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The NASCAR guys don't control that many road race facilities. They mostly own super speedways and short tracks. Here's a list of ISC tracks but I don't know if it's complete. Only Daytona and Watkins Glen would be considered real road courses. Most of the major road courses are owned by other groups, but there may be money from some of them in the Daytona Motorsports Group. As for dirt tracks, I don't know what ISC owns, but probably not too many - especially not the big mile and half-mile dirt tracks. Bruton Smith owns a few super speedways and short tracks (incl Atlanta, Charlotte, Texas, Infineon/Sears Point, Las Vegas, New Hampshire, and Bristol) and some drag strips. Only Infineon is a road course.

We may see a bunch of new "infield" courses show up on the AMA Road Race circuit in '09. Or maybe not. Safety issues will prevent very much of that, at least for a while I think. I just don't see much muscle there to force the issue with the AMA. I think the AMA wanted a single buyer to make it easier to license and control and manage the sale.