[Roy Bleckert]

Originally Posted by DonMoore10 Unfortunately, most of you fans that read IOW have no idea what goes on over the fence in the pit area. By that I mean the racing business. I have followed open wheel racing since I was a kid all the way up to the time I became a sponsor of a midget at the Chili Bowl in 2000. The owner of that sponsored car gave me some very good advice: " You need to come into the pit area and see what the racing business is like up close and personal." At that point I began to realize there is more to it than just showing up at a race track with a car and racing. The business is full of deep pocket money, greed, ******** and it goes on and on. When I became an owner, I REALLY began to understand the racing business. I've survived as a owner now for 11 years while most of the teams that were around when I sponsored cars are long gone. It's a fun business but a very complicated business and you fans will never understand what it's like till you lay down a ton of cash, get your hands dirty and own a race team. IT's a whole new world, IOWheelers that most of you don't understand or comprehend. Sorry to say that but I've been on both sides of the fence and know what reality is. This past weekend I was at Fort Wayne and had a lot of down time to talk to several owners and drivers. We exchanged a lot #### that I will never print on this web site. Apparently almost all of them are not willing to share any of it publicly which is their choice. I'm possibly one of the few who is willing to put my name on posts and give you an idea what it's like to be an owner and give you some insite on the issues that affect midget racing, the product you see on the track. If some of you fans can't handle what I have to say, I don't understand why you keep reading them. Don't read 'em if you don't like 'em. It's real simple!

The short version... Racing is a Cut Throat Biz !