RICHMOND, VA. ? The group driving Virginia’s effort to attract the NASCAR Hall of Fame to the city revealed portions of their unfinished proposal Saturday at Richmond International Raceway.

Virginians Racing for the Hall of Fame, a public-private partnership, must make its proposal to NASCAR by the end of the month. The city is among at least four spots vying for the hall, along with Charlotte, N.C., Daytona Beach, Fla., and Kansas City, Kan.

Doug Fritz, vice president of the group, said Richmond made sense as the hall’s site because of its location on Interstate 95 and its already thriving tourism industry because of its history as the Confederate capital and its proximity to Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown.

“Just look at the history of Richmond and the racing industry,” Fritz said, noting the city was holding races in 1946, before NASCAR was formed.

Fred Agostino, president of VRHOF, said the group’s proposal to NASCAR would include several potential locations for the hall, one on the property of the track and the others within a few miles of it.

“We’re not putting all our eggs in one basket,” he said, adding that the hall the group is proposing would cost an estimated $103 million, have 68,000 feet of exhibit area and would require a 20-acre tract of land.

The sport’s governing body, Agostino said, has set two chief criteria for the final decision: the best place for the hall to be accessible to fans and the place where it will introduce new fans to the sport.

The proposal is not yet completed, but the group said an economic analysis suggested the hall would attract 700,000 fans its first year.