Dover Motorsports reports loss

Dover Motorsports today reported a 33.5% year-to-year drop in Q2 profit from $5.8M to $3.9M "despite having one more Nationwide race in the three-month period" than in '08. Dover ended the first six months of '09 with a net loss of $800,000, down from a $1.7M profit in the year-ago period. Admissions revenue for the first half of the year was down 18.9% from $14.7M to $12.0M, with event revenue down 28.9% from $12.4M to $8.8M SCENEDAILY.com