{"id":4195,"date":"2026-06-07T00:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T00:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/?p=4195"},"modified":"2026-06-07T00:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T00:33:16","slug":"drag-strip-not-going-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/?p=4195","title":{"rendered":"Drag Strip Not Going Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drag Racing will remain at center of new development at Mooresville Dragway &#8211; \u201cRace City Motorpark\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_2247.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4193\" width=\"853\" height=\"640\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_2248.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4194\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\"><\/p>\n<p>Mooresville Dragway has been sold to new owner Matt Erich, who has unveiled plans for a proposed $50 million motorsports complex known as Race City Motorpark &amp; Social Club. While many racers feared the historic facility could be lost to development, Erich says drag racing will remain at the center of the project\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>The current facility closed following a shortened 2026 season, and construction activities began June 1. Plans include a rebuilt dragstrip, road course, luxury garages, clubhouse, and additional amenities, with the track website advertising a new facility coming in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drag Racing will remain at center of new development at Mooresville Dragway &#8211; \u201cRace City Motorpark\u201d Mooresville Dragway has been sold to new owner Matt Erich, who has unveiled plans for a proposed $50 million motorsports complex known as Race City Motorpark &amp; Social Club. While many racers feared the historic facility could be lost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[61],"class_list":{"0":"post-4195","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_2247-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_2247-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"DC Media","author_link":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/author\/auteejay"},"authors":[{"term_id":61,"user_id":5,"is_guest":0,"slug":"auteejay","display_name":"DC Media","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d51765f05e753046aaf69cf0314e9a0f5c5945d8d9ed498ce027408f7d38abf9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","first_name":"DC","last_name":"Media","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4195"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=4195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}