The merger between NASCAR and International Speedway Corporation (ISC) is done.NASCAR announced Friday morning that it has successfully completed its acquisition of ISC and will now move forward as one company. It will continue as NASCAR and remain based in Daytona Beach, Florida. ISC will no longer be listed on...

International Speedway Corporation (ISC) announced Wednesday morning it has agreed to a $2 billion merger with NASCAR.ISC shareholders will receive $45 per share. Last November when it was announced that NASCAR had submitted a bid to purchase all the outstanding Class A common stock and Class B common stock, the...

NASCAR today announced that it has submitted a non-binding offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock of International Speedway Corporation (“ISC”) not already owned by the controlling shareholders of NASCAR. The intention is to combine ISC and NASCAR as one privately...

Comments made on a Thursday morning International Speedway Corporation investors' call are not sitting well with some of the younger drivers in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.ISC president John Saunders was speaking about attendance decline when he said there is an issue with star power. Of course, NASCAR retirements...

Humpy Wheeler thinks NASCAR needs a new script.At the inaugural Motorsports Symposium at Belmont Abbey College (where he co-founded their Motorsport Degree), Wheeler was asked by an audience member what he would do to make NASCAR events better. It was a fitting question for Wheeler, who spent over 30 years...

The battle for control over Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca read like a poorly-written high school play when it came to light last year. Old grudges, new backstabbing, and general hostilities pierced the illusion of serenity and stability at the famed coastal circuit, and while the situation has steadily improved over...

In 1995, the CART race at Phoenix International Raceway (LEFT, Marshall Pruett photo) was overflowing with paying customers and enthusiasm. Race personnel had to leave their hotel rooms by 7 a.m. just to get into the infield and avoid the traffic. Steve des George, the likeable and efficient PR man...