RACETRACK RUMORS RESURFACE

  

Conflicting reports involving the possible future of a racetrack near Chappell Hill have some residents there up in arms.

Back in September, the Washington County Commissioners denied a tax phase-in agreement for Club Track Holdings and Charles Von Schmidt for a track on Wonder Hill Road.

Von Schmidt faced three hours of questions from approximately 300 area residents and land-owners who were vehemently against the project.

Reports are now surfacing that Club Track Holdings is attempting to acquire nearly 1000 acres of land near Chappell Hill, near St. Stanislaus Catholic Church and the Browning Plantation for the proposed Bluebonnet Race Circuit.

Von Schmidt says that his company is looking at a number of locations in Washington County…

Those reports have not been confirmed, but in a recent edition of “The Drivers’ Edge”, a newsletter for driving enthusiasts, Club Track Holdings posts that they have two sites for possible track constructing near Brenham, with the Wonder Hill site now their second choice.

The letter describes their first choice as “…just 7 miles from Brenham.  A much larger site allowing room for future expansion of facilities, with great topography & already has on site commercial, residential and retail space for race teams, support shops, restaurants and perhaps even a hotel on site.”

The letter goes on to say the second site, “…is located in a less dense area, & avoids the issues that have arisen at Wonderhill (sic) site.”  It adds that the 1000 acres offers an opportunity to “…sell of portions to anyone interested in a 10-200 acre ranch.

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