So now we find out this (from Donna’s link):

… the budget that legislators originally adopted included just $2 million for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to begin planning and design for the track.

But Sen. David Hoyle, D-Gaston, said that legislators had agreed to provide $4 million for the track. “We made a commitment,” Hoyle said.

Legislators added $2 million from the state’s fund for repairs and renovations to state buildings to the money for the track.

Oh yes, a typical use of that fund; we needed to “repair and renovate” the state’s commitment to building [insert boondoggle here].

Well, back in 2000, NASCAR did a good turn for the universities in “Rev[ing] Up Its Engines In Support of Higher Education Bonds.” Now it gets its turn at the trough.