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NASCAR Touches Down at Statesville Airport

When NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. travels to a racetrack somewhere in the United States‚ he flies out of Statesville Regional Airport. The airfield is convenient to Charlotte’s central business district and is within minutes of major highway corridors such as interstates 40 and 77 and highways 70 and 64. Besides Earnhardt Jr.‚ other NASCAR drivers who use Statesville Regional are Matt Kenseth‚ Michael Waltrip and Greg Biffle. Read More »

Statesville Is the Perfect Setting for Many Film Industry Projects

North Carolina has long been a popular setting for video and film productions such as television’s “Dawson’s Creek” and “One Tree Hill” and major motion pictures including Last of the Mohicans‚ Patch Adams and The Guardian. In spring 2007‚ Statesville got another taste of the dramatic action with the filming of Leatherheads‚ starring George Clooney and Renee Zellweger. “Things started for North Carolina in 1973‚ when Earl Owensby built his studio in Shelby‚” says Joan Alford‚ marketing... Read More »