NASCAR Dream Still Alive

It almost happened in Snohomish County a few months back, but fell apart when public funding wasn't forthcoming. When has that ever stopped a stadium from being built in Washington, though? Seriously. International Speedway Corp., the group behind the push to get a NASCAR venue into the state, is making another pass at a racetrack here, this time in southern Washington.

The ISC is working with the Cowlitz Indian Tribe to get a 75,000 seat racetrack built in southwest Washington. The Cowlitz are currently a landless tribe but have applied to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for land in trust and are also making plans to build a casino and hotel complex that would employ up to 5000 people and be 1 1/2 times the size of the Tulalip Casino.