The Kentucky Speedway antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR is set to go to trial March 4, 2008, in U.S. District Court in Covington, Ky.
The trial will conclude no later than April 4, 2008, according to an order issued Wednesday from U.S. District Judge William O. Bertelsman.
Kentucky Speedway alleges that NASCAR, the race-sanctioning body privately owned by the France family, illegally conspires to award Nextel Cup races to International Speedway Corp., a race-track operator whose majority of publicly traded stock is owned by the France family.
NASCAR and ISC deny those claims.
Kentucky Speedway, which does not have a Cup date, is asking for at least $200 million in damages and for the France family to divest itself of either NASCAR or ISC, and for ISC to sell off eight of its 12 tracks.
Settlement conferences - routine in cases such as this one - will be conducted over the next few months. The judge could also rule on expected motions for summary judgment, which would ask the judge to decide the case without a trial.
The trial will conclude no later than April 4, 2008, according to an order issued Wednesday from U.S. District Judge William O. Bertelsman.
Kentucky Speedway alleges that NASCAR, the race-sanctioning body privately owned by the France family, illegally conspires to award Nextel Cup races to International Speedway Corp., a race-track operator whose majority of publicly traded stock is owned by the France family.
NASCAR and ISC deny those claims.
Kentucky Speedway, which does not have a Cup date, is asking for at least $200 million in damages and for the France family to divest itself of either NASCAR or ISC, and for ISC to sell off eight of its 12 tracks.
Settlement conferences - routine in cases such as this one - will be conducted over the next few months. The judge could also rule on expected motions for summary judgment, which would ask the judge to decide the case without a trial.
