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Want to buy a race track?

North Carolina Motor Speedway - you might know it as The Rock - is for sale. (Here's the AP story.)

The reason the track is being sold? It's not profitable - duh. Guess that's what happens when you lose your Cup dates.

In other news, NASCAR cars drive fast and Dale Jr. is popular.

Sorry for the lack of recent bloggage - an impending two-week vacation, last week's layoffs around here and a prolonged assault by Swim Parent has sapped the blogging juices out of me. Plus I missed most of the Michigan race on Sunday. My bad.

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marc said:

I think I'll pass.

Why pour good money into a place that has zero infrastructure, or hopes of getting any built, to support enough events with large enough crowds to make it profitable.

And that should read - "The reason the track is being sold? It's not profitable - duh. Guess that's what happens when you lose your Cup dates" and can't even draw a sellout crowd to the last event.

REX LATHAM said:

I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN TALKING TO SOMEONE ABOUT BUILDING A TRACK ANYWHERE NASCAR THINKS THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD VENUE OF COURSE I WOULD THE DEMAGRAPIC REPORT IF THEY HAVE DONE ONE IF NOT I HAVE SERVERAL IDEAL LOCATIONS THAT WOULD BRING IN THE KIND OF FANS OUR SAPORT IS MISSING THE SEASON TICKET HOLDERS LIKE SPIKE LEE JACK AND THE LA LAKERS AND ETC. STARS LIKE SPORTS NECAUSE IT GET THEM EXPOSURE ON TELEVISON ACTING LIKE REGULAR FOLKS OF COUSRE WE KNOW THEY ARE NOT WHO EATS BREAKFEAST IN PARIS AND LUNCH IN KEY WEST AND DINNER IN DENMARK THEY DO WHY BECAUSE MONEY IS AVAILABLE LIKE POCKET CHANGE IS TO THE AVERAGE PERSON LETS TAKE THEW NEXT STEP FOLKS LETS BRING DOWN THE HOUSE AND AS THEY SAY IN SHOW BUSINESS BREAK A LEG

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