hhSpeedway tycoon Bruton Smith is back to strong-arming the city of Concord and Cabarrus County over the timing and size of the taxpayer loot they must lay at his feet. Better still, Smith is nixing any commitment that Smith will spend money on his race complex in the future. The details according to the Uptown paper of record:

The billionaire wants his company to be compensated for road and other improvements in the area in three years, instead of up to 40 years, and receive interest if payments are not made in that time frame.

He cut a requirement to run the speedway and his new drag strip for at least 40 years, as well as hold at least three top-level NASCAR races a year at the speedway. He proposed operating the facilities for a number of years, but the total was not specified.

And he eliminated a requirement that he spend $200 million within three years on speedway improvements.

Just stop. Just walk away. Were city and county officials a battered and abused woman, that’s what we’d all say. The guy is a bully. He has win, has to feel powerful. There no way for you to win except walk away. Leave him to his own devices. Oh, he’ll bluster and threaten and try to lash out, and in an actual domestic violence situation this could be a dangerous time.

But not with Bruton Smith. He is a just a bully who has been allowed to get his way for far, far too long.