- Ferko lawsuit
The Ferko lawsuit is a common nickname for an American lawsuit that was challenged between plaintiff Francis Ferko, a shareholder of
Speedway Motorsports, Inc. 'sTexas Motor Speedway , and defendantsNASCAR andInternational Speedway Corporation (ISC). Ferko contended that the defendants violatedantitrust laws that preventedTexas Motor Speedway from obtaining twoNASCAR NEXTEL Cup races per racing season, as many other tracks had.In 2004, the plaintiff won the case, and NASCAR was to give the speedway a second race as it requested. With approval from the judge, NASCAR was forced to surrender the Grand Slam Or|date=November 2007, and the prestigious
Southern 500 atDarlington Raceway Or|Basically a date switch|date=November 2007, which had been moved to November to be part of the Chase for the Nextel Cup, to give Texas that second date. In a related move, theNorth Carolina Speedway in Rockingham was surrendered to SMI. Since the move, Rockingham has been used for only non-competition uses; such as for movie settings about the sport, or for testing. As a result of a 2006 NASCAR testing rule change, testing at the track is more commonplace.In 2005,
Kentucky Speedway filed a similar suit against NASCAR and ISC, also requesting a NEXTEL Cup race at the venue. As of September 2007, the lawsuit has not yet been decided.References
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