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It's not the Super Bowl, but Chase finale still a pretty good draw

By Marty Smith
ESPN.com

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

MIAMI -- Curtis Gray sounds happy. By creating a weeklong Super Bowl atmosphere around the NASCAR season finale, the Homestead-Miami Speedway president has established a franchise at his 1.5-mile venue. A marathon campaign culminates here in balmy South Florida, and the entire nation knows it. "We had trouble selling out at one time," Gray said Monday. "There were no major events leading up to the finale. But because of the reconfigured points system, the Chase and our position in the sched ...

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