Regarding a monopoly in ownership - while it's true track ownership is dominated by two firms it has been that way for years now. As I recall the last big merger was when Roger Penske sold his tracks (California, Michigan, and ??) to Bruton Smith/Speedway Motorsports some number of years ago. So I'd expect that if the federal government was concerned about a monopoly that would have been the point at which they would have stepped in rather than now with NHIS.
That said, the Bush administration has not been terribly concerned about monopoly situations, also reducing the chance of this sale being contested.
With the sale of NHIS I believe Dover is now the only remaining independently-owned track.
NHskier
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