's the Racer's way it is yeah the pavment guy Nelson Sigman he was a friend and he's got a Paving Company so I got it all filled up with dirt and sped around he said well man you you pave that thing don't you so he come by and he he paved it for us for a sign on the fence Barry moose I traded

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