Archive for August 7th, 2008

SMI may back out of Kentucky Speedway purchase

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Speedway Motorsports Inc. may not wind up buying Kentucky Speedway after all. SMI has until Aug. 18 to decide whether to complete the $78 million deal that includes the assumption of $63 million in debt. “I can’t answer definitively whether or not we would go forward with the transaction,” Bill Brooks, the company’s chief financial [...]

Woman suing NASCAR has spotty background

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The former racing official who has accused NASCAR of racial discrimination and sexual harassment in a $225 million lawsuit had a restraining order filed against her by a former boyfriend and was arrested for driving under the influence. Mauricia Grant, who filed her suit against NASCAR in June, also was charged with driving with [...]