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Article: Pocono Raceway is not for sale
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- May 28, 2008
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The Associated Press
LONG POND, Pa. - Bruton Smith's push to land the Sprint Cup
Series in Kentucky will go on without plucking dates from Pocono
Raceway.
The 21/2-mile triangle NASCAR track nestled in the mountains is
not for sale.
And Dover International Speedway might be out of Smith's reach,
too.
Rose Mattioli told The Associated Press on Tuesday there are no
plans to sell Pocono, which currently has two Sprint Cup races, and
there will be racing on the mountaintop for at least "as long as our
grandkids live."
"It never was available; it never will be available," said
Mattioli, who owns the track with her husband, Joseph. "My husband
has stated that over and again. That's it."
Smith was ...