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Subject: what is it I always say?

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Rick

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Date Posted: Sunday, November 18, 09:07:54am

NASCAR NOT for sale: NASCAR says speculation that its family-owned company is for sale to the same European private equity firm that owns the Formula One group is "unequivocally false." A recent report in the racing business newsletter The Business of Motorsport, suggested that CVC Capital Partners, which manages funds internationally totaling more than $23.7 billion, was the "most-likely buyer" of NASCAR, Inc. from the France family. NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston, quoting a conversation he had on the matter with chairman Brian France, said France's reaction was an emphatic no. "[France said] It's a dead end story that has nothing remotely accurate," Poston said. "I spoke with Brian. NASCAR is not for sale." CVC representatives, reached in the company's New York office Friday, chose not to comment on the matter. CVC Capital Partners opened its first US office in Manhattan in March "to expand its American business," and already has purchased the luggage company Samsonite for $1.7 billion. CVC also recently bought the GP2 racing series for $300 million, and the report states that speculation has surfaced that they're also contemplating purchasing the sanctioning body that owns the Dakar Rally and Tour de France cycle race.(Marty Smith/ESPN.com)(11-18-2007)

oh yeah, never believe anything until someone in authority denies it.
I will say this though, for the sake of this sport, we had best hope that the France family does NOT sell tothese clowns. The sport will die. Can you imagine nascar being run like F-1?? Four team cars must all have the same sponsor. Car winning the race must stop on the track to allow the second place car to win so he can win the championship. Eight cars showing up for a race. Say what you want about the France family... they have not killed American stock car racing. F-1 would.

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