To get the opportunity to build a new Atomic Speedway from the ground up, and come back home, was something I couldn’t pass up.”īuilt in the 1970s by Bob Martin, the original Atomic Speedway was a high-banked, third-mile oval that closed in 2006 after being acquired by Lincoln, Neb.-based trucking company Crete Carrier. My dad raced there a lot, so that name and that location means a lot to me and my family. The old Atomic had a special place in my heart. Doug and I talked regularly after I left and he told me about his plans. “I really enjoyed my time at Macon, but this is home. “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Corum said. ![]() Corum took the job as promoter of Macon (IL) Speedway this summer, but has returned to his home state for a new challenge. In all, Sopha will have close to 30 acres on the site of the new racing facility with parts of the land boarding the old Atomic Speedway property.Ĭhris Corum, who promoted 411 and Crossville when Sopha owned the tracks, has returned to Tennessee to promoter the new track as well as manage the motocross track. ![]() Sopha, a former owner of both 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, Tenn., and Crossville (Tenn.) Raceway, has purchased I-40 Motocross and adjoining property for construction of the new dirt oval alongside the motocross track. Knoxville-area businessman Doug Sopha has announced plans to soon begin construction of a new quarter-mile dirt track in Lenoir City with plans to host begin hosting races next March. Six years after the original Atomic Speedway in Lenoir City, Tenn., was shuttered and leveled to make way for a trucking terminal, work to build new dirt oval by the same name is set to begin on a property next door to the site of the original track.
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