George's gamble paid off big when NASCAR came to Indy - Racing
Jul 27, 2008
ESPN - Jul 22, 2008
By Ed Hinton Even as he sanctioned the sacrilege - the first trespass of stock cars onto his hallowed Indianapolis Motor Speedway -- young Tony George had grave doubts: visions of empty grandstands.
"Those NASCAR fans," he said, "are used to seeing all the way around a racetrack. They can't do that at our place.
k cars could even negotiate the 2.5-mile rectangle built in 1909 for little cars that ran 70 mph.
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