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NASCAR Race, Resort Opening Will Center Weekend Action on Fort Worth, Texas.

By Jeff Mosier, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 2--Champagne and gasoline will flow freely to the west this weekend.

About 200,000 NASCAR fans are expected to pour into Fort Worth on Sunday for the Samsung/Radio Shack 500, capping a weekend of auto racing. At nearby Grapevine Lake, the $480 million Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center -- one of the largest resorts in North Texas -- opens for business today.

Tarrant County Judge Tom Vandergriff said that having both events running simultaneously wou

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