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Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone says his series and NASCAR wont be competing for the same motorsport fans in Texas when they hold races 190 miles apart in November. Ecclestone dismissed on Wednesday any clash between the series, after the top executive at Texas Motor Speedway called F1 "arrogant" for scheduling the United States Grand Prix in Austin on the same weekend that his track hosts NASCAR in Fort Worth. "I absolutely think its foolish," said Eddie Gossage, the track president and general manager. "Its a shot fired by Formula One at NASCAR. I cant say I was surprised because Bernie Ecclestone does a lot of foolish things. The thing he unfortunately doesnt recognize is there is an 800-pound gorilla when it comes to major American motorsports. The 800-pound gorilla is NASCAR." Texas Motor Speedway will host NASCARs Texas 500 on Nov. 2, the same day F1 will hold its only race in the U.S. this year. Fort Worth is about a 3-hour drive from Austin. While Gossage thought a stronger stance by the management at Circuit of the Americas would have prevented the scheduling issue, Ecclestone believed it was a non-issue. "Ive also spoken to the people that run the race at COTA and their position is that they believe the NASCAR crowd is a different crowd to Formula One, different people, different customers," Ecclestone said. "At the end of the day, they run a domestic series in America -- we run a world championship." F1 requires considerable logistical planning by the teams, he said. "Weve a small problem they (NASCAR) dont have -- we have six jumbo jets to move around all our equipment, and we have to find the most sensible way to use them to do that," Ecclestone said. "We have to be efficient and bear in mind we may also encounter problems at an airport. "There are issues that can occur, but (Gossage) and other people do not realize these things. The race prior to the one in the U.S. is in Russia, in Sochi. Weve never been before, and we have to get out of there and into Austin. That is probably a lot easier than trying to get into Brazil, and then we have to get out of there (Sao Paulo) to go to Abu Dhabi." Gossage said F1 could have found another weekend to race in the U.S. "Its just not smart," he said. "Theres 52 weeks in the year. But that was the only weekend that Formula One could make it work in Austin, Texas. Give me a break." Nike Air Max 98 Sverige .3 million qualifying offer to outfielder Michael Cuddyer on Monday. Nike Air Max 90 Sverige . Last year, Islanders forward Colin Mcdonald released a "Do It For Colin" campaign to promote his teammate and friend John Tavares for the EA sports honour:The most popular sports voting video ever has to go to Chris Bosh who showcased his comedic abilities in his effort to get fans to vote him into the 2008 All Star Game:You can vote for TJ and other star players for the NHL 15 cover vote here. http://www.reaairmaxsverige.com/. Each day, TSN.ca provides the latest rumours, reports and speculation from around the NHL beat. Defensive Depth TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun is reporting the Toronto Maple Leafs have considerable interest in unrestricted free-agent defenceman Dan Boyle. Nike Off White Sverige . Pospisil, the seventh seed, saved match points in each of the last two sets before falling to the unseeded Dutchman. "I wasnt very happy with the way I was playing,"said Pospisil. Nike Air Max Rea Sverige . Jamies number grades given are out of five, with five being the best mark. Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings (3) - Early goal against was on the power play.DETROIT -- Shootouts have been good to the Winnipeg Jets this season. Devin Setoguchi and Andrew Ladd scored in the shootout to give the Jets a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night. The Jets are 4-1 in shootouts this season, including Sundays 5-4 win over San Jose. "It gets a little tiring playing overtime games but the shootouts are going for us," said centre Bryan Little, who scored the games first goal. Ladd is 5-for-5 in shootouts this season and his past three have been game winners. Zach Bogosian also scored for Winnipeg in regulation. Ondrej Pavelec made 41 saves. "Pavelec really put his best foot forward in the game to help us win the game," Jets coach Claude Noel said. Pavel Datsyuk scored twice for Detroit, which lost its sixth straight at home (0-1-5). Jimmy Howard stopped 19 shots. Daniel Alfredsson scored in the shootout. "We didnt win but I thought we played good. I liked our game today, start to finish. We made some mistakes," Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. "... But I liked our penalty kill, I liked our power play, I liked our game. I feel real good. I know wed like to get the second point, but I liked the way we played. To me its going in the right direction. Its real positive game for us." Datsyuks second power-play goal of the game, with 6:49 remaining in the third, tied it 2-2. He stuffed one in from the side of the net for his ninth of the season. The goal came just after a Red Wings two-man advantage came to an end. Detroit outshot Winnipeg 16-2 in the third period. "They came hard and wwe made mistakes to take some penalties on the power play.dddddddddddd" Pavelec said. Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg talked about the teams bad stretch. "Its tough when we dont get two points," he said. "We did a lot of good things and today I think we played solid defence, created enough chances to win and Howie (Howard) played good enough to win the game, but we cant find a way to go all the way. Its frustrating. Its tough. We want to win, but right now we cant find a way." Bogosian gave Winnipeg a 2-1 lead with 9:13 left in the third period. He took a pass in the slot from centre Olli Jokinen and moved to his right, made a move and put a shot past Howard from the right circle. It was Bogosians first goal of the season. Little opened the scoring 7:10 into the game with his 11th goal. He put in a one-time shot from the inside edge of the left circle off the rush on a cross-ice pass from Blake Wheeler. Datsyuks power-play goal with 5:16 left in the first period tied the game at 1. Datsyuk scored from the bottom of the right circle along the goal line after taking a cross-ice pass from Zetterberg. It was his eighth goal. NOTES: Detroit LW Johan Franzen returned after missing four games with an upper-body injury/illness. ... Red Wings RW Daniel Cleary was a healthy scratch. He had only a goal and two assists in 18 games. ... Winnipeg C Bryan Little has five points (three goals and two assists) in his past three games. ... Red Wings adviser to hockey operations Chris Chelios was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday night. ' ' '