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A bill aimed at helping Kentucky Speedway host a potentially lucrative NASCAR Sprint Cup race got a legislative green light Tuesday.

Here are a few of the items that have crossed the wires in the last few hours. But first a couple related stories on NASCAR tracks and their promotion.

Dover Motorsports owns and operates four tracks that host NASCAR-sanctioned races: Dover International Speedway, Gateway International Raceway, Nashville Superspeedway and Memphis.

A few days ago Speed TV floated the rumor Joey Logano would make his Cup presence felt at the wheel of the #96 entry fielded by Hall of Fame Racing.
At the time I rated it less than likely, but also used the “weasel phrase” on the other the hand as a way to hedge my [...]

Race track dates and where and when they will be awarded is shaping up as a battle of the titans. On one side of the battlefield is Bruton Smith’s SMI.

Except for the rain, the owner of New Hampshire Motor Speedway generally liked what he saw during the NASCAR track’s first Sprint Cup weekend since he took over.
Bruton Smith, whose Speedway Motorsports Inc., bought the track last fall for $340 million, is still working on plans for its future.
But, while SMI also recently bought Kentucky [...]

Just what NASCAR needs - as if there’s not enough politics involved with the sport - Gov. Steve Beshear says he’s still hoping the state lands a Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway in time for next year, despite NASCAR’s indications to the contrary.
Beshear returned this evening (Sunday night) from a meeting in North Carolina [...]

NASCAR’s decision Friday to not have a Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway in 2009, despite a change in ownership to Bruton Smith, has left the track’s founder livid.
“This is what bullies do and it’s been going on too long,” Carroll said. “They’ve showed their hand again. If they want to break us and want [...]

If reports are true Bruton Smith will announce within the next 10 minutes he has purchased the Kentucky Motor Speedway.
Which raises the snarky question - I wonder if Eight is Enough?
The place was built for approximately $150 million, I’ll guess Smith is laying out somewhere in the neighborhood of $225 million for the property.
More later [...]

And the question, as posed in an email that landed in the Hallowed Halls of the Full Throttle Press Room (Bathroom, truth be told but keep it under your helmet) is; “Why haven’t you picked a NASCAR All-Star winner or anything else on the weeks events?”
“Who cares” was the response then and now. But [...]

With all the NASCAR teams branching out with tie-ups to various business partnerships it’s to be expected Kevin and Delana Harvick wouldn’t be ones left behind the curve.
What is surprising is the direction they are taking, Happy is getting, dare I say it… happy, with drag racing the AA Fueler type. (Bruton see what you’ve [...]