Racing fans will have to wait until summertime to experience what the CNY Raceway Park has to offer. The new home of Super DIRT Week is under construction. TWC News' Iris St. Meran has an update on its progress and plans for nearby property if the president of the track is able to acquire it.

CENTRAL SQUARE, N.Y. – In a field in Central Square, all that dirt being moved around is the construction of the Central New York Raceway Park. For the crews who have been working on this all winter, it's more than that.

"Well, it means a lot of promise for the whole area," said PJ Joynt, Lan-Co Companies vice president. "The community, everybody is going to benefit from it; just the short-term jobs, the construction jobs that are taking place, a lot of families are being fed right now."

The mild winter allowed them to stay on schedule with a target of opening the race track after July 4. In the meantime, crews have their work cut out for them trying to meet that deadline.

"We're making the surface cuts on the dirt track up there where those excavators are working, and there's another excavator working over here digging the retention pond," said Joynt.

Glenn Donnelly, president of the track, said this field was once used for agriculture.

"It takes a lot of area to build a 5/8-mile dirt track,” Donnelly said. “That whole area, as you can see, is in there."

It may be hard to see from the road. Donnelly explains that, so far, half a million yards of dirt have been moved to make way for the tracks, grandstand and parking lots. One of the lots they are working on is adjacent to Central Square Middle School. This week, TWC News told you the school district is considering redistricting.

One of the proposed plans includes closing the middle school and putting it up for sale to make up for a budget shortfall. Donnelly said the property is something the track would be interested in turning into a technical college down the line if it goes up for sale.

"The technical college is a big part of us moving not only the students ahead, but also our project and them being involved with it," said Donnelly.

No decision has been made yet, and the district says we are a year out from any change that could come. Donnelly said they could train about 150 interns a year, turning racing into more than a spectator sport.