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Airport authority evicting Three Palms Speedway operator
The Charlotte County Airport Authority has started eviction procedures to remove the tenants from the Three Palms Speedway. The 3/8-mile asphalt racetrack sits on a little more than 20 acres next to Punta Gorda Airport. The tenants, Jamie and Andy Haase, have operated from the site for more than two years.

Pamella Seay, commissioner with the airport authority, says the tenants are at least three months behind in rent. The tenants have also not installed grandstands required by the lease. Even more worrisome for the authority, she says, is the business has been without its required insurance for at least a month.

“This is a such a huge liability for us,” Seay tells the Business Observer. “It's a racetrack. People have died racing. We are really going through our legal options right now to protect the racetrack property.”