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In high-stakes game of NASCAR, no one bluffs better than Bruton Smith

By Terry Blount
ESPN.com

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Bruton Smith should compete in one of those high-stakes poker tournaments in Las Vegas. No one bluffs better than him. Not only is Smith keeping Lowe's Motor Speedway, he convinced the city of Concord, N.C., to give him $80 million in incentives to do it. Clearly, the Speedway Motorsports Inc. mogul displayed his power and outmaneuvered city officials after they balked at his plans to build at drag strip at the facility. Smith had everyone reeling by saying he would build a new speedway so ...

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