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On second thought: Bruton Smith offers an addendum to that possible 2nd NASCAR Sprint cup race weekend at Las Vegas

By Mike Mulhern mikemulhern.net CONCORD, N.C. A day after track mega-owner Bruton Smith stunned the stock car racing world with news that he was discussing a possible 10-year sponsorship deal for a second NASCAR Sprint Cup tour weekend at his Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a race that would be moved from Charlotte Motor Speedway s fall... Read More

Bruton Smith: how about moving the Charlotte fall Cup race to Las Vegas?

By Mike Mulhern mikemulhern.net CONCORD, N.C. Now if Bruton Smith would just buy NASCAR itself, imagine what changes he might consider... Less than 48 hours after the annual Sprint Cup All-Star race -- a nice, spicy race, albeit in front of a relatively mediocre crowd of some 75,000 or so Saturday night -- Smith raised the... Read More

Can NASCAR bounce back? Daytona has a whiz-bang game plan going, 18 months in now. What's working, what's not?

By Mike Mulhern mikemulhern.net CONCORD, N.C. Star power...Twitter...Gen-Y....Gen-6...Hispanics....Danica... NASCAR execs are pulling out all the stops to make this sport hot again. But are cars -- muscle cars or race cars -- really even relevant any more on the American sports scene? And what about NASCAR s classic core... Read More