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DALLAS _ There's a scene in the movie ``Cool Hand Luke'' in which the evil Southern warden peers down at chain gang prisoner Paul Newman and says: "What we have here is a failure to communicate."
It's a problem that doomed Newman in the flick, and a problem that could have dramatic consequences for two of the most powerful men in American motor sports _ NASCAR chairman Bill France Jr. and Speedway Motorsports Inc. mogul Bruton Smith.
The lawsuit by SMI shareholder Francis Ferko of Plano has far bigger implications than a second Winston Cup date for Texas Motor Speedway.
The key issue is whether NASCAR has a monopoly over the sport, just as ...