Court Dismisses Kentucky Speedway Litigation
07 Janvier 2008 - 8:07PM
PR Newswire (US)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- International
Speedway Corporation (NASDAQ:ISCA)(OTC:ISCB) (BULLETIN BOARD: ISCB)
("ISC") today announced the United States District Court, Eastern
District of Kentucky, has dismissed, in its entirety, the civil
anti-trust action brought by Kentucky Speedway, LLC against ISC and
the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ("NASCAR"). "We
are extremely pleased with today's decision by the federal court in
Kentucky," said ISC Chief Executive Officer James C. France. "From
the beginning, we have said that the case was without legal or
factual merit. This ruling reaffirms the validity of a business
model that has significantly benefited the sport's fans, business
partners and other industry constituents for more than fifty years.
We now look forward to devoting 100% of our attention on the new
race season beginning later this month at Daytona International
Speedway, highlighted by the legendary Grand-Am Rolex 24 at Daytona
and the historic 50th running of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Daytona 500." International Speedway Corporation is a leading
promoter of motorsports activities, currently promoting more than
100 racing events annually as well as numerous other
motorsports-related activities. The Company owns and/or operates 13
of the nation's major motorsports entertainment facilities,
including Daytona International Speedway(R) in Florida (home of the
Daytona 500(R)); Talladega Superspeedway(R) in Alabama; Michigan
International Speedway(R) located outside Detroit; Richmond
International Raceway(R) in Virginia; California Speedway(SM) near
Los Angeles; Kansas Speedway(R) in Kansas City, Kansas; Phoenix
International Raceway(R) in Arizona; Chicagoland Speedway(R) and
Route 66 Raceway(SM) near Chicago, Illinois; Homestead-Miami
Speedway(SM) in Florida; Martinsville Speedway(R) in Virginia;
Darlington Raceway(R) in South Carolina; and Watkins Glen
International(R) in New York. In addition, ISC is a limited partner
with Group Motorise International in the organization and promotion
of certain events at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada.
The Company also owns and operates MRN(R) Radio, the nation's
largest independent sports radio network; the Daytona 500
Experience(SM), the "Ultimate Motorsports Attraction" in Daytona
Beach, Florida, the official attraction of NASCAR(R); and
Americrown Service Corporation, a subsidiary that provides catering
services, food and beverage concessions, and produces and markets
motorsports-related merchandise. In addition, ISC has an indirect
50 percent interest in a business called Motorsports Authentics(R),
which markets and distributes motorsports-related merchandise
licensed by certain competitors in NASCAR racing. For more
information, visit the Company's Web site at
http://www.iscmotorsports.com/. Statements made in this release
that express the Company's or management's beliefs or expectations
and which are not historical facts or which are applied
prospectively are forward-looking statements. It is important to
note that the Company's actual results could differ materially from
those contained in or implied by such forward-looking statements.
The Company's results could be impacted by risk factors, including,
but not limited to, weather surrounding racing events, government
regulations, economic conditions, consumer and corporate spending,
military actions, air travel and national or local catastrophic
events. Additional information concerning factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-
looking statements is contained from time to time in the Company's
SEC filings including, but not limited to, the 10-K and subsequent
10-Qs. Copies of those filings are available from the Company and
the SEC. The Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly
any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be
needed to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or
to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. The inclusion of
any statement in this release does not constitute an admission by
International Speedway or any other person that the events or
circumstances described in such statement are material. DATASOURCE:
International Speedway Corporation CONTACT: Wes Harris, Senior
Director, Corporate and Investor Communications of International
Speedway Corporation, +1-386-947-6465 Web site:
http://www.iscmotorsports.com/
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