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A Kitsap County citizens group has challenged the Kitsap County Commission’s April vote to allow racetracks on property a Florida speedway developer is considering for a NASCAR track.

The 100-member group filed a lawsuit in Pierce County Superior Court and an appeal before the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board on Wednesday. It wants the April decision overturned and the council’s vote ruled illegal.

County officials say the commission voted in November 2003 to allow racetracks near the Bremerton National Airport, well before the International Speedway Corporation (ISC) had expressed interest in building an 80,000-seat NASCAR track on the property. But because of a clerical error, racetracks never made it into the county code.

When commissioners realized the error, they voted again in April to allow racetracks.

The residents who sued