NASCAR, Sprint Cup teams meet on charters; sides 'close' to deal:
NASCAR officials and Sprint Cup car owners have been meeting this week,
moving closer to resolution on a new charter system intended to
guarantee financial stability and security to teams. A source who was
present for a meeting Friday said that no deal had been signed, but that
the sides were "close." The source spoke on the condition of anonymity
because they weren't authorized to speak publicly about the talks. Adam
Stern of the Sports Business Journal tweeted
that the system was likely to be unveiled in two weeks, which would
point to an announcement during Speedweeks. NASCAR teams will arrive
Feb. 11 at the Daytona International Speedway garage in preparation for
the Feb. 21 season-opening Daytona 500. Stern also tweeted the charter
system deal would be for five years with a four-year option. Asked for
comment, NASCAR spokesman David Higdon said in a release: "NASCAR and
NASCAR Sprint Cup team owners have continued to make progress in our
discussions. There still is work to be done, but we remain very
optimistic that we'll have agreements completed prior to the start of
the 2016 season." Rob Kauffman, chairman of the Race Team Alliance
consortium that has been brokering the deal on behalf of the owners,
also tweeted he felt positive about negotiations.(NBC Sports)(1-30-2016)JAYSKI
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