U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) has written to Rupert Murdock asking that his Fox network not broadcast this Saturday night's NRA 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Murphy argued the race will give national attention "to an organization that has been the face of one side of this heated debate."
Fox has not advertised the NRA sponsorship in their promos (Fox has race sponsors provide "paid consideration" for their names to be mentioned on-air), it's been promoted as "NASCAR Racing from Texas" and will probably be mentioned as such on air. Race sponsorships are made by the tracks themselves, but the NRA flap has NASCAR saying they may have more say in the future (a NASCAR-related company owns 12 of the 23 tracks on the circuit, and Texas is not one of those).
Read more at the AP and Sporting News.
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