Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage has been absent from TMS because he has been undergoing treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer.
Gossage, 50, was diagnosed with cancer early last fall and began treatment this spring.
Gossage, who oversaw the construction of the track and was the general manager for its first race in 1997, declined to be interviewed. A statement from TMS vice president of media relations Mike Zizzo said Gossage “would like to keep his illness private and does not plan to discuss it publicly.” Dallas Morning News
Gossage was informed by doctors in February that treatment needed to begin, and it was done around the NASCAR Sprint Cup Samsung 500 in April and the IndyCar Bombardier Learjet 550 in June.
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He was at the track for the IndyCar Series race, and looked thinner than he did at the Sprint Cup event. He hasn’t appeared at any TMS public functions since the June race as he’s undergone more intense treatments over the past month, which have been successful.
Gossage, who married his wife Melinda in 1999, is hoping to return to work next month.
“I’ve been talking to him almost every day either by phone or text,” Zizzo said. “His brain is in overdrive. If it were up to him, he’d be back tomorrow.” Boston Herald
Zizzo says “the most intense treatments have been over the past month and they have proven to be a success.”
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Gossage is known as a Texas showman. Stunts have included pre-race motorcycle jumps by Robbie Knievel, an all-female pit crew at a NASCAR truck race and a 42-foot fire-breathing, car-eating robot. The Canadian Press
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