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A Pay Cut for NASCAR Teams: Purses Slashed by 10 Percent

By Bob ZellerJan 29th 2010 – 2:10PM

The struggling economy has reached out and touched NASCAR in a new way: reduced purses. In a cost-cutting measure, NASCAR is decreasing race purses - the amount it pay drivers and car owners in race winnings - by approximately 10 percent in 2010 for all three national series. ‬‪"Last year we launched an...

Coincidence? Bruton's House Catches Fire

By Geoffrey MillerDec 7th 2007 – 11:15PM

Some late-breaking Friday night news from the Charlotte, N.C. area:Firefighters put out a small fire about 9 p.m. tonight at the home of the Lowe's Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith. An electrical short in the wire of outdoor Christmas lights caused a spark that lit the shrubbery in front of Smith's south Charlotte house,...

Speedway Motorsports Inc News From the Web

  • 05/17/12 Too Much Selling of Top Quartile Ranked Dividend Stock... Source: Forbes The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive.
  • 05/02/12 Speedway Motorsports posts another 1st-qtr loss Source: The Daily Reflector - Greenville NC Speedway Motorsports Inc. posted another loss for its first quarter as the racetrack operator said attendance at events remains weak due to the tough economy.
  • 04/24/12 Speedway Motorsports, Inc. Schedules 2012 First... Source: Speedway Motosports Inc CONCORD, N.C., Apr 24, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE: TRK), a leading marketer and promoter of motorsports entertainment, will host its quarterly conference call on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. (ET).
  • 04/17/12 Speedway Motorsports, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash... Source: Business Wire Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (SMI) (NYSE: TRK) today declared a quarterly cash dividend of 15 cents per share of common stock.
  • 03/31/12 Speedway Motorsports: Death Benefit From Life... Source: Forbes S.E.2d ____, 2012 WL 1058579 (Ga.App., March 29, 2012).

Background on Speedway Motorsports Inc

Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (SMI_ is an American corporation that owns and manages racing facilities that host NASCAR, IZOD IndyCar Series, NHRA, WoO other racing series.

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