Panel denies Kentucky Speedway suit rehearing

The appeal involving Kentucky Speedway’s founding owners suffered another defeat Thursday when a three-judge panel for the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition for a rehearing. The same panel in December upheld a lower court’s summary judgment ruling for NASCAR and International Speedway Corp. in the antitrust lawsuit. “The panel has further reviewed the petition for rehearing and concludes that the issues raised in the petition were fully considered upon the original submission and decision of the case," Thursday’s order reads. The only remaining option for the former owners is to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision. Cincinnati Enquirer