HAS HARGRAVE'S DEPARTURE STALLED A-B'S BGN KY SPONSORSHIP?

          Anheuser-Busch officials and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are
     scheduled to appear at a Thursday news conference in KY,
     where sources said NASCAR and A-B execs are planning to
     announce the new $130M KY Speedway will host a BGN race in
     2000, with Budweiser as the title sponsor, according to Jim
     Utter of the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER.  But the announcement "was
     placed in doubt Friday," when A-B's Dir of Sports Marketing
     Mike Hargrave left his position to take a similar job at
     Texaco.  Hargrave had been working on the KY Speedway deal
     (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 7/24).  For more, see (#26).
          NASCAR'S ODDS & ENDS: With Terry Labonte signing a
     contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports through 2003,
     Kellogg's is "talking with the team about a similar
     extension" (Greensboro NEWS & RECORD, 7/24)....Sara Lee, the
     sponsor of Chuck Rider's team, "is not expected to return as
     a Winston Cup sponsor next season ... joining a growing list
     of major sponsors leaving" the series (W-S JOURNAL, 7/24).