- [Girl] One of the few options of entertainment
in the town of Lake View is the Lake View Motor Speedway.
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- I'm Charles Miller.
I'm the previous owner of Carolina Speedway
in the town of Lake View,
and to my knowledge,
the track was built and opened in 1980.
In 1980,
1986,
Jay Asbill built and operated
the track a few years.
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- The first race was ran approximately around 1981.
Mr. Jay Asbill and Wayne Brewer
originally built the track out of a cornfield,
out in the middle of nowhere.
Mr. Asbill ran at Dillon Motor Speedway.
He and the owner at Dillon at the time had a conflict
over some rules.
He said "Well, I'll leave and go build my own track."
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Mr. Wayne Brewer will tell you,
I've heard him say multiple times that,
Mr. Asbill wanted it very banked,
referring to the corners.
He would get in his El Camino and drive around the track,
and if he didn't think it was banked enough,
he would tell Wayne to add more dirt.
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And then after them, that's when
Bobby Taylor Oil Company and David Taylor bought it.
That's when the track really kind of,
kind of really took off and -
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Races on Friday, Saturday, and some Sunday afternoons.
When it would rain out on, on Saturday nights,
it was not unlikely to
see him come back on Sunday afternoons
after church to run the event.
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- That time they had plans to close it
so in that June of 1997
I purchased the speedway and -
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And corporated it as Carolina Speedway
and ran the track from
'97 through 2017.
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- 2017 it was bought out by Mr. Scott Tripp,
of Mechanical Systems Technology at Myrtle Beach.
He came in, completely renovated the place.
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So in 2019,
we look forward to the
season coming up in 2019, hoping for a lot of big things.
We got a lot of plans that we want to fulfill here.
- [Girl] Although the Speedway has
experienced many changes over the years,
it still remains a vital part of the community
and continues to be cherished by all.