ARE FOX/NBC "AT ODDS" WITH NASCAR OVER PARTS OF NEW TV DEAL?

          There are "indications" that NASCAR TV partners Fox and
     NBC "may be at odds" with NASCAR officials "over some key
     parts" of its TV deal that they signed last November,
     according to sources of Mike Mulhern of the WINSTON-SALEM
     JOURNAL, who writes that execs "at the negotiating tables
     apparently left a few major loose ends."  Mulhern: "That may
     be one reason for the curious delay in the development of
     The NASCAR Channel," scheduled to debut in February 2001.
     Mulhern: "There seems to be a major disagreement over who
     actually owns all the NASCAR historical footage."  Sources
     "expect things to come to a head [on the issue] during the
     next seven to 10 days" (WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 6/15).