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. Cheap Nike Free Wholesale . 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. 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Patrice Bergeron – Boston’s play-driving centre scored a pair of goals, including the overtime winner (with what may well have been a high stick), in a 3-2 win at Pittsburgh. He has eight points (4 G, 4 A) in the past seven games to get his point production up to typical levels – over 0.70 points per game for the sixth consecutive season. He remains a dominant possession player. RELATIVE CORSI LEADERS - FORWARDS (min. 300 5-on-5 minutes) PLAYER TEAM POS. CORSI% RELATIVE CORSI% Jakub Voracek Philadelphia RW 55.8% +11.3% Patrice Bergeron Boston C 58.9% +10.9% Sean Bergenheim Florida LW 59.0% +9.5% Joe Thornton San Jose C 58.9% +9.4% Michael Raffl Philadelphia LW 56.8% +8.3% Colin Wilson Nashville LW 58.0% +7.8% Matt Nieto San Jose LW 58.2% +7.7% Nazem Kadri Toronto C 50.0% +7.3% Gabriel Landeskog Colorado LW 50.0% +7.1% Mark Stone Ottawa RW 53.5% +7.0% Mikael Backlund – Playing in his first game since late October, the Flames centre had a goal and an assist in a 3-2 loss to Detroit. 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Paul Martin – The Pittsburgh defenceman returned to the lineup for the first time in nearly three weeks and played more than 20 minutes against Boston. Karri Ramo – Calgary’s goaltender left Wednesday’s loss to Detroit early after a collision with teammate Raphael Diaz. Sam Carrick – Recalled to the Maple Leafs lineup, the rookie forward played all of 2:53 against Washington. 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Miller had a pair of assists in a 4-1 win at Anaheim; he has four points (1 G, 3 A) in the past four games…Penguins C Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist, with 12 shot attempts (6 SOG) in Pittsburgh’s 3-2 overtime loss to Boston… Bruins G Tuukka Rask stopped 37 of 39 shots in a 3-2 overtime win at Pittsburgh...Penguins LW Nick Spaling had strong possession stats (18 shot attempts for, 6 against, 75.0%) against Boston…Detroit’s line of Pavel Datsyuk, Darren Helm and Tomas Tatar controlled played at Calgary, with Datsyuk (21 for, 5 against, 80.8%) leading the way. FANTASY FOCUS It’s a busy night, with 10 games on the schedule, so here are some players to consider inserting into your lineup: Travis Zajac – The Devils centre has gone through some long dry spells, but has five points (2 G, 3 A) in the past five games and New Jersey has been getting healthier up front. 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