Personal playground now major motorsport venue

Via IndyCar.com

A poster of the periodic table in Dr. Laney Chouest’s modest office at NOLA Motorsports Park is a symbol of information, which the business magnate/entrepreneur/former family practitioner sees as the key to the facility he founded and developed hosting a Verizon IndyCar Series race.

Such a concept wasn’t his original intent, but when the idea was broached back in 2012 he didn’t immediately discount count it either. The big-picture Louisianan saw an opportunity to showcase the state and the 750-acre facility that sprung up on the west bank of the Mississippi River, about 15 miles from Downtown New Orleans, to satisfy one man’s penchant for driving fast without getting a ticket.

He just needed to collect information, complete his due diligence, much like his family’s offshore oil and gas exploration company. This weekend, NOLA Motorsports Park will host the inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana (2:30 p.m. ET April 12, NBCSN).

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