[DeTomaso] Is this as bad as it sounds (NASCAR)

[Charles Engles]

Dear Mike, Gray, and Forum,

             The following quote is from the book:     Ford: The Dust and 
the Glory,   A Racing History, Volume 2 (1968-2000) by Leo Levine and 
published by S.A.E. in 2001.    Page 208-209.


             "So I walk into the office and Mr. France is sitting looking 
out the window with his back to me in this big high-backed leather chair,and 
I walked in, and I felt like I was back in the army, as Private Rhoades 
reporting to some general.... So I said, 'yes sir, Mr. France, you wanted to 
see me,'  so he turned around in his swivel chair, motioned for me to sit 
down, so I sat down in front of him, and then he leaned across his desk and 
he said, 'What are you guys up to?'

             ''I said, 'Sir?,' and he said, 'Ford.  What are you doing?' 
And I suddenly realized he is asking me what our involvement is, and of 
course I'm not the guy to talk to, he should have picked up the phone and 
called Harold Poling, or at least  Michael, but fortunately I'm already 
dealing with the media on stuff like this, so I give him the party line, and 
pointed at me and he said, 'Let me tell you something.  We are NOT in the 
racing business.  We are in the entertainment business."


              So......I have always taken this quote directly and candidly 
from Mr. NASCAR, Bill France Sr. as being terribly revealing and insightful.

              NASCAR  it's not racing-----it's entertainment!



                                     Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles








----- Original Message ----- 
From: "michael frazier" <red3644 at hotmail.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Is this as bad as it sounds (NASCAR)


>
>  I had an opportunity to listen to Jack Roush talk about NASCAR being
> controlled and scripted "just like wrestling".  I wasn't sure how you 
> could
> do something like that.  He mentioned that when the cars get too spread 
> out
> and things are going too smoothly, you can count on a yellow flag being
> thrown for debris on the track to get them bunched up again.  I don't know
> how deep it goes and he shut up after that, though you could tell there 
> was
> a lot more to the story.  I really liked NASCAR in the 60's and 70's when
> they used "real" cars.  I can't get interested anymore.
> Michael
>
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