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More Discord In The Road Racing World
Speculation is growing that Int’l Speedway Corp., promoter of the annual Rolex-backed Daytona 24-hour endurance race here, may be getting ready to set up a full series around the long-distance classic, possibly as early as this fall but more likely in 2000.
While Daytona and NASCAR officials weren’t available for comment, other insiders said the plan has been brewing the past several months, and may include links to the European-based International Sports Racing Series, which uses the same kind of World Sports Car spyders as are found in the Sports Car Club of America’s United States Road Racing Championship, of which Daytona is the kickoff event.
Insiders said if the USRRC could not be “pried away” from the SCCA, the proposed new title chase would be a substitute for, not a supplement, to it. According to those sources, ISC is upset with the lack of promotional support the SCCA has put behind the series, which runs as a counter to the Don Panoz-owned American Le Mans Series tour.
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