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Bruton Smith still holding out hope for a 2010 Cup race in Kentucky
By Bob Pockrass - Associate Editor
Sunday, March 08, 2009
HAMPTON, Ga. – Speedway Motorsports Inc. Chairman Bruton Smith says he still hopes to get a NASCAR Sprint Cup date in 2010 for Kentucky Speedway
“Why would anybody stand in the way of that?” Smith said.
NASCAR has said that it won't allow Smith to move a race to the track as long as the Kentucky Speedway founders’ antitrust lawsuit remains unresolved. The lawsuit against NASCAR and International Speedway Corp. (with SMI also considered a co-conspirator) is pending in U.S. Appeals Court in Cincinnati, and a decision is not expected until late May at the earliest.
Smith, who paid $78.3 million (including the assumption of $63.3 million of debt) for the track in December, allowed the founders to continue with the lawsuit as a condition of the sale.
He said he has still not talked to NASCAR Chairman Brian France about realigning a race to Kentucky from another SMI track.
“I think Brian listens to his overpaid attorneys, and I hope that they will go well [in the suit] and we will get everything out of the way where they’re happy and I’m happy because I really would like to make damn sure that we have that event,” said Smith.
Smith has not said which of his tracks would lose a date if he gets to move a race to Kentucky. SMI also owns Atlanta Motor Speedway, which is hosting Sunday's Kobalt Tools 500 Sprint Cup race, along with Lowe's Motor Speedway in North Carolina, Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee, Infineon Raceway in California, New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Nevada.
He said he is adding 4,000 more motorhome parking spaces and exploring other hotel/casino options for the Kentucky track.
“Maybe the Kentucky Speedway could have a hotel/casino, don’t you think?” Smith said. “I don’t have that plan, but I know that Kentucky is very jealous of Indiana because the hotel [and casino] are [nearby] in Indiana.”
Smith said he is not currently adding seats nor changing the track configuration.
“It’s OK as it is right now,” Smith said.
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Bob Koba said:
Mar 8, 2009 at 7:32 AMMove Infinion to Kentucky. Road races dont belong in stock car raceing.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportWerner Boehmert said:
Mar 8, 2009 at 12:45 PMsurprised he doesn't want the season ending race here...
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAndrew Briscoe said:
Mar 8, 2009 at 1:18 PMOnly two tracks that he owns that really would have a race date moved are Atlanta and New Hampshire.... And I doubt he'd be willing to move dates from both of them (one to give Kentucky a date, another to give Vegas a second date). I just don't see Kentucky getting a Cup date by 2010.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportCharlie Kemper said:
Mar 8, 2009 at 7:33 PMRoad racing is great, it gives a good indication of who the really talented drivers are... I take it people who do not like road raceing pull for drivers who are not good at road racing. I am a Kentucky PSL owner, I hope like crazy we get a date soon but I am not holding my breath
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» Confirm Abuse ReportJeffery Gordon said:
Mar 8, 2009 at 7:59 PMI love road racing too, it is a good indicator of the drivers skill instead of just running in circles.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportShirley Livingston said:
Mar 8, 2009 at 11:45 PMI love the road races too!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportOLD_GUY said:
Mar 9, 2009 at 2:41 AMBruton's only problem is that he's dealing with an outfit that is greedier than the is.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportchris Stephens said:
Mar 9, 2009 at 6:24 PMGIVE KENTUCKY A CUP RACE! THANKYOU!
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