There's one presently - Bill Lester. There have been others over the last thirty or so years as well. Not many, but they are there.
Posted on 04/26/2002 8:25:04 AM PDT by mhking
Anyone is free to start their own racing circuit and build their own tracks.
But, I can't imagine that Johnny Cochrane has a genuine interest in stock car racing.
However, I can imagine another reason why he would get involved: NASCAR is an all-white guy sport (with the occasional exception of Shawna Robinson, who qualifies only every now and then). Cochrane probably doesn't even watch the sport, but if he did, he'd tune in and see white faces when the drivers are introduced, which'd no doubt concern him greatly.
I'm surprised that the ACLU hasn't gotten involved either, considering that the Invocations before the races typically refer to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Gotta give ol' Johnny credit for innovation. He has taken the "Jesse Jackson shakedown" and applied it to sports.
There's one presently - Bill Lester. There have been others over the last thirty or so years as well. Not many, but they are there.
NASCAR Files Response To SMI Shareholder Suit
NASCAR has filed a 93-page motion in federal court asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a shareholder in Speedway Motorsports, Inc.
The lawsuit claims that NASCAR is an illegal monopoly that has failed to deliver on a promise to grant a second Winston Cup date to Texas Motor Speedway, a $250 million facility owned by SMI. In doing so, the suit says, NASCAR has constrained SMI's profits.
NASCAR vehemently disagrees and, according to an Associated Press report, contends that many of the "factual allegations" in the suit filed by Francis Ferko are "false and and that none of the claims has substanative merit, but even as a matter of pleading, they are so fatally deficient the court can dismiss them now."
As of April 14, the court in Sherman, Texas, had not dismissed Ferko's suit.
In its motion, NASCAR said its sanctioning agreements with SMI contains clauses that "void any previous agreements and establish no guarantees for future dates," according to the Associated Press. The report also said NASCAR's motion points out that "SMI, through its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, admits that NASCAR awards races on a year-to-year basis; and that the four-year statute of limitations on Texas common law claims has expired."
The AP also quotes the motion as saying the "charge of NASCAR's holding a monopoly fails because Ferko did not allege anti-trust injury that results from the alleged monopoly; that NASCAR and International Speedway Corp. did not conspire to withold dates from non-ISC tracks; and that Ferko failed to prove that NASCAR keeps SMI from securing non-NASCAR sanctioned races."
NASCAR also emphasized that SMI "entered into express, written agreements" with NASCAR that will disallow all of "Ferko's common-law claims.
-Mark Ashenfelter and Bill King
ROTFLMAOPIMP.....
I'm a NASCAR loving, cowboy boot wearing, Iknowwhatdraftingmeans kinda gal. Come to me, Johnny boy....let me introduce you to the infield at Daytona and Talladega...Bristol...Darlington....I'm sure it will be life altering experience. But first, let me kick you in the A$$ with pointy toed boots and tell ya something: DON'T BRING NO CADILLAC TO STOCK CAR FIGHT, BOY! ;-)
ps..hey Johnny. Make sure you bring your keys with ya to the track. I'm betting your car don't start with an ignition switch...
STICK TO THE MURDERING, LYING PIMPS THAT YOU AND YOUR SLEAZEBAG DIRTBALL FRIENDS DEFEND. YOU WILL REGRET THE MOMENT YOU STEP INTO NASCAR.
Ok, just had to get that off my chest.....;-)
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