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...tracks are also discounting to spur foot traffic. At Daytona, the cost of backstretch seats was reduced from $95 to $55, the lowest price since 1995. Race organizers negotiated with local hotels to eliminate minimum-five-day stays. Organizers in Charlotte, N.C., have also persuaded the city's hotels to reduce rates for the two Sprint Cup races at Lowe's Motor Speedway (LMS). According to LMS president Marcus Smith, the track not only dropped prices in some sections but also refunded the difference to fans who had already purchased, an effort, he says, to show loyalty to the customers...
...closing in on NASCAR driving champion Tony Stewart on the backstretch at Talladega Superspeedway. The speedometer, if you had one (stock cars don't--what's the point?), would be reading north of 150 m.p.h., but you're still south of Tony. And you need to pass him for the checkered flag, the Nextel Cup points and the adulation of the 150,000 or so NASCAR nuts who regularly show up every weekend. As you get closer to Stewart's rear bumper, a couple of things start to happen, not all of them good. First, Tony gets ticked...
...Harvard men’s golf team continued its limp home down the backstretch of its fall season yesterday...
When Taylor reached the backstretch and Beckford was still behind her, victory was in sight...
Taylor passed Patterson on the final hurdle, and accelerated down the backstretch. Beckford also passed Patterson in the final meters, but she could not catch up with Taylor. Beckford-who on Saturday became the NCAA’s 400-meet dash champion-placed second with a personal-best time of 56.22 seconds...