Slide Job Racing, so please tell us what this sale does have to do with? What caused Mel Martin to pull the plug on Manzy after the track had already opened for the year, had released a schedule for the year and secured sponsorship for the year? I personally think this has been the hardest thing for the racing community to except. If the racers had been told at the end of last year or over the winter there would be no racing this year. They would not have spent hard earned money getting there cars ready. A sale like this does not happend overnight. Hopefully there will be an article in the AZ Republic soon that will help us understand way this sale has taken place at this time. My guess is economy, economy, economy!!! Was Mr. Martin one of the 40 some Arizona residents that had invested their life savings with Bernie Madoff?

The Martin family since taking over ownership of Manzy had made several improvements to the facility, maybe those improvements and the fact that the Martin family were themselves Manzy racers gave us all a false security that Manzy would be around for another 50 years. Maybe that is why so many from the Manzy racing community feel like they have been blind sided with this sale.

Manzy closing on April 11th means the Arizona racing community has lost two tracks within approximately 1 1/2 hours from each this year. Several posters have mentioned Keith Hall in this thread, last November when I attended a race at USA Raceway in Tucson Keith was working at this track; maybe that is why it was so easy for some of the ASCS dates to be picked up by that track. Just a guess on my part!

Patti