09:56 AM EDT on Tuesday, May 31, 2005

By MARK BOONE / 6NEWS

Charlotte’s plan for a NASCAR hall of fame is expected to cost at least $130 million. Now other cities are trying to convince NASCAR the Queen City is a bad fit for a hall of fame.

Those who put the bid together for Charlotte said there's no big hoopla, no huge ceremony accompanying the city's hall of fame bid to NASCAR.

All bids are due in to NASCAR Tuesday. Charlotte picked a site right behind the convention center to be the home of NASCAR's hall of fame, but the sport will also consider locations in four other cities.

Daytona Beach's mayor argued her town already hosts the Super Bowl of NASCAR and the sport's corporate headquarters.

“So therefore it's only fitting that the NASCAR's hall of fame reside in Daytona Beach,” said Mayor Yvonne Scarlet-Golden.

Richmond would build a hall of fame next to their track, claiming their city has the best access from the interstate

Kansas City brought in the National Guard to help announce its hall of fame bid

Atlanta will reportedly unveil plans for a hall of fame near the city's centennial Olympic Park and within walking distance of a new aquarium and a new world of Coca-Cola museum. They are two attractions which are expected to draw millions of people to that city. But the mayor of Charlotte said there's nothing to worry about.

“We respect our competition, but we're not going to concentrate on our competition,” Mayor Pat McCrory said.

NASCAR is expected to pick a city by the end of this year. The hall could open somewhere by 2008 and the tourism impact projected to be at least $30 million a year.