DEMOLITION BEGINS AT TEXAS WORLD SPEEDWAY

Ed Pothul March 2, 2020

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Demolition has begun at the Texas World Speedway near College Station.

Bill Mather, owner of the property, says by Friday, the press box tower, a longtime staple of the landscape, will no longer be visible from Highway 6.

The demolition is part of the preparation for building the main entrance to the Southern Pointe master planned community.

Mather says most of the salvageable items during demolition will be recycled. Some of the asphalt from the track will be used in some of the trails that will be built.

Speedway memorabilia is being collected and placed in storage.

Bobby Isaac (No. 71) was the inaugural Texas World Speedway winner in 1969 while Richard Petty (No. 43) would win three times at the speedway.

The racetrack closed in June of 2015. Since Southern Pointe opened last April, Mather says 40 percent of the 150 lots in the first phase have homes or will have homes built.

Plans are being made to open more phases of what will eventually be around 1,400 homes.

Home movie of the inaugural NASCAR race at Texas World Speedway on December 7, 1969.

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