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Cabarrus County, NC Destinations that could be linked by the Carolina Thread Trait: Concord Mills Mall Concord Mills Mall is a 1.4 million square foot shopping mall located in Concord, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte. The mall is in Cabarrus County, just a few hundred feet from the Mecklenburg County border, and about 25 miles from downtown Charlotte. It is operated by the Mills Corporation and is the third largest shopping mall in North Carolina, the largest being Hanes Matl in Winston-Salem, and second largest being Charlotte's SouthPark Mall. It is North Carolina's largest tourist attraction, attracting over 15 million visitors a year. The mall is located about a mile from Lowe's Motor Speedway. 8111 Concord Mills Boulevard Concord, NC 28027 (704) 979-3000 Lowe's Motor Speedway Lowe's Motor Speedway was designed and built in 1959 by current chairman 0. Bruton Smith. The late Curtis Turner, one of stock car racing's earliest driving stars, was Smith's business partner. Together, they built their dream of a 1.5- mile super speedway on the outskirts of the Queen City and, on June 19, 1960, the first World 600 was run at the new facility. In addition to the 1.5-mile quad oval, the Lowe's Motor Speedway complex includes a 2.25-mile road course and a six-tenths-mile karting layout in the speedway's infield; aquarter-mile asphalt oval utilizing part of the speedway's front stretch and pit road; and a one-fifth-mile oval located outside turn three of the super speedway. 5555 Concord Parkway South Concord, NC 28027 704-455-3200 NC Research Campus The NC Research Campus, based in Kannapolis, is a joint venture between Dole Foods, Duke University and the University of North Carolina system. Built on the site of a former textile mill, this campus-like redevelopment forges a bold new path for the City of Kannapolis. [3' CO