Did you notice the NASCAR statement comes directly after this sentence: A historically black college founded in 1890 as the State College for Colored Students...
I think that the writer, Mr. Randall Chase either has high hopes of a redneck killer and thus a big news story or he has been following the Jena Six story too closely.
You think wrong.........the reference in regard to Dover Downs is for location reference and an indication of what the local police have to deal with this weeked, besides this trajedy.
This only became national news because of all the national news outlets in Dover because it is raceweekend. People know where the track is, they don't necessarily know where DelState is located.