International Speedway Corporation has pledged two "major race weekends" if Washington State's legislature passes a financial proposal for a speedway near Kitsap. The state's Lt. Governor, Brad Owen, favors the proposal, and ISC's Grant Lynch has stated that moving a Winston Cup race to Kitsap from another track is an expectation, with all three of NASCAR's big league touring series, IRL, and Grand National West slated for events at the new track, to be roughly 1.2 miles long.
Why NASCAR has to do this remains puzzling, for the area has never proven to be worthy of a big league racing venue and taking a date away from an existing track never makes sense. Presumably Martinsville or Richmond would lose a date; Darlington was supposed to have died out by now, however, and fans there refuse to let it go. If either of those two short tracks get threatened, the area's fanbase is likely to make sure they stay where they are on the schedule.
It all illustrates the absurdity of the campaign of speedway fratricide that has gone on for the last ten years. The sport doesn't particularly need a track in Kitsap, WA and should not be taking dates away from existing tracks to subsidise other tracks.
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the Monopoly game continues
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