Whats the major difference between team ownership in NASCAR and IRL?
In NASCAR, the quality teams run a little deeper today than they do in any other series of racing. The quality of the drivers is deeper. I wouldn’t say they’re better, it’s just that there is more depth. With Indy Car racing, there’s a small sweet spot and a few teams in that sweet spot. In NASCAR, that sweet spot is much larger and almost every team is in the sweet spot — or they don’t stay in too long. How do you think you differ from other team owners? So many people I meet in racing are NASCAR people or Indy Car people or sports car people. Me, I like to cover all that so I have a different view than most. I really, really enjoy the sport of racing, the fellowship — that’s the nice thing about it. It’s not just about NASCAR and being on television. NASCAR’s up right now and Indy Car is kind of down, but it’s all cyclical in some sense. I’m a little different than (Jack) Roush or (Rick) Hendrick or even Roger (Penske) to a certain extent. Some of these guys have billion-dollar busin
