Kentucky Speedway Case Hurting Fans More Than Anyone Else
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This may sound overly simplistic, but if the former owners of Kentucky Speedway really wanted to obtain a coveted Sprint Cup race and to avoid suing NASCAR – as the ownership group has said several times in the past – why did the ownership group sell the track in the first place?
No one put a gun to the head of the former ownership group to sell the track 40 miles outside Cincinnati to Bruton Smith and Speedway Motorsports Inc.
Sure, there were financial issues with ownership and operation of the track – but what racetrack doesn’t have problems, particularly in the current economy.
And even though most others would have gladly taken Smith’s and SMI’s money, cut their losses and get what had been an albatross of sorts from around their corporate neck and went on with their lives, such is not the case with the original ownership group.
Even when one federal judge ruled against it last year, the same group bounced back and appealed the decision, a move that has essentially kept Smith and SMI from obtaining a Cup race date from NASCAR – or, at the very least, being allowed to move a race from another existing SMI track to Kentucky.
On top of that, NASCAR has said it will not award a race date to SMI until the lawsuit by the original ownership group is either adjudicated or dropped.
That means NASCAR fans in Kentucky, southeastern Indiana and southwestern Ohio are essentially being held hostage from watching the likes of Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and others run in a Cup race at Kentucky Speedway – and those same fans will likely remain hostages until either the court system again rules against the original ownership group, or the group wins its case and the millions of dollars it wants in “damages” from NASCAR.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but how exactly can you demand damages for something that you freely sold in the first place?
That’d be like selling your house to the top bidder, and then turning around and suing the buyer – who did absolutely nothing wrong but to give you the amount of money you asked for – because you now miss your old neighbors.
That’s my take. What’s yours? Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.
In the meantime, have a great weekend and we’ll be back here in this corner on Monday.
Posted by on 07/30 at 11:14 PMYes sir Jerry but remember Americas pastime is not Baseball its suing.Kentucky previous owners really screwed Smith and you’re right why are they stil suing They dont own it,It just hurts the fans as always And It probaly screws any deal for a cup race way pass 2011 SOME PEOPLE !
Hey Jerry tell the idiot that wrote the piece
About Nascar /Mayfield trial date time with his notation that Nascar sets the race winner to get off ARD one of the last decent non bashing Nascars SITE LEFT ,DONT WANT HIM JUST REPORT THE FACTS
Spot on with that anology, Jerry. It really is a shame, because I think there will be good racing at this track. I look forward to the first race at KY.
