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Gossage: Shame on Formula 1 for doing this

Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage has slammed Formula 1 for releasing 2019 race dates which have the Nascar race at his venue clashing United States Grand Prix, at Circuit of the Americas on the weekend 0f 1-3 November. Two big race weekends 350 kilometres apart will adversely affect the gates as they lure fans to their respective events when many would probably attend both had the calendar permitted. This year the Nascar race will happen on 4 November, but the Formula 1 race takes place a couple of weeks earlier which allows race fans to attend both. Gossage wrote in a statement: 'Shame on Formula 1 for doing this to the fans. Fans have recognized this as the NASCAR date on...
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