Kentucky Speedway-NASCAR trial date set

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.