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Offline VirginiaJim

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Breaking news in Virginia......AMA Pro Racing cancelled at VIR
« on: July 19, 2011, 11:35:47 AM »
Not that I'm interested in them anymore but some may have been thinking about attending this event...

http://www.gazettevirginian.com/index.php/sports/37-sports/3514-vir-cancels-pro-racing-event
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Re: Breaking news in Virginia......AMA Pro Racing cancelled at VIR
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2011, 11:57:42 AM »
Sounds like the AMA screwed the pooch on this one. Delivering a contract to the track in June for a race in August is asinine! That's something that should be done at least a year in advance in order to make the full race schedule.
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Re: Breaking news in Virginia......AMA Pro Racing cancelled at VIR
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2011, 12:59:01 PM »
AMA=dufus
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Re: Breaking news in Virginia......AMA Pro Racing cancelled at VIR
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2011, 01:25:48 PM »
IIRC doesn't NA$CAR actually run(?) AMA racing?
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Re: Breaking news in Virginia......AMA Pro Racing cancelled at VIR
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2011, 03:17:01 PM »
Quote from: Cholla on July 19, 2011, 01:25:48 PM
IIRC doesn't NA$CAR actually run(?) AMA racing?

Close, actually it's Daytona Motorsports Group (DMG).  Bll France (NA$CAR) owns a large part of DMG.
 
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Re: Breaking news in Virginia......AMA Pro Racing cancelled at VIR
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2011, 07:26:19 PM »
That splains it.
I$C/NA$CAR probably wanted a boatload of $ or didn't want to pay VIR wat it was worth t hold the event.
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Re: Breaking news in Virginia......AMA Pro Racing cancelled at VIR
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2011, 07:52:52 PM »
Old news. This happened at least a week ago, maybe more.
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Re: Breaking news in Virginia......AMA Pro Racing cancelled at VIR
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2011, 10:18:06 PM »
Looks like VIR filed a lawsuit 7/5 but nothing was made public until the 15th.
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