Will renowned names rev up speedway's revival?

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Don Alexander is aware of at least a dozen schemes to resurrect North Wilkesboro Speedway since he took the job of Wilkes County economic development director four years ago. They include one from a Georgia developer who planned to produce a reality-TV racing show and start a women's racing series. All were grossly underfunded, and the speedway has remained idle since NASCAR stopped coming in September 1996. But Alexander says the latest effort is different, mainly because of some of the people who back Speedway Associates Inc.--including Junior Johnson, the...