No More Goodys Dash???

[pettyfan4life]

* No More Dash? Catchfence.com got a tip some three weeks ago that the NASCAR Goody's Dash Series would be nonexistent after the 2003 season, Series Director, Tom Ballos was contacted to shed light on this subject. This series has been around since 1975 and will host some 14 races at the end of the 2002 season, the last being a 150 lap event on October 25 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. In the Dash Series, the cars run 6 cylinder engines and their events are held on dirt and paved tracks from a quarter mile in length to the famous Daytona International Speedway. Said Ballos: "NASCAR has said that they would be willing to do all they could do to help find a home for this series. As it stands right now, it looks as though 2003 will be the last year for NASCAR with this series. The final decision announcement will be made at Atlanta at the last race of the season. They are looking at several things...at maybe finding a sanctioning body to take the series over. They're also looking at making the Dash cars a style of car that will be adaptable to different series, so they are working towards a happy medium on this." Money is always an issue in racing, regardless of the series, divisions or sanctioning body. Many Goody's Dash teams and drivers struggle for every available sponsor dollar to assist them in the season. It is the same in all series, but deep pocketed sponsors always go for the premiere series because of media coverage and television exposure for their product. Look for NASCAR's official decision during this season's last event at Atlanta Motor Speedway.(Catchfence)(10-22-2002)

 

[rpmallen]

Those cars are fun to race once in awhile, will be a shame to see it go. But at the same time I'm sort of surprised it's lasted as long as it has, b/c I can't imagine them getting enough attention to pay for the tracks they have been going to.