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Article: Kentucky pushing for Sprint Cup
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- May 5, 2009
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CONCORD, N.C. - Speedway Motorsports Inc. officials said Monday
they have asked NASCAR to add Kentucky to the 2010 Sprint Cup Series
schedule.
SMI chairman Bruton Smith is willing to give up a race date at
one of his seven other facilities to get Kentucky on the schedule.
He would not reveal which track he is considering, and SMI president
Marcus Smith said no decision has been made on which track would
lose a date if NASCAR adds Kentucky to its 36-race schedule.
"We've done everything we need to make sure Kentucky is not out
of play in 2010," Marcus Smith said. "It's sort of a chess game from
here."
SMI agreed to pay $78.3 million last year for the track located
in Sparta, which currently ...