I hadn't seen any discussion on this quote from Jeff Wolf's column ten days ago. He's quoting Bruton Smith.
"Smith also wants to buy the NHRA, although the organization's top officials insist it is not for sale.
'Absolutely, I want to buy NHRA,' he said. 'Everybody at NHRA knows how to reach me and I know how to reach them.
'When they are ready for me, I'm ready for them. We have the check partially made out already.'
"The deal, he said, would include most if not all of the four NHRA-owned dragstrips."
'We know the facilities they want to include will give us a challenge, but we will then make those special,' he said. 'Drag racing fans in those markets will be proud of what we do. We'll do it and we'll do it first class.' "
After my first trip to the amazing Strip at Las Vegas, this quote is even more interesting. The difference between, say, Indy and Gainesville and Bruton's track is akin to that between Schumacher's championship Top Fuel car and Don Garlits' original Swamp Rat.
Both serve the same purpose, but one does it a lot better.
There's still the question of the fallout bound to occur from the huge amount of money that would change hands. The last reasonable version I saw was that with the current structure of NHRA, the board members would receive the money as they are ostensibly the owners of the organization.
There's a black hole as to exactly what would happen and who would benefit, and I have to believe that's for a reason.
I'd love for someone with direct knowledge to correct me if I'm wrong regarding who would receive that payout if the NHRA was ever sold.
(edited for better clarity)
"Smith also wants to buy the NHRA, although the organization's top officials insist it is not for sale.
'Absolutely, I want to buy NHRA,' he said. 'Everybody at NHRA knows how to reach me and I know how to reach them.
'When they are ready for me, I'm ready for them. We have the check partially made out already.'
"The deal, he said, would include most if not all of the four NHRA-owned dragstrips."
'We know the facilities they want to include will give us a challenge, but we will then make those special,' he said. 'Drag racing fans in those markets will be proud of what we do. We'll do it and we'll do it first class.' "
After my first trip to the amazing Strip at Las Vegas, this quote is even more interesting. The difference between, say, Indy and Gainesville and Bruton's track is akin to that between Schumacher's championship Top Fuel car and Don Garlits' original Swamp Rat.
Both serve the same purpose, but one does it a lot better.
There's still the question of the fallout bound to occur from the huge amount of money that would change hands. The last reasonable version I saw was that with the current structure of NHRA, the board members would receive the money as they are ostensibly the owners of the organization.
There's a black hole as to exactly what would happen and who would benefit, and I have to believe that's for a reason.
I'd love for someone with direct knowledge to correct me if I'm wrong regarding who would receive that payout if the NHRA was ever sold.
(edited for better clarity)
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