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Although I am a bit surprised that the Bahre family actually wants to sell the track, It is not a total surprise. My quess if the rumor is true and we will know on Friday, is that the Sale is partially because if a race is dropped from NHIS, it will no longer be anywhere near as profitable.

There has been talk of NHIS loosing a race for a few years now. As an avid Nascar fan, this news has always peaked my attention. Unfortunately much like this fall the races at loudon are at time not as competitive and as fun to watch as at other venues. And no I am not an accident lover, I am a race fan who loves to see great side by side racing. It because of this that NHIS has always been targeted as a facility that doesn't deserve two races. The other issue that has come up lately is all the 1.5 mile tracks that have popped up and all the one that are in planing stages. The Cup series has limited races and there are more tracks fighting for those races. So nascar has been trying to figure out where the give and take is going to be.

What scares me most with this rumor is the involvement of SMI.... and Burton Smith.... I feel that there maybe the potential for NHIS to loose both races in the future. This would be extemely unfortuate...... Nascar is quickly loosing the good variety of tracks they once had in the cup series..... there are two many 1.5 ovals and the trend seems to be to keep building them..... why??? well in my opinion it because business men realize that the new 1.5 mile ovals have the potential to make more money then a 1 mile oval.....or a .5 mile oval.... The only small races ways that are safe are Bristol and Martinsville and there traditions are deep....

Anyways enough rambling..... this is bad news.... and if NHIS looses a race the economic impact will be noticiable..... the question just becomes which race will these loose....