Rockingham Adjusts to Life Without Nascar; 'the Rock' No Longer On Nextel Cup Schedule

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › June 09, 2005

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ROCKINGHAM, N.C. (AP) - The billboards still stand around the countryside as they have for the better part of 40 years, promoting the NASCAR race at North Carolina Speedway.

But a closer look reveals a date more than a year old - Feb. 22, 2004. For the first time since it opened, the track known as "The Rock" isn't on the schedule, one of the losers as NASCAR has grown into a national phenomenon.

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Rockingham Adjusts to Life Without Nascar; 'the Rock' No Longer On Nextel Cup Schedule

"NASCAR has made a decision to move beyond its roots," said Rockingham Mayor Gen...

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