You know, many of these older tracks were built back in the glory days, most likely 50-60 years ago. Those tracks, were built out in the middle of nowhere, like the original Tucson Dragway and Beeline Dragway in Phoenix. Those tracks were miles away from homes and businesses and did not present a problem for neighbors, nor was the land worth that much far away from town. Poof, many years later, those towns became cities and grew to where the dragstrip is. Now you have pissed off neighbors because of the noise, and the land value has skyrocketed because it's not miles away from the city any longer, the city is right there. Sadly, there is not much you can do about that, as progress and growth can't be stopped. You also can understand if a racetrack owner who has put their heart and soul, as well as their money into their racetrack all of a sudden get's a life changing offer, how can they refuse? It sucks, but understandable from a purely business perspective. Maybe the key is to build racetracks way farther out of town that it becomes many years before the city swallows the tracks up, or find another way to monatize the land that the track is on so it generates other revenue to help keep it open so the owner doesn't have to sell. Just thinking outloud, but the farther away the track is from civilization, the longer period of time we have the track I'm guessing......
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