Nascar '09

[Ron61]

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