Ferko process

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The Ferko trial , also known as Ferko lawsuit , is the common term for a lawsuit in the United States between plaintiff Francis Ferko, a co-owner of Texas Motor Speedway , and NASCAR and the International Speedway Corporation on the other side. Ferko cited the reason that the defendants would violate competition law by denying the Texas Motor Speedway a second race of the season in the Sprint Cup , as is customary on many other circuits.

In 2004 the lawsuit was ruled in favor of the plaintiff and NASCAR was forced to give Texas Motor Speedway a second race. Due to this outcome, the most serious changes in the racing calendar of the Sprint Cup in the history of NASCAR occurred, with NASCAR having to give up the Grand Slam and the prestigious Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway as a direct result . In this context, the remaining race on the North Carolina Speedway was transferred to the Phoenix International Raceway and the circuit was given to Speedway Motorsports .