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Originally Posted by Bartruff1
That is very informative and interesting but I think it is still whistling past the graveyard. I am sure the man is telling you what he thinks is the truth but I wonder if he can see the forest for the trees. The Golden Rule is that " He that has the gold makes the rules " and the people that are being ask to provide the gold (The taxpayers/bond holders/stockholders) are going to have to be convinced that there is a positive cost benefit associated to racing and I believe that will be a tough sell. It is my understanding that it is the Dodge Dealers that provide the funding ? They may be in bigger trouble than the Company . It will be interesting to see what happens. I remember siting and watching in disbelief when the World Trade Center came down on that sad day. It was just a few weeks ago that the spokesmen for Fanny/Freddy/Leman Bros/Citi/Goldman/Madoff.. etc were telling everyone that things were ok....well, they weren't  |
It wasn't that long ago that Bill France was on TV telling everyone that NASCAR had no problems at all and even if the Big 3 completely withdrew it would not affect them in any bad way. That last part could be partly true as the cars are no longer even a reasonable copy of a Ford, Chevy, Etc. But the money they pour into NASCAR for R&D would be missed and I have seen places last year that they didn't show the grandstand in places because of empty seats. I think there will be more of that this year. People have more important things for what little money they have now than paying an exorbitant price to watch a bunch of spec cars run around in a circle. I hate to see any business go down, but I don't feel that NASCAR is vital to the country. I do believe they like the Big 3 will survive, but in a much different way than what we have seen in the past.
Ron
