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Future of North Carolina Speedway up to the highest bidder

By Ryan McGee
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Rockingham needs a hero. A last-minute reprieve. A speedway savior. On Oct. 2, North Carolina Speedway will play host to its first decent crowd in more than three years, its first significant gathering since 50,000 fans watched Matt Kenseth beat rookie Kasey Kahne by .010 seconds in one of the closest finishes in NASCAR history. The event will be a winner-take-all, no-reserve, no-minimum absolute auction of the historic one-mile oval and the surrounding 240-plus acres. The story should be mak ...

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