IndyCar Return Looks Likely at Loudon
June 30th, 2008 | by Stephen D |The CEO of Speedway Motorsports Inc., O. Bruton Smith, is known for making changes when he purchases a track.
The first thing was changing New Hampshire International Speedway to New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Next, he wants to put in lights.
But Smith has some sizeable changes in mind, as well, perhaps the biggest being the return of IndyCar racing.
The IRL hasn’t run here since 1998 — Tony Stewart won that one, incidentally — but Smith and NHMS General Manager Jerry Gappens are confident they can change that.
“I feel good about wanting them here,” Gappens said. “They’re working on the schedule.”
Gappens explained that Eddie Gossage, the general manager at Texas Motor Speedway, has been in negotiations with the IRL already.
Both Smith and Gappens were adamant that they were not thinking of losing one of the Cup weekends in favor of the IRL, but rather adding a big weekend to the track’s schedule.
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