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Falling short of the goal

By Jerry Bonkowski
ESPNChicago.com

Thursday, July 9, 2009

JOLIET -- New Chicagoland Speedway president Craig Rust readily admits Saturday night's NASCAR LifeLock 400 will not be sold out. The track will fail to fill its 75,000-seat capacity for only the second time in the nine years it has hosted the Sprint Cup Series. "We're going to be down, but we're going to have a good crowd," said Rust, who assumed his new position June 15. "We've talked to other tracks that have said they've had bigger walk-ups on Sundays than they've ever had in the past, so w ...

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