Dover sends NASCAR packing

Dover Motorsports today announced that it "won't hold NASCAR races" at the Nashville Superspeedway in '12 and "may put the superspeedway up for sale." Dover, which "has been trying unsuccessfully to secure a NASCAR Sprint Cup race" since '01, "decided it couldn't continue without getting onto NASCAR's top schedule." The track has hosted NASCAR truck and Nationwide Series races with and had a "slot on the Indy Racing League schedule before losing that after the 2008 season." Dover said the track's remaining events in '11 will not be impacted. The track this season has already hosted two Nationwide Series races and two Camping World Truck Series races