Okay, so I could have used "All My Drivers" or "General Pit Area" as a title instead, but you have to admit that the state of Sprint Car racing here in the upper Midwest has been a bit of a soap opera over the past two years. And, with today's bombshell that the Badlands Speedway is up for sell, our story just got a lot more interesting.
Yes, for a mere $9.75 million you can take over the ownership of the track near Sioux Falls or, if you can only come up with six million in cash right now, the current ownership will be happy to finance you for another six million dollars over the next six years putting your total investment in the facility at a cool $12,000,000.
Yikes!
There just aren't that many people out there with that kind of money and a desire to risk it in dirt track racing while those that do have already invested in another facility, i.e. the Jackson Motorplex. The scary thing for race fans in the area is the statement that the track will not open next season unless new ownership is found.
Now that Lyle Howey is out of a job at BMS will he reopen the I-90 Speedway in nearby Hartford? Will a new hero step forward and pay the price to keep the sport alive in Sioux Falls? Will Chuck Brennan come back next week and say that it was all a dream? And just what is Devin doing here?
Tune in next week for another edition of "As The Sprint Car Turns"
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