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NASCAR Drivers Look To Halt Atlanta Motor Speedway Repaving

SMI President & CEO Marcus Smith said that his company "will now re-evaluate its decision" to repave Atlanta Motor Speedway, though he "made it clear the track was in desperate need of a makeover." This comes after Dale Earnhardt Jr. and several NASCAR drivers and crew chiefs "created a petition to keep the rickety pavement in place" following Sunday's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500. Drivers "love the bumps and the way it chews up tires." But track President Ed Clark said that there is a "real danger of huge chunks of asphalt coming up" during races (FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, 3/6).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: May 6, 2024

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Learfield's Cory Moss, MASN/ESPN's Ben McDonald, and Canelo

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