France: Kansas Speedway likely to get second Cup date: NASCAR Chairman Brian France indicated Tuesday that it is more likely that Kansas Speedway could get its second date on the 2010 schedule than for Kentucky Speedway to have its request approved for an inaugural race there. International Speedway Corp. is planning to ask NASCAR to move one of its Sprint Cup dates to Kansas Speedway, while Speedway Motorsports Inc. is planning to seek to move a date to Kentucky Speedway. Neither ISC nor SMI has indicated which tracks they want to move a date from in their realignment requests. Speaking after an appearance at the Street & Smiths Motorsports Marketing Forum, France said that NASCAR wouldnt approve a request without making sure it fits the sanctioning bodys criteria. It depends on what they want to exchange it for, France said. If they want to leave a smaller market not performing as well, we would look at that favorably. They all understand what that criteria is. I would expect Bruton [Smith at SMI] or ISC to ask for it in the way that would get it approved. Were not going to take a date thats working fabulously at one place to move it to a second date anywhere. ISC, a publicly traded company whose majority of voting stock is owned by the NASCAR-controlling France family, has pledged a second Cup date at Kansas to go along with the construction of a Hard Rock Hotel and casino. France said a 2010 Cup date is possible at Kansas, but Kentucky is another matter. (SceneDaily.com)