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Teen motorcycle racer killed in crash at Speedway

The death of a 13-year-old motorcycle rider at Indianapolis Motor Speedway cast a shadow over Sunday’s races at the historic
track and prompted mourning competitors to defend the development system for the dangerous circuit.

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Speedway, MotoGP extend contract for another year

Shortly after this year’s first Indianapolis MotoGP practice started Friday, Indianapolis Motor Speedway CEO Jeff Belskus
said the
two sides had agreed to a one-year contract extension that will bring the event back for a fourth year in 2011.

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Brickyard decline not good for IRL

Motorsports insiders think the Brickyard 400’s declining fortunes will hasten the Hulman-George family’s decision
on the future of the Indy Racing League, which the NASCAR race has helped subsidize.

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BENNER: ‘Empty’ Brickyard still pulls a pretty good crowd

We need to provide some perspective. If Brickyard 400 attendance was, as estimated, somewhere between 130,000 and
150,000, that still makes it the second-largest single-day sporting event in the world and represents a healthy influx of
cash, much of it coming from elsewhere, spent in the area over the weekend.

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Corporate hospitality in doldrums at Speedway

Unfathomable just a decade ago, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is trimming demands on hospitality packages in a scramble
to fill vacancies and preserve what IMS officials call "a major profit center."

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Formula One boss eyes New York for grand prix

Bernie Ecclestone appears to be interested in widening the racing series' reach in the U.S., with recent negotiations
to return to Indianapolis and now wishing aloud for a New York-based grand prix.

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Bull-riding boss takes reins of Indy Racing League

The CEO of the Professional Bull Riders Association has accepted an offer to lead the Indy Racing League. The IRL has been
without a leader since Tony George was ousted last summer as boss of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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