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'I don't think it can recover': what's behind Nascar's nosedive?

Almost 157,000 people flocked to Bristol Motor Speedway last weekend – but it was to watch college football, not cars. Can Nascar rediscover its glory days?For the first time this year, the big bowl of silver grandstands at the race track that hugs the Tennessee-Virginia state line was packed. Last weekend, nearly 157,000 people flocked to Bristol Motor Speedway, just like the old days – a spectacle, for sure. The big difference was that they were not there to watch a stock-car race, but a college football game. Tennessee raced past Virginia Tech on a field that had been built in the infield of the oval race track. Bristol is so enormous that some fans said that the players were...

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F1 takeover by Liberty could bring meaningful change for the masses | Giles Richards

Acting for the common good has often been a tortuous process but there is hope the change of owner could help make every team happy, not just the wealthyChange is in the air for Formula One. The sale of the sport to Liberty Media has dominated discussion since the Italian Grand Prix and understandably given that it has potentially huge ramifications for the future. About which there is optimism, so much so that there are now ideas being floated that might be considered positively revolutionary. Related: Chase Carey will breathe new life into F1 after Bernie Ecclestone neglect | Paul Weaver Continue reading...

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