Fairgrounds looking to do damage control: As news spread yesterday of Saturday’s prerace plot by male drivers against a female counterpart at Fairgrounds Speedway, the track president and its most successful all-time driver worked at damage control. Dennis Grau, the track president bombarded by phone calls and e-mails from outraged fans, announced a rule change he hopes will deflate such schemes. There was a contrived, calculated ”Get Renshaw” conspiracy orchestrated by some of her rivals. And it succeeded. A scheme was hatched to make sure that Renshaw’s car was protested following the race, and after a lengthy inspection a minor engine violation was found. Her sixth-place finish was thrown out and Renshaw was humiliated. Driver Mark Day [part time BGN driver #16] admitted he planned the whole thing, and said ”almost all” the drivers in the division played along.(See stories at the Tennessean)(7-16-2002)
