Future of Milwaukee Mile in doubt

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Future of Milwaukee Mile in doubt: The Milwaukee Mile office is closed, and all 12 staff members have been laid off at least temporarily. Whether the oldest auto racing facility in the country lives to see its 107th birthday is in grave doubt even among its biggest boosters. "It depends totally if I'm able to get some investors," promoter Claude Napier said Thursday in a telephone interview from Texas. Napier, president and chief executive officer of Wisconsin Motorsports, admitted to the Journal Sentinel for the first time that he had no other financial backers when he entered into a deal in February with State Fair Park, where the track is located. "I've got a hunch it's over," said Dominic Giuffre, a former promoter with his brother Frank. "It's too late." The Giuffres, promoters at the Mile from 1983-'91, have expressed interest in returning to that role. It is "very uncommon" for NASCAR to stage a race without being paid in advance by the promoter, said Ramsey Poston, a NASCAR spokesman. The races were already scheduled and television contracts in place when Napier took over. Given its dealings this year, NASCAR is not expected to grant credit to the track - no matter who operates it - to return for 2010.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

This really has nothing to do with the Cup series.... only Truck and N'wide.

I really hate to see them close this track.
It's such a cool place.

There have been rumblings for a while that it may close... certainly doesn't look good for them.

It may be true this time

Milwaukee Mile might still live

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/autoracing/51268537.html

I'd hate to see Milwaukee lose their date, it's a good track.