Concord (verb) – when a race track/auto dealership magnate threatens a municipality with the removal of a race event, or entire racetrack, in order to get what he wants – refers to what happened to the city of Concord, N.C. Last week Bruton Smith took his fight with the police chief of Loudon, N.H. public. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘New Hampshire Motor Speedway’
Loudon Getting ‘Concorded’ By Bruton Smith
June 21st, 2010 
Journo She’s Coming Baaaaaack…
June 16th, 2010 T.C. And by “she,” I mean Danica Patrick. This post serves as your official 10 day hype warning. You’d better enjoy the nice, quiet, normal Nationwide Series coverage this weekend on ESPN, because it will be the calm before the storm. Danica returns to the JR Motorsports #7 on June 26th at New Hampshire. Through the first [...]
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Tags: Danica Patrick, hype, indy car, JR Motorsports, media, Nationwide Series, New Hampshire Motor Speedway 
15 Comments »Everyone Wants Danica!
December 18th, 2009 Journo Oh to be a track promoter right now. Yeah I know times are tough and people aren’t buying tickets like they used to, but a gift has landed on their doorsteps. That gift is of course Danica Patrick and you better believe every track operator on the Nationwide schedule is crossing their fingers she graces [...]
Kentucky, Really?
February 20th, 2009 Journo Bruton Smith amped up his Kentucky Speedway rhetoric this week, with the help of Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, as they announced plans for a $75 million expansion (with help from the state) to aid them in their quest for a Sprint Cup Series date. And why not? Kentucky is a great facility. The mile and a half, 68,000 [...]
When Good Strategy Goes Wrong
July 1st, 2008 T.C. Racing is a tough game. Sometimes, despite the best laid plans, everything goes wrong. The saying “sometimes its better to be lucky then good” seems to apply a lot in racing. And I think this distinguishes racing from most other sports. Being the best team, or having the fastest car doesn’t guarantee anything. Each week, [...]
