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CAPRON (WAVY) --For the past 12 years, the doors to Southampton Motor Speedway have been locked. No racing at a track where Denny Hamlin cut his teeth racing Late Models.

"It's heartbreaking enough to do something about it," said area race fan Carrie Denney. "That's what I did, that's what we are trying to do. I don't want to see her like this or any other track closed, it's not the racing way."

Carrie Denney has been a race fan her whole life. She attended races at Southampton and she plans on bringing cars back to the track, and soon.

"The plan is we are going reopen," Denney said. "We are definitely opening this year and we've selected our divisions and we're putting our rules together now for those divisions."

Denney plans up to 10 racing divisions, with drivers coming from all of over the region to race on Saturday nights.

"Drivers that have once raced here before, they're getting their race cars together now and they are preparing to run here as well. We've got drivers from other tracks in the area that are letting us know they want to support us and want to run here."

With Langley Speedway in Hampton closed because of a land dispute, Denney says there's a local racing void.

"It's unfortunate that other tracks are struggling, we want to see them open just as much as we want to see Southampton open. We wish them all the best. There are a lot of drivers that are misplaced that are looking for a place to come and we'd like to offer homes to all of them."

There's still some work to be done at the four tenth's of a mile banked tri-oval, mainly landscaping and painting. The track surface itself has held up and there's a chance Denney could take over even more control of Southampton Motor Speedway.

"I'm leasing the property and I have exclusive option to buy the property, so her future is definitely secure."