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    Could Speedway Motorsports, Inc. be expanding its track portfolio?

    Sources say that SMI Chairman Bruton Smith has added New Hampshire International Speedway to its holdings. A press conference is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT on Friday at Texas Motor Speedway, at which time the purchase is expected to be announced.
    When FOXSports.com asked Smith on Wednesday whether a "little announcement" was on tap for Friday, Smith replied, "There's more truth to that because it's going to be large — enormous!"

    Smith would not speculate whether a NASCAR Nextel Cup date from NHIS would be moved to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In recent years, SMI has lobbied NASCAR for an additional Cup race at the 1.5-mile speedway but have been told no.

    New Hampshire International Speedway owner Bob Bahre was not available for comment on Wednesday, but said last month that he'd "talked to about eight different groups of people" regarding the possible purchase of the one-mile track. Bahre partnered with Smith before on the purchase of North Wilkesboro Speedway in 1996 and moved the race dates to NHIS and Texas Motor Speedway, respectively.

    Bahre began building the Magic Mile in 1990. He hosted the first Cup race at the Loudon, N.H.-based track in 1993 and has sold out every Cup event since.

    In the last few years, Bahre, 80, has admitted that his son and track president Gary, 43, would not "want to run the track alone."

    "I'm going on 81," Bahre said. "So someday I want to do something with the track."

    Smith added that he met again on Tuesday with "about 25 people" from Concord, N.C. regarding the future of one of his other venues, Lowe's Motor Speedway.

    "It was a very friendly meeting," Smith said. "I guess I could say it feels good to be wanted."

    Smith's phone continues to ring with proposals for potential track sites throughout the Carolinas. He had additional planning sessions scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

    "I have some full-time engineers working on a lot of different things and have spectacular offers from a lot of people."

    SMI currently operates six tracks which host Nextel Cup Series racing: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Infineon Raceway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Lowe's Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway

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    Where do you find all of this unreadable material??
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    • #3
      Originally posted by jcindaville
      Where do you find all of this unreadable material??
      UNREADABLE?????

      This is big news!!! NHIS may lose one of its race dates to Vegas!!!!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by kbsooner21
        UNREADABLE?????

        This is big news!!! NHIS may lose one of its race dates to Vegas!!!!

        Is that English??

        NHIS= National Homo Institute of Sucking
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        • #5
          New Hampshire International Speedway

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          • #6
            Big news is Ashley Olsen(21) fucking Lance Armstrong (36)

            I heard she put his nut(singular) in her mouth
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            • #7
              Originally posted by jcindaville
              Big news is Ashley Olsen(21) fucking Lance Armstrong (36)

              I heard she put his nut(singular) in her mouth


              Are you serious?

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              • #8
                Originally posted by kbsooner21
                New Hampshire International Speedway

                New Hampshire should stick to making maple syrup and leave the Neckcar stuff to the south
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by kbsooner21


                  Are you serious?
                  Dead serious, i read it on MSN this morning. He is old enough to be her dad
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                  • #10
                    I guess Sheryl Crow was getting too old for him

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by kbsooner21
                      I guess Sheryl Crow was getting too old for him
                      [QUOTE][Is Lance Armstrong just a shiny red sports car (with bike rack, natch) away from a full-blown and slightly early midlife crisis? The seven-time Tour de France champ, 36, has apparently pedaled directly into the pouty lips of 21-year-old Ashley Olsen. (Go on, say it, we'll wait: Ew.) The squicky twosome -- the teensy, fashion-forward twin is closer in age to Armstrong's 8-year-old son than she is to him -- turned up Monday night at Manhattan hot spot Rose Bar, where a spy snitches to the New York Post, "They came together with a group of friends. Ashley drank red wine, sat on his lap and they were making out all night. They left together around 2 a.m." The New York Daily News also caught them "nuzzling up" that night, with an eyewitness recalling, "Ashley and Lance settled in and within minutes, he was whispering in her ear and she was giggling like a schoolgirl. They totally looked like they were on a date." Armstrong recently ended his romance with designer Tory Burch, while older guy-preferring Olsen has dated Tsubi jeans exec Greg Chait, club owner Scott Sartiano and Jared Leto



                      /QUOTE] Yup Crow is too old
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                      • #12
                        Smith is a business man and I dont see a track that has sold out all those races get one taken away from them.I was at Atlanta Sunday and I can tell you it wasn't sold out.And that was the best weather we have had for the spring or fall race in 4 years.Alot of the drivers love ATL so I dont see them losing a race but it would make since.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by vols fan
                          Smith is a business man and I dont see a track that has sold out all those races get one taken away from them.I was at Atlanta Sunday and I can tell you it wasn't sold out.And that was the best weather we have had for the spring or fall race in 4 years.Alot of the drivers love ATL so I dont see them losing a race but it would make since.
                          Yea, but doesn't Atlanta have a lot more seats than Loudon?

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                          • #14
                            I've been to Loudon twice. Not a very good race to watch live. Nothing in the area to do, hotels miles away, walk forever or use trams to get to track from parking area. Great for campers. The good ole boys spend enough time in the woods, need excitement between laps other then nature walks!

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by kbsooner21
                              Yea, but doesn't Atlanta have a lot more seats than Loudon?
                              I bet its close now because the took down the whole backstretch and built a big hill for motorhomes to park on.Trust me at a 500 mile race in Atlanta,5 miles might be interesting to a reg. fan.Now us die hards understand what all is involved with winning a 500 mile race but Atlanta is the most stretched out,boring race of the year.Maybe the COT will change that though.

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