Mike,
PPIR has a new owner and is running club events.
Ron Jacobs
Western Eagle Racing
-------------- Original message from "michael a kowalski"
<sm1ski@dslextreme.com>: --------------
> add the story of Pikes Peak International Raceway to the mix of tracks (with
> road courses) that were shunted aside because of NASCAR manipulations.
>
> mike kowalski
> FP spit
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Lang"
> To: "RACER BUD"
> Cc: "fot"
> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] FIA blinks first
>
>
> > On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, RACER BUD wrote:
> >
> >> FI...i have no interest in it anymore..........NASCAR knows how to treat
> >> their fans.....I spent fri-sun at Infineon selling beer to raise money
> >> for charity....Everything about NASCAR is about the fans...
> >
> > Ummm, not to be too contrary - I think NASCAR is all about the money.
> >
> > They will not stop until V8's are banned and they've pushed all the
> > "clubs" out of the tracks. In a way, a lot like the Walmart phenomenon.
> >
> > Case in point - NHMS is now owned by Brunton (or one of those guys) and
> > they've closed the road course (which sucked anyway, but that's not the
> > point). 70% of the track activity is club racing and track days. But 90%
> > of the money comes from NASCAR. Sounds simple on the surface, but the
> > concessions that NASCAR gets to run there is absolute murder on the local
> > clubs - for example NASCAR gets unmuffled for any dates they have, all the
> > other clubs get 100 dba noise. They're talking about making a road course,
> > but as of right now, it's all talk. No action at all (other than closing
> > parts of the track for now and permanently in the future. Note that what
> > they are closing is/was home to one of the oldest racing facilities in the
> > country (formerly Briar Motorsports Park). G-O-N-E.
> >
> > Try to build a track in east overshoe, nowhere. Unless there's a serous
> > employment deficit, the locals ask first "will NASCAR be using the track"?
> >
> > That question completely halted negotiations on more than one occasion
> > with my local SCCA region who was/is) trying to purchase land and build a
> > club track.
> >
> > Money is the only thing that NASCAR is about. And they will act like a
> > good neighbor 'till they can kick you out. And they have really good
> > lawyers. The down-home thing is a sham.
> >
> >> Racer Bud..
> >
> > Have a nice day!
> > rml
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