Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Dammit

This is why I bought a ticket to the upcoming May race in Darlington: "The future of Darlington Raceway is again the subject of speculation - that the France family's International Speedway Corp. may sell the South Carolina track to promoter Bruton Smith so he can move Darlington's remaining Nextel Cup date to Las Vegas Speedway next season.

The Frances were on the verge of selling Darlington to Smith last year, for just such a Cup swap, only to back off at the last moment. One reason for adding a second date in Las Vegas would be to increase the value of NASCAR's pending new TV contracts, currently under negotiation."

I guess Rockingham was Ebbet's Field and Darlington will be the Polo Grounds.

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