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Milwaukee drops Nationwide, Truck Series races

Thu 17th, December 2009

West Allis, WI (Sports Network) - NASCAR will not run at The Milwaukee Mile in 2010 after track operators announced they could not secure a promoter for the upcoming Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series races.

The track is operated by the Wisconsin State Fair Park Board, which has spent the last six months in negotiations with four potential promoters. The truck race at Milwaukee was scheduled for June 18, with the Nationwide event slated the following day.

NASCAR is looking to replace the Milwaukee dates.

"We have learned that the promoter cannot meet the terms of their agreement," NASCAR spokesperson Ramsey Poston said in a statement. "NASCAR was aware of this possibility, and we have been working on alternate opportunities on the 2010 schedule for both series and will announce those soon."

The one-mile track, which opened in 1903, has hosted Nationwide, truck and IndyCar Series races in recent years.

NASCAR's sanction had been with a group that the fair board had a letter of intent with to promote the races, but that deal fell through in early November.

"For the past seven years, the Wisconsin State Fair Park Board has been committed to maintaining and underwriting national racing at the historic Milwaukee Mile race track," the board said in a statement. "Since 2003, the Fair Park has subsidized race operations from $1 million to $3 million each year."

Milwaukee became the second track to be dropped on next year's Nationwide and Truck Series schedules. Memphis Motorsports Park announced its closure on October 30.