(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of Pitt Race International Complex)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Dallas, TX) Land records show that a Texas-based company has paid $50 million to buy the Pittsburgh International Race Complex. The company shares a street address in Texas with Provident Data Centers, which is a developer that has been pursuing data center projects in Scranton and elsewhere in the United States. Julian Hawes was the Wampum representative who signed the sale documents. Hawes is also the president of Provident Data Centers, which is based in Dallas, Texas. The Wampum track closed on November 9th, 2025 after over twenty years in operation. According to the documents, the sale to Wampum I LLC was finalized in March. Wampum I LLC is an entity that is registered in Delaware. Even though the track’s former owners, Jim and Kathy Stout, have been largely silent about the fate of the community institution, local residents have been concerned that it would attract attention from data center developers. The Stouts decided to step away from the racing facility after much thought in October of 2025. Officials with Big Beaver Borough and representatives from Provident Data Centers were not responsive to inquiries about the sale. Pitt Race opened in 2002 and has hosted autocross, motocross and drifting events. It had also partnered with the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Motorsport Festival since 2004.