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Nashville Superspeedway Won’t Host NASCAR in 2012
Dover – Nashville Superspeedway won’t play host to any NASCAR events in 2012, parent company Dover Motorsports announced Wednesday. Nashville is the third track owned by Dover Motorsports that will close or be sold in the last three years. Dover shut down its Memphis and Gateway facilities in the last two years. Memphis was later sold. A 1.33-mile concrete track located about 30 miles outside of Nashville, Nashville Superspeedway opened in 2001 and had two Nationwide Series … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Gaughan Says Taming the Monster Mile Is a Top Item on Checklist
Mooresville, N.C – Brendan Gaughan and the No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Tundra crew are ready to tackle the concrete monster—the “Monster Mile” also known as Dover International Speedway in Dover, DE. Gaughan has been part of six exciting NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races there and has a total of 12 NASCAR career starts at the one-mile track. “Dover is one of the few places in racing that as a driver you actually get a sensation of speed. From the top of that race track to the very bottom I think somebody once told me is 25 or 30 feet? That’s a three story building. You actually drive down hill there. It’s really cool. The concrete gives you so much grip that you drive in so hard it … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Gateway International Says No to NASCAR in 2011 and Yes to possible sale
Madison, IL – Dover Motorsports, Inc. announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Gateway International Raceway has notified NASCAR that it will not seek 2011 sanctions for its two Nationwide Series and one Camping World Truck Series races. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series, Truck Series
Dover Motorsports, Inc. announces closing of Memphis Motorsports Park
Dover, Delaware – Dover Motorsports, Inc. announced today that it was ceasing all operations at Memphis Motorsports Park and that it would not be promoting any events in Memphis in 2010. … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Truck Series
Dover Receives Warning from New York Stock Exchange
DOVER, Del. – Dover Motorsports, Inc. announced that it has been notified by the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) that it must regain compliance with the NYSE’s continued listing standards for total market capitalization and shareholders’ equity. … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Investment Group with Earnhardt ties to purchase Memphis Motorsports Park
Dover, DE – Dover Motorsports, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Memphis Motorsports Park to Gulf Coast Entertainment, L.L.C. Under the terms of the agreement, Dover Motorsports will sell all of the stock of its subsidiary Memphis International Motorsports Corporation, the owner of Memphis Motorsports Park, to Gulf Coast Entertainment for $10 million in cash. Gulf Coast Entertainment is the owner of a newly proposed multi-use entertainment complex in Mobile, AL which is projected to be operational in 2011. … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
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