Never ran the at the drag strip but used the go cart track. Bill used to let a friend of mine use the go cart track to help him out in his racing career.
My friend use to run in the Toyota Atlantic series and ran a couple of IRL races. In between races for prctice he would get few guys together with 125cc shifter carts and run the track. Track was way too small for shifter carts but it was fun.

It doesn't surprise me that the county dragged thier feet on the water/sewer. I don't think their is any public water any where near the track. I know Mt Airy has public water but always seems to have water problems when we have any kind of drought in the area. Would be nice to have it re-opened since it is only 15-20 minutes from me.