NASCAR is not doing much these days to disguise its international aspirations and the news that chairman Brian France, senior vice president Paul Brooks, international managing director Robbie Weiss and consultant Ken Clapp are all off for a week-long visit to China to discuss possible projects with the government there should set alarm bells ringing in F1 circles.
NASCAR says that it has no plans to send the Nextel Cup series to China and that the talks are centred on setting up junior series at Chinese race tracks. The ultimate outcome of that, however, would be to create demand for a Nextel Cup race.
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