Susan Del Percio is a New York-based Republican strategist and founder of Susan Del Percio Strategies, a full service strategic communications firm.
The 11/8-mile, $150,000 race featuring nine runners is part of the 29th Jim McKay Maryland Million, which has attracted 124 entrants to the 11-race program. First post for the $1 million day is 12:15 p.m.
NASCAR Cup race won't have 43 cars at Kentucky Speedway. SPARTA, Ky. â Ask any fan how many drivers are in a NASCAR race and they'll immediately answer: 43. It's been that way since 1998, when NASCAR standardized the field size for each race after it previously fluctuated based on the track. But that won't be the case Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway. For the first time since the 2001 New Hampshire Motor Speedway race was moved because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, there will be only 42 cars to start the Quaker State 400. NASCAR, though, doesn't believe a smaller field is an indictment of the sport's health.