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Originally Posted by PIT CART
Who is Chuck?
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Chuck Brennan is the owner of Dollar Loan Centers. Sioux Falls was his home town, and he was trying to build a "destination visitor spot" Badlands Speedway was part of his empire, along with Badlands Pawn, a shooting range, concert hall, and a Classic Rock radio station. When he rebranded Husets into Badlands, it was the first of many things he did to upset the apple cart. He moved the race night from Sunday to Saturday night. He went into direct competition against Knoxville as the premiere race track in the Midwest. He "contracted" several 410 teams to run Badlands over Knoxville. He spent a lot of money to upgrade the racetrack with modern facilities. (it has been compared to what Tony did at Eldora) To some, he was a breath of fresh air spending a ton of money on racing and his facility. To the vast majority, he was a spoiled rich kid throwing his money around.
A couple of years ago, the residents of South Dakota passed a bill outlawing the predatory lending business that Dollar Loan Center was doing. There was a lot of campaigning for/against this bill. Chuck stated that if the bill passed that he would have to leave the state. The bill passed, and Chuck shut down his holdings. He closed down the pawn shop/gun shop/ race track and radio station.
This brings us to our current situation.