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THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR SUNDAY, JULY 15, 157 TOO VY NEGATIVE FACTORS I PAGE 10 SEC. 2 Speedway Doubleheader Is Just Talk Speaking Of Speed By George Moore the plethora of information from pretty decent sources about the Speedway being for sale is just too great to We have been told that beer Aaron August A. Busch III, has the rights of first refusal for purchasing the Speedway. Busch has become increasingly active in Budweiser sponsorship of jnotorj-ports through Bemie Little, his Lakeland (Fla.) distributor and business entrepreneur. Little is a hot-to-trot promoter who is a big name in hydroplane racing, and it is the consensus should Busch acquire the track there will be many and varied promotional activities associated with the place.

Whether that would encompass more than a once-a-ycar "500'Vis pure speculation. i they are going to be housed for the weekend, as the hotels are pretty well booked to accomodate the drag racers. Bob Daniels, director of the NHRA's Division 3 which is based in Indianapolis, says there are 1,500 confirmed entries for the Nationals, so this means there are 1,500 crews in town, a fair addition to the some 125,000 spectators who land here for the drags. A secondary factor which is somewhat in the middle of the proposition of having two major races here over the Labor Day weekend is connected with the acquisition of IRP. ORIGINALLY THE NHRA had planned to take over the property on a contract sale basis around Aug.

1, but Gardner says that IRP encountered a tax problem prior to the sale and is working with the Internal Revenue Service and tax attorneys out so the deal may be consumated. Due to this situation, Gardner says that probably the Nationals will be run under the same relationship which NHRA has had with IRP for the past 17 years, and they will continue to pursue the acquisition of the place. Gardner said, however, "I don't want to sound negative towards USAC. We sympathize with their problems. But if they are going to put on a major race every Labor Day weekend, I'm not too sure I'm too thrilled about our owning IRP." The whole thing may be academic, for Their three big days each year are Saturday, Sunday and Labor Day, and if you have a Speedway show going on Sunday you may need the National Guard just to sort out the traffic on the west side of Indianapolis.

The United States Auto Club obviously would like to sanction another event at the Speedway, and it can't be faulted for that. The NHRA fully is cognizant of this fact. Dallas Gardner, the NHRA's vice president in charge of its financial affairs, said, "We understand USAC's position in the USAC-CART (Champioaship Auto Racing Teams) dispute, but we do not think their problems should spill over into motor sports. "Wally (Wally Parks, president of NHRA I has been a close friend of Dick King for years, and we have been good friends and associates of USAC for years. But when I first heard the news, I was very disappointed.

energy problems without splitting the community. The input from some residents in the Speedway area is that they are not enthused over having more than one event a year due to the disruptions caused by the large influx of fans. If there is an influx, and that may be a big if, there certainly is a question of where THE SPECULATED twin bill of 1 champ cars and stock cars at the Speedway over the Labor Day weekend is never going to happen. There are too many reasons against it. For openers, it would run head-to-head with the National Hot Rod Association's U.S.

Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park. There is the question of whether a Speedway event would violate the principles of the four major auto racing bodies co-ordinating all major races via ACCUS (Automobile Competition Committee United States i. The hotels in town are booked. The City of Speedway is not at all enthused about another migration of racing fans into its privacy. There is a potential traffic control program problem with two major events going at the same time within a relatively short distance of each other.

And then there is the matter of whether or not another race would affect the attendance of May's "500." Any one of these almost would be sufficient to say no. Put them all together and you can say "forget it." IT IS A bit difficult to determine who is the most displeased with the idea of a labor Day weekend race at the Speedway, the NHRA or the residents of the town. This is the 25th anniversary of the U.S. Nationals, and the NHRA has plans for massive festivities, parades, bands, media promotions, the whole works. TUESM WED.i OPEN DAILY 10-10, SUNDAY 11-6 "IT VIOLATES all the principles of four major bodies (USAC-NHRA NASCAR-SCCA) in co-ordinating all ma-jor races.

"It makes no sense at all to have two major events in the same location at the same time. This is not in the best interest of the Nationals. It's not in the best interests of USAC racing. And I don't think it's in the best interests of motor sports in general. "It is difficult enough for racing to maintain a good posture in these days of NeSmitli-Hearn Bout Tops Card 1 nTTDcsa lt lf pMjpjijpMpjiprai iP Wtftf )9l maTmtenancVfre! Svlitl All Tires I Hill "''T aS8 Plus I E'T- Each nilir? deadline' for ordering the number of tables to be set up surrounding the ring.

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