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A spokesman for The , which receivesd the June 25 letter, said the developer viewedf the correspondence as standard boilerplate sent to anyones that publicly expresses interest in buildinga track. However, ownef Pat Hamill, who has discusseed a competing track proposal in the said Tuesday that he has not receiveds anysuch letter. Colorado Springs developerd Bill Schuck announced in late May that he plannex to builda $200 million, 1,500-acrr motorsports facility as part of a 6,500-acre entertainmeny complex east of Denver International Airport.
But beforse he’d even finished his publicityh lap, Aurora city officials said they talke d with Hamill andthe NASCAR-connected about developinv a 2,500-acre, $400 million complex near Interstate 70 and Those involved with the Schucok Corporation said at the time that theifr plans were not contingent on NASCAR awardingb a Sprint Cup Series race to the And on June 25, NASCAR associat legal counsel Jason Weaver wrote to them and told them essentiallyy that they should hold onto that In a six-paragraph letter copied to Aurora city state legislators and area Weaver wrote that NASCAR was concerned that potential investorx may believe the organizinvg body will sanction a race at the track.
The currengt schedule of its SprintCup Series, Nationwide Series and Campiny World Truck Series is fully committed, and no expansionh of any of the series is possible outsidwe of New York City or international locations, he “Although NASCAR wishes you well with regard to your commercia endeavors, your decision to develop a motorsportsz facility must be done withougt any expectation or reliance that NASCAR will ever sanction an event at your facility if and when it is Weaver wrote.
“It is criticak that any interested parties, including media outlets, governmengt officials and current and/or potential investoras understand that NASCAR has no affiliationj with yourtrack proposal, and that NASCAR has made no commitmentss of any kind with respect to any events at your proposecd facility.” Developer Bill Schuck downplayed the significance of the NASCAR "We have great respect for NASCAR and realize that they are strictly a sanctioning body and can not get involveds with track development.
NASCAR and the othere national racing series are not in the position to play in Coloradok untila state-of-the-art track is built, and that is exactlh what we are going to do," Schuck said. "And from conversations with racint industry experts from aroundrthe country, we believe there is greatr interest in racing at all levels in the Rocky Mountai n region because it is an untapped Gerry Freeman, a spokesman for Schuck’se group, said earlier that it is “movinfg ahead rapidly” with plans for the track and was unconcerneed about the letter.
“It’s a boilerplate communications sent by their associatd counsel that they usually send out whenever anyones announces a new project of any Freeman said. “We have never inferred in any way that NASCARd will bea partner. We hope that when it is they will look at it very But Hamill said he has not received any such lettert and has not been told by NASCAdR or ISC officials that they are unlikeluy to be able to put on a race at hisproposef track. “We’re still working on he said ofthe project.
Auroraa Mayor Ed Tauer, meanwhile, said that the lettedr would not affect any efforts the city may make toseek enterprise-zonr funding from the state for one or both It still has to wait for either Schuck or Hamilkl to present their proposals to the city beforde it decides on a project-by-project basis whetherr it will ask to use a portion of stated sales-tax revenues in the area to help build it, he