Delaware Speedway Drops CASCAR

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Delaware Speedway is situated near London Ontario, and its premier racing weekend has always been the CASCAR SuperSeries. But no longer. The speedway has also discontinued the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series.

Delaware Speedway confirmed it will not be hosting a CASCAR Super Series event during the 2006 season.

"We are not saying we will not ever have another CASCAR race at Delaware Speedway, however for 2006 it is time for us to move ahead. But here we are again, approaching the middle of February, with no firm direction or clear plan (from CASCAR), at least that we’ve been made aware of. All our other events were confirmed last October, about four months ago. However at this time, we feel the values with which the Super Series is being administered are not consistent with those of Delaware Speedway. Nor do we feel we can support the way in which those race teams are currently being represented by the sanctioning body. We have just 53 business days until our season opens. There comes a point when you can’t wait any longer; events can only remain ‘tentative’ for so long. We’re happy to continue to work with CASCAR to help them achieve a clearer direction, but as for a race at Delaware Speedway, we’ll be talking about 2007."

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