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Article: Atlanta Motor Speedway Eyes Race
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PAUL NEWBERRY, AP Sports Writer
AP Online
07-17-2000
Atlanta Motor Speedway Eyes Race
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) -- Atlanta Motor Speedway would like to play host to another Indy Racing League event. Now, track officials have got to decide if bringing back the open-wheel cars makes financial sense.
Ed Clark, the speedway's president and general manager, is still awaiting attendance figures and other numbers that will help him decide what kind of offer to make to the IRL for a potential race in 2001.
``We've got to structure a deal that works for them and works for us,'' he said Monday. ``That's the challenge. We'll throw the first proposal out, then let them work with it.''
Clark had preliminary ...