So - my GF works with the wife of one of the track big wigs and:

1) They were completely shocked at the judges ruling given they had provided decible readings that showed both the trains and the diesel yard behind the property were louder than the drag strip's loudest decible reading.

2) They have proof that the guy doesn't actually live there - he just keeps a car registered at that address

So - the story goes that when they were first building the facility - the entire facility - the guy was trying to get them to purchase his property for an exhorbitant amount - the track refused saying they didn't need to because it was on the other side of the tracks. Fast forward to when they decided to move the dragstrip that gave the pric..er, person, the opportunity he was seeking to get revenge.