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The owners of MotorSport Ranch in Cresson, Texas plan to expand the facility and extend the 1.7-mile road course by another 1.5 miles, with the project expected to be completed in 2003.

“The preliminary dirt work is done,” said General Manager Kurt Routson. “We’re scheduled to start paving in Spring 2003 and be ready for an early Summer completion. The new section is very tight and twisty with very steep grades.”

The new extension will allow the track to run as one, combined 3.2-mile course or as two separate, shorter pieces of the course.

The two separate courses will also allow more track time for members of the MotorSport Ranch club, who currently have to alternate regularly-scheduled open practice sessions between open-wheel cars, sports cars and motorcycles. With the opening of the new extension, cars will be able to run one short course while bikes run the other short course.

Additional plans call for the expansion of the hot pit area and paddock, as well as the building of additional on-site storage units/garages.

The MotorSport Ranch currently has approximately 150 on-site storage units/garages with air, water and power. The facility also features a 20,000-square-foot clubhouse with meeting space, locker rooms and showers; a skid pad; a covered pre-grid area capable of accomodating 20 cars; a race control tower; and an industrial park housing several motorsports-related businesses, including the Annandale Honda Racing team.

Aside from its member activities, MotorSport Ranch hosts CMRA/CCS regional motorcycle races and popular motorcycle riding schools.

For more information about MotorSport Ranch, call 817-512-3162, FAX 817-512-3175 or go to www.motorsportranch.com.