Complaints aired over race track

Residents say loud noise after midnight needs to be addressed in Pollard, McCall

Several Pollard and McCall residents continued their complaints about the noise being generated by the new race track on Highway 31 saying the loud noise during the first two races kept them and their children awake after midnight.

Dennis Fuqua, John Robert Fountain and Bill Harris appeared before the county commission Monday seeking relief but were told there wasn't much the county could do.

Fuqua, who lives near Pollard-McCall Jr. High School, said it was like having a race track in his back yard. He said Saturday night the loud noise continued until 12:26 a.m. and two weeks earlier it we...