tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post3974911759794080126..comments2024-01-11T19:29:38.859-05:00Comments on Life in the Turn Lane: Plenty of room for racingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-57194621953235330252007-10-09T23:19:00.000-04:002007-10-09T23:19:00.000-04:00Bob Bhare should not sell the New Hampshire Intern...Bob Bhare should not sell the New Hampshire International Speedway whom he owned. For 40 years of his management then to sell it to John Henry and to the Fenway group.Maybe Bob Bhare has a great plan of it.If it is sold, i thought much better it would remain a track race. Because it was already the trademark of that place than to convert it to a baseball arena.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-63423036293611147682007-09-19T14:30:00.000-04:002007-09-19T14:30:00.000-04:00brett1963 - I still don't understand why the sched...brett1963 - I still don't understand why the schedule can't be expanded to include dates at Kentucky. Certainly Kentucky is a better demographic than New York City or the Pacific Northwest.<BR/><BR/>Why would NHIS sell to the Kentucky Speedway Group? And why would they take a date from a profitable speedway? Wouldn't they want to keep both dates there? <BR/><BR/>tim robinson, I'll agree that John Henry has never struck me as the kind of owner I'd want for the team I root for - as opposed to Robert Kraft, who is everything a fan could want in a team owner - but the ulterior motive argument I've heard with regard to the Red Sox - that they'd start cutting salary, pocketing what they could, and eventually "pillage" the team and sell it. What I've seen, though, is exactly the opposite.Monkeesfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-17213758390234429892007-09-19T14:26:00.000-04:002007-09-19T14:26:00.000-04:00NHIS is in the right demographic for NASCAR - if t...NHIS is in the right demographic for NASCAR - if the track were close to Boston it wouldn't sell as well because Boston is not a racing demographic. <BR/><BR/>And Bahre and Mattioli are exactly the kind of track owners the sport needs - hands-on types who know things down in the trenches and who work with others. It's no accident they share jet dryers.<BR/><BR/>There may be something to John Henry purchasing the track, though I agree Bob Bahre looks far away from selling it. If Henry did buy it I don't see where he'd change anything because the place is run so well plus he's a racing novice who'd need all the expert help he could get. Fred Neergaard is one of the very best PR people in racing and everything the track does is done well. <BR/><BR/>Yes I'd have preferred a 2.5-miler to the layout they have, but it's still good. <BR/><BR/><EM>Speaking of 2.5-mile layouts, I'm not sold that the Modifieds, which put on the best races of the weekends here, can't race Pocono's big layout.</EM> <BR/><BR/>There's plenty of room for racing in New England - racing, football, hockey, and baseball.Monkeesfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-30727691059342344322007-09-18T19:58:00.000-04:002007-09-18T19:58:00.000-04:00Yeah well Texas probably wasn't promised a date ei...Yeah well Texas probably wasn't promised a date either...nor a second date ala Rockingham! <BR/>#5Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-31382285484726622392007-09-18T14:22:00.000-04:002007-09-18T14:22:00.000-04:00Nothing against Bahre or New Hampshire. Everything...Nothing against Bahre or New Hampshire. Everything I read about the man is extremely positive. David does mention though that his son does not seem interested. The only outcome I see here, and I'm surprised David did not mention it, NHIS selling to the Kentucky Speedway Group. It makes perfect sense and was repoprted in USA Today. <BR/><BR/>Jery Carroll and the folks at Kentucky Speedway are not the evil whining crybabies some in the media make them out to be. They are extremely talented sports promoters with as much passion for racing as any owner. The only logical conclusion is that the sale is made and one of dates gets moved to Kentucky. This ties up lots of loose ends, the sale that didnt through last time Carroll tried to buy the track (Bahre did not sell because NASCAR told him not him not to and he still was enjoying both dates), it gets Kentucky a date is most definitely deserves, and gives NASCAR the ability to settle the lawsuit quietly. Make no mistake, Kentucky will not just go away, they will get a date, the ownership will see to that, they have powerful backers and the best legal team in the country. While no promises we're ever "officially" made to Kentucky, they were lead by the nose by NASCAR to a "promised land" that pulled out from under them.