RacewayReport.com: Report: Harvick, RCR reach agreement on contract extension

[Gilbert Sam, Jr.]

Try Raceway Report Fanzone: NASCAR fan community featuring photos,
blogs, forums, NASCAR newswire, race weekend events and more!
http://www.racewayreport.com/fanzone

Friday, May 21, 2010

Deadline passes for Kentucky Speedway founders to ask U.S. Supreme
Court to reconsider anti-trust case: After nearly five years in court
arguing over antitrust issues, NASCAR appears to have prevailed in its
lawsuit against Kentucky Speedway’s founders. Now it’s up to Speedway
Motorsports Inc. Chairman Bruton Smith and NASCAR Chairman Brian
France to decide if Kentucky Speedway gets a Sprint Cup date in 2011.
France has repeatedly said NASCAR wouldn’t consider moving a Cup race
to the track until the antitrust lawsuit filed in 2005 was resolved.
The litigation ended when the founders did not file a request
Wednesday for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the case. A U.S.
District Court judge and a U.S. Court of Appeals panel have both ruled
in favor of NASCAR and sister company International Speedway Corp. The
deadline to mail a request was Wednesday. The Supreme Court docket
sheet does not have the case listed and NASCAR officials have been
notified by the Kentucky Speedway founders’ attorney that none was
mailed. "By not appealing the favorable NASCAR ruling … to the Supreme
Court, it appears that this matter is finally resolved," NASCAR
spokesman Ramsey Poston said in a statement. "The court found that
NASCAR, like other sports, has the right and the responsibility to
schedule its events where it decides is best for the sport and its
fans." (SceneDaily.com)
http://www.racewayreport.com/track/news.html

Report: Kevin Harvick, Richard Childress Racing reach agreement on
contract extension: Sprint Cup series points leader Kevin Harvick has
agreed to a contract extension with Richard Childress Racing, the
Observer has learned. The deal is expected to be announced at 3:15
p.m. Saturday at a news conference at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
(ThatsRacin.com)
http://www.racewayreport.com/drivers/news/kevin_harvick.html

Follow Raceway Report on Twitter
http://www.twitter.com/racewayreport

--
----
Visit http://www.racewayreport daily for the most NASCAR stories that
you want to see... Including, NASCAR blog and video links

To Unsubscribe from Newsletter please visit:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/NASCAR-News-rumors and press
unsubscribe button