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From thatsracin.com

 

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There is at least a kernel of truth in one of the many rumors circulating about the New Hampshire 300, which was postponed last weekend by NASCAR and is now scheduled to be run on Nov. 23 at New Hampshire International Speedway.

 

A source Wednesday night confirmed that Bruton Smith contacted Bob Bahre, owner of the New Hampshire track, over the weekend to offer to hold what is now scheduled to be the season's final race at Texas Motor Speedway, which is owned by Smith's Speedway Motorsports Inc.

 

Smith would share the revenue from the race with Bahre, compensating Bahre for the loss of the date at his track. Smith, meanwhile, would get a second 2001 Cup race for his Texas track in the bargain.

 

The discussions apparently haven't gone beyond the initial overture from Smith, and the chances of such a swap being made would appear remote. Smith and Bahre each got Cup dates for their tracks by buying 50 percent interest in North Wilkesboro Speedway and their standoff over that has kept the North Wilkesboro track idle.

 

Since the new date for the New Hampshire race was announced, there have been many rumors about what might happen instead of Winston Cup going to New Hampshire on Thanksgiving weekend.

 

Early this week there was talk that this weekend's race at Dover might switch with the postponed event. There has also been talk about a possible swap between Rockingham and New Hampshire and even some talk that the New Hampshire race would be canceled outright.

 

By all appearances, however, New Hampshire International Speedway is progressing with plans to host the race in November. The track's public relations office sent e-mails to media representatives Wednesday asking them to reconfirm their plans to cover the event.

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Here's an article I found saying the offer got rejected.  New Hampshire wants the race.

 

From Yahoo Sports :

 

" Offer to move race to Texas spurned

By MIKE HARRIS

AP Motorsports Writer

September 20, 2001

 

 

The owner of New Hampshire International Speedway rejected an offer from Texas Motor Speedway to move the rescheduled New Hampshire 300 on Nov. 23 to Texas.

 

Bob Bahre, whose family owns and operates the New Hampshire track, declined the offer from TMS owner Bruton Smith to buy the date.

 

``He's very kind,'' Bahre told The Associated Press on Thursday in a phone interview. ``He called me twice and wanted to talk about a deal, but I told him no.

 

``We have 91,000 seats sold for the race and we're going to have it here. We think we're going to be in pretty good shape.''

 

The race was scheduled for last Sunday at the track in Loudon, N.H., but was postponed to the day after Thanksgiving because of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.

 

Smith, chairman of the board of Speedway Motorsports Inc., which owns tracks in Fort Worth, Charlotte, Atlanta, Las Vegas and Sonoma, Calif., has been trying to get a second Winston Cup race for the Texas track since it opened in 1997.

 

With an average high temperature of 36 degrees in New Hampshire on Nov. 23, Smith apparently saw an opportunity to move the now season-ending event to the warmer climes of Texas.

 

No Winston Cup race has ever been run as far north at such a late date. But there were no other openings on the 2001 schedule between now and the end of the season, which was scheduled to end in Atlanta on Nov. 18.

 

Bahre, who opened the New Hampshire track in 1993, said, ``Atlanta is cold in March, too, when they run the spring race. The only thing which could hurt us is snow, but I think we'll be just fine.''

 

Smith was not immediately available for comment. "

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Bob Bahre would heat the stands and the track before Smith got anything out of it. I don't think Bahre would pee on Bruton if he was on fire.

General Lee 01 Senior Enthusiast

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Quote from Friz, posted on Sep. 20 2001,6:38

I don't think Bahre would pee on Bruton if he was on fire.

 

Would he pee on him if he wasn't????:(

 

LOL

 

I like that phrase Friz. Thanks:)

Zane Senior Enthusiast

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I think this is going to be a good race at NHIS!

I mean, c'mon, when else are you going to hear the announcer say

"We are on lap 2 with Bobby..wait...wait, Jeff Godron hit a patch of Black Ice going into turn 3!! Looks like his day is over! Tough break."

:(:D:D

General Lee 01 Senior Enthusiast

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Quote from Mervz, posted on Sep. 24 2001,8:27

I think this is going to be a good race at NHIS!

I mean, c'mon, when else are you going to hear the announcer say

"We are on lap 2 with Bobby..wait...wait, Jeff Godron hit a patch of Black Ice going into turn 3!! Looks like his day is over! Tough break."

:(:D:D

 

Yeah, then NASCAR will Red-flag the race  cause it snower as the green flag fell and let him pull out his Backup.

Kansas Kid Senior Enthusiast

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Quote from Friz, posted on Sep. 20 2001,5:38

Bob Bahre would heat the stands and the track before Smith got anything out of it. I don't think Bahre would pee on Bruton if he was on fire.

 

I wouldn't pee on either of them if they were on fire!  After what they did with North Wilkesboro, I could care less what these two guys do.

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