Thanks guys! We're excited to be able to show a glimpse of what we're learning...
As far as the land before the track - Don Benvenuti, who was 22 years old when the track was built, said during our interview (although not used in this clip) that the land was previously owned by the Sweet family (no relation to Bill Sweet the driver from the 60's & 70's) prior to construction and that it was basically just farm land... much like what the land behind turns 1 & 2 (what is currently the North Pits) looks like in the opening picture of the video.
Link to the video on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTzZ-_Wy3yQLink to our website that'll have all the updates of our documentary project:
http://www.vault-productions.com