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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

Remember when street cars were hot stuff, and muscle cars ruled.....

By Mike Mulhern mikemulhern.net CONCORD, N.C. What s Ray Evernham up to now? It s been almost 14 years now since Ray Evernham s last race as Jeff Gordon s crew chief....almost six years since his last official race as NASCAR team owner.... After 47 tour wins and three championships with Gordon and Rick Hendrick, Evernham... Read More