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Racing in the Charlotte area is going straight in 2008.

With three major NASCAR weekends plus dozens of other events scheduled once again for Lowe's Motor Speedway -- which, in case you missed it, will be right where it has always been in Concord -- oval-track racing will once again bring thousands of people and millions of dollars to the area in the year ahead.

But something new is coming....

DAVID POOLE / The Charlotte Observer
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