The Oneida Daily Dispatch (Oneida, NY)
QUESTIONS & ATTITUDE
Compelling questions ... and maybe a few actual answers
Red Farmer … what took so long?
Hey, the folks at the NMPA
prefer to wait until a guy is done
racing to induct him into its Hall
of Fame. But it appears they
finally decided to quit waiting on
Red to hang up the helmet. So
yes, finally, at 86, the longtime
charter member of racing’s Ala
bama Gang has been inducted
into the National Motorsports
Press Association’s Hall of Fame.
He’ll be officially inducted next
month in Charlotte, along with
a guy who tossed in his gloves
at the tender age of 45 — Jeff
Gordon. Farmer is still active on
the short-track scene in Ala
bama, but will likely find room
in his schedule to attend the
ceremonies.
What just flew under our radar?
According the NASCAR Sports has to Business hired an item international Journal, from
accounting create a “common giant Deloitte accounting to
platform” for the existing teams
to use. Assuming everyone
inputs all of the appropriate
information, this would shed
light on where teams are bleed
ing money and where they’re
only leaking. It’s believed the
top teams spend upward of $20
million per year, per car. They’re
the ones up front, of course.
Why do we care?
In an effort to make NASCAR
more viable and valuable for
potential new owners, some
have floated the idea of a spend
ing cap, which might make it
easier — i.e., cheaper — for
startup teams to eventually
become competitive. To perhaps
get to that point, economic
templates have to be in place.
That’s where Deloitte comes in.
Eventually, the question would
revolve around policing the
rules, a dilemma that dates back
to the first time two cars lined
up alongside a stopwatch.