I liked Bruton Smith until this. This is so wrong!

What next? bye bye Darlington, Richmond, Bristol etc?

--- In wardburton2@yahoogroups.com, graphic_designer_48
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Rockingham has always been one of the more exciting tracks, a
billion times more
> exciting than Texas and the rest of the cookie cutter tri-ovals out
there. I know that
> there's more money in Tri-Ovals but I wonder if these guys realize
that if they
> eliminate all the interesting tracks, NASCAR won't be interesting
anymore, and they
> will make no money.
>
> Oh, and I miss ESPN, too. This TV deal sucks, I can't stand Fox.
Today the whole race
> was interrupted by my local Fox station because of thunderstorms.
ESPN played a big
> part in bringing NASCAR where it is, and it's going to be Fox and
NBC that bring it
> down. That and Tri-Ovals.
>
> --- In wardburton2@yahoogroups.com, pirate1269 <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
> >
> > From WFMY TV: It appears one more race is leaving NASCAR's
> > heartland... sources tell WFMY News 2. North Carolina speedway
will
> > be purchased as part of a settlement in a lawsuit and the buyer
will
> > be SpeedwayMotorsports Inc. Their goal is to move a second race
date
> > to their Texas Motor Speedway.
> > Here's a breakdown of what's happening and why: Sources say SMI
will
> > buy the Rockingham track for 100-million dollars. Bruton Smith,
the
> > chairman of SMI, plans to shut down Rockingham and move that race
to
> > Texas Motor Speedway...Smith says NASCAR promised him they would
give
> > him a race at his Texas Motor Speedway, but that never happened
and
> > he had to go out and find his own. So SMI shareholders believe a
deal
> > to buy the Rockingham track and move the race to Texas will
finally
> > fulfill that promise from years ago.(WFMY TV)(