Institute drops effort to clone Va. raceway’s tree

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DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — Researchers have dropped an effort to clone the Virginia International Raceway’s iconic white oak tree, which fell last summer.

The tree, which was more than 150 years old, marked the track’s apex. After the tree fell, raceway officials asked the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville to conduct tests on the tree to determine whether it could be cloned.

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