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September 30, 2009
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ISC Yet To Act On Proposed Changes To Auto Club Speedway

ACS Has Proposed A Multimillion-
Dollar Revamp Of Fontana Track
Auto Club Speedway (ACS) in February "proposed a multimillion-dollar revamp of the Fontana track to foster closer racing and boost crowds at its two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup races," but ACS owner ISC has "taken no action on the plan," according to sources cited by Jim Peltz of the L.A. TIMES. The sources said that the plan "called for raising the banking of the track's four turns to 23 degrees from the current 14 degrees and narrowing its width in certain sections." Those changes "probably would cost" between $23-30M. The sources said that the plan "could be completed between the track's two NASCAR race dates, and would involve digging up the entire turns to make their banking steeper." The sources noted that ACS President Gillian Zucker "proposed the reconstruction plan" to ISC after the February 22 Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 500 at the track. But the sources added that ISC has not taken action on the plan "largely because the project is too costly at a time when the company ... is struggling with the weak economy and struggling attendance." Peltz notes ACS since '04 has "failed to sell out its 92,000 grandstand seats for its twice-a-year NASCAR cup races" (L.A. TIMES, 9/30).

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