If becoming a partner with Richard Petty wasn’t enough to whet his racing appetite, New York City taxi tycoon, Andrew Murstein, now has his sights set on building a NASCAR track in the Big Apple.
Although International Speedway Corporation had tried and failed to put an oval out on Staten Island, where limited numbers of fans could access the track, Murstein’s idea is a closer in venue.
Reports in the local, New York, media are saying the Murstein has met with government officials to discuss the idea of putting in an automobile race track at Aqueduct (horse track) in Queens County or Floyd Bennett Field, a former naval aviation base on the outer edge of Brooklyn.
According to the Daily News reporter who spoke with a Murstein spokesperson who said : "We think NASCAR is one of the best and most profitable sports for investment. A track in New York City will draw many racing fans from the tristate area who now have to travel to Pocono (Pennsylvania)" and "will bring jobs and tax dollars to the state when we most need it."
Decades ago Formula One Supremo, Bernie Ecclestone attempted to get a Formula One race in the area which used to be the 1939 and 1964 World’s Fairs, but that idea was also defeated.
Although International Speedway Corporation had tried and failed to put an oval out on Staten Island, where limited numbers of fans could access the track, Murstein’s idea is a closer in venue.
Reports in the local, New York, media are saying the Murstein has met with government officials to discuss the idea of putting in an automobile race track at Aqueduct (horse track) in Queens County or Floyd Bennett Field, a former naval aviation base on the outer edge of Brooklyn.
According to the Daily News reporter who spoke with a Murstein spokesperson who said : "We think NASCAR is one of the best and most profitable sports for investment. A track in New York City will draw many racing fans from the tristate area who now have to travel to Pocono (Pennsylvania)" and "will bring jobs and tax dollars to the state when we most need it."
Decades ago Formula One Supremo, Bernie Ecclestone attempted to get a Formula One race in the area which used to be the 1939 and 1964 World’s Fairs, but that idea was also defeated.