NASCAR considers speedway on Staten Island

NEW YORK - NASCAR is thinking about building a speedway in a city better known for traffic jams and taxicabs than for motorsports.<br> <br> Racing promoters have held preliminary discussions with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his administration about constructing a NASCAR track on Staten Island, The New York Times reported Friday.<br> <br> NASCAR has looked at various locations in the region since plans to build a speedway at the Meadowlands in New Jersey foundered, said David Talley, a spokesman for the International Speedway Corporation, which owns 13 tracks nationwide.<br> <br> ``Staten Island is one we&#39;re looking at,&#39;&#39; Talley told the Times. ``We&#39;re looking at a couple of sites in New Jersey as well. We are nowhere close to breaking ground and building a facility.&#39;&#39;<br> <br> The proposed track would be constructed at a 440-acre vacant industrial site on Staten Island&#39;s waterfront, a few miles east of the New Jersey Turnpike, the Times said.

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