Joseph Nederlander has just announced that he is abandoning plans for a racetrack at the Michigan State Fairgrounds because of the lawsuit filed by various community organizations, including the Sherwood Forest Association. Elimination of the racetrack puts the rest of the Nederlander development plans in doubt. Mr. Nederlander was quoted in the August 15 Detroit Free Press as saying, ''I don't blame the neighbors. If somebody said they wanted to build a track in my backyard, I wouldn't like it.''

By I-CARE