Bill Bader Jr speaks about Norwalk

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Bill Bader Jr. didn’t need Jim Cantore to tell him he had a weather emergency. All he had to do was survey the grounds at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park. His parking lots were flooded. He stood in water that was more than ankle deep. When he unloaded a road roller in an attempt to...

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[sammi]

Just think if this guy ran a major drag racing sanctioning body. Impressive dude.

 

[Sean D, shondoo]

Just think if this guy ran a major drag racing sanctioning body. Impressive dude.

Been saying this since the Bader Sr. days. These guys have it figured out.

Sean D

 

[luxexpress]

Well Bill Sr. owned the IHRA for several years.

 

[Sean D, shondoo]

Well Bill Sr. owned the IHRA for several years.

Mark said major. and as far as drag racing is concerned, the NHRA, like them or not have been the only major player for the most part of the sport's existence. One of the first things out of Roy Hill's mouth, who was running IHRA Pro Stock at the time, when I went to his school years ago when asked about his opinion of the NHRA was something to the effect of, "What I think of them doesn't matter. They're the Big Show and we gotta have 'em". So even then the IHRA guys knew who the big dog was.

I won't speak for Mark, but I would guess he meant something along the line of what could happen if the Baders ran the show in the NHRA.

Sean D

 

[winr]

I have been familiar with the Baders for many years Not only are they smart business men they are not afraid of work. Not a lot of finger waging from them, something needs doing they just might be the ones doing it no matter how trivial. And that's how you spell success!

 

[SoCal Racer]

Norwalk was one of the tracks we ran frequently when I lived in that part of the country, and never had anything but repect for the Baders (Bill Sr. was running the show back then.)