NASCAR finalizing CASCAR takeover!!

NASCAR finalizing CASCAR takeover!!


TSN.ca Staff
9/7/2005 10:46:15 AM
NASCAR is poised to officially take over control of the CASCAR series, opening the way for Canadian drivers to eventually compete in the Nextel Cup Series.
"It's not 'if,' it's 'when,' " sources tell the London Free Press about the negotiations which have been going on for a year and a half.
NASCAR's director of racing development in Canada, Richard Buck, says he recommended to the NASCAR board of directors last month that they purchase the Canadian-based stock car series.
"My reports have been very favourable and they have been received very favourably," Buck tells the Free Press. "Basically the process is moving along."
"Although not everything has been put to bed, it's certainly looking very positive," said CASCAR president Tony Novotny, who founded the series in 1981.


"NASCAR getting involved in Canada is going to elevate motorsports in this country. There'll be an upswing in terms of better facilities because NASCAR has a name to uphold. The rewards are going to be a lot greater, however the demands are also going to be there."
NASCAR, which has been racing in Canada for the last two years under the Dodge Weekly Series, is reportedly interested in staging a Busch or Craftsman Truck race, possibly as early as next year in Canada. The ultimate goal is to attract a Nextel Cup race north of the border.
That won't happen in 2006 as the series unveiled its calendar on Tuesday and it does not include any new races. NASCAR has yet to confirm its 2006 Busch or Craftsman Series schedules.
CASCAR driver D.J. Kennington says NASCAR's purchase of CASCAR will certainly open a lot of doors for drivers and teams.
"Sponsorship-wise, it's going to get bigger and when that gets bigger, the whole series gets bigger," he tells the Free Press.
"There's going to be corporate people who want to get involved just because of the NASCAR name and you get so much marketing ability with that name."
"Hopefully one day we'll have a couple of us down there (driving)."

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This is what was predicted a long time ago.

Greasemonkey.