<BR/><BR/>NASCAR greed for a NYC and Pacific NW track lead to their decision to tell everyone that Kentucky was "told" they would not a race, that came much after the fact. After the fact that NASCAR told Kentucky all the things they needed to do to get a Cup race.<BR/><BR/>This should end as it should, with one of the races going to a first class facility at Kentucky and NHIS still one the schedule on not off it ala Rockingham and Wilkesboro.brett1963https://www.blogger.com/profile/03963442563452213735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-75784282281057674762007-09-17T14:38:00.000-04:002007-09-17T14:38:00.000-04:00Thank You, I've lived in New England all my life a...Thank You, I've lived in New England all my life and I have been a huge racing fan (NASCAR) since sometime around 1991-1992 and its been incredible. I've been going to NHIS since 1998 or so and its great up there, yesterday was my first Cup race and watched the race on pit road, now thats fun. <BR/><BR/>I hope two Cup races do stay at NHIS too and they do sellout twice every year, I don't know what I would do if we lost either one or both races, there's nothing like seeing any level of races in person including the Cup Series, what an experience. <BR/><BR/>Note: I'm not a press member, I'm a blogger and huge racing fan.Brian Vermettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04729977514524441803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-31862474170593224332007-09-17T12:30:00.000-04:002007-09-17T12:30:00.000-04:00I agree with Tim Robinson, to bad for the passiona...I agree with Tim Robinson, to bad for the passionate NASCAR fans in New England.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-10883124032662202952007-09-16T09:12:00.000-04:002007-09-16T09:12:00.000-04:00Bahre reminds me of old Sam Walton of Walmart fame...Bahre reminds me of old Sam Walton of Walmart fame ..who spent 4 and half days a week in the stores and a half a day in the office which he thought was excessive but couldn't pare it back anymore...The sport needs to keep Bruton and ISC out of anymore tracks and needs more good independant owners...Anyhting to keep the dates at New Hampshire is a good thing..the fans have supported that track overwhelmingly.. what more could you ask for...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-56234725895222482372007-09-16T09:09:00.000-04:002007-09-16T09:09:00.000-04:00I was at NHIS for the old Indy Car race in 1994. I...I was at NHIS for the old Indy Car race in 1994. I was fourteen and I left my camera in the stands. Dad and I went to the track office to see if it got turned in and Mr. Bahre himself was standing behind the counter working right along side his employees.<BR/><BR/>Someone did actually hand my camera in too. The fans at NHIS are great and I've always remembered my visit there fondly.Mr. Parsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16555387326425783998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-4260352639897068252007-09-16T08:17:00.000-04:002007-09-16T08:17:00.000-04:00If John Henry is involved, then there is an ulteri...If John Henry is involved, then there is an ulterior motive. He has no interest in a race track than to further his interest in sim racing. It is the same reason he wanted ownership with Roush - it gives him the access he needs.<BR/><BR/>He is the ultimate slimeball, which is too bad for the race fans in the NE.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09342639494519764348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-60556181874734310582007-09-15T20:49:00.000-04:002007-09-15T20:49:00.000-04:00David, David, David, I don't care WHAT transpires ...David, David, David, I don't care WHAT transpires with ownership of NHIS, I rue the day that Bruton, Bahre and the France Family Mafia stole the dates from Wilkes Co! And how everybody says that it can't be used for a Nascar event! I say B as in B, S as in S!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-88688500837572012912007-09-15T20:40:00.000-04:002007-09-15T20:40:00.000-04:00Bravo David!!!!Nice to hear someone finally sticki...Bravo David!!!!<BR/><BR/>Nice to hear someone finally sticking up for NHIS...<BR/><BR/>There are a LOT of passionate NASCAR fans here in New England, and that is proven by sellouts months in advance for both races. <BR/><BR/>Yes, NASCAR has its roots in the southeast, but those outsice that region love great racing as well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com