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Article: Fort Worth, Texas, Transit Authority Offers Bus Service to NASCAR Races.
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- November 19, 2003
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By Gordon Dickson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 19--Racing fans who don't want to drive themselves to the Texas Motor Speedway on crowded race days can ride a bus for the first time, starting this spring.
Buses will operate April 3-4, a weekend that is expected to draw about 300,000 fans to the O'Reilly 300 NASCAR Busch Series race and the Samsung/RadioShack 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race.
Bus service may also be offered at races later in the year, depending upon ridership in April, officials said.
After years of sometimes-tense negotiations, the speedway and the Fort Worth ...