In part…”Humpy Wheeler indicated yesterday that he and Bruton Smith are now leaning toward accepting Brian France’s proposal to unify NASCAR’s bargaining position over television rights. That comes just a few days after Herb Fishel — one of the sport’s most powerful figures as head of GM’s racing operations — offered his support to Smith and Wheeler in their bid for second Winston Cup dates at Texas and Las Vegas. Wheeler said he has been talking with NASCAR officials over the past few weeks about future TV packages. In January, he had expressed reluctance at the prospect of giving up the right to negotiate his own TV packages. Yesterday he said he was ”more positive” about the issue.” See the rest of the PitNow story at Smith may help NASCAR with TV talks
