1.   Any track owners who have two Winston Cup dates, as they now do, as well as other successful Nascar weekends can afford to gamble on the future.

2.   At a time when the sport is growing in popularity and expanding, most track owners would feel lucky to have one NASCAR Winston Cup date.

3.   Bahre was among the first track owners to defect from Championship Auto Racing Teams and join the fledgling racing series founded by Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Tony George.

4.   But France says track owners and promoters would never warm to the idea of Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt driving on opposite sides of the country.

5.   But NASCAR president Bill France Jr. says he has no plans to take dates from current track owners.

6.   Despite a few holes in the south grandstand at the Texas Motorplex yesterday, track owner Billy Meyer termed the second annual Castrol Lone Star Nationals a phenomenal success.

7.   Drivers say NASCAR has already scheduled as many races as they can handle, but the other track owners want more races.

8.   Drucker said the track owners, the Rooney family, have considered selling before.

9.   Earlier this year, NASCAR persuaded track owners to give up their rights to negotiate individual television deals in order to form a unified bargaining position.

10.   France Jr. says he has no plans of taking away dates from current track owners.