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NHRA: Bruton Smith No Longer Interested In Buying NHRA
Written by: Rob Geiger - Go2Geiger.com
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06/15/2009
Porter, TX
 
Drag racing fans holding out hope that Bruton Smith will come in and buy the NHRA, an idea the 80-year-old impresario floated a number of times in the past, can start looking for another savior.
The NHRA will have to hope another buyer with racing savvy comes along. (LAT) ยป More Photos

At this weekend's NASCAR race, Smith was asked during a press conference if he was still trying to acquire the 58-year-old sanctioning body. His answer was clear.

"I have no intention of doing that," Smith said. "We run quite a number of national events for NHRA and I like it so far because drag racing is growing and every time (we hold an event) we have a larger crowd than the previous year. I don't understand but I guess more and more people are finding it and liking it, and now they want to see the latest and greatest of everything and that's zMax Dragway in Charlotte.

"If you haven't seen (zMax Dragway) I hope you will come and see what we've done there because I built four lanes and we have now run it that way. Of course,
television loves it because it's more action, and the fans love it. We have an (NHRA) national event there in September and we will sell it out again. We had Pinks there and sold it out for two or three days. A sell-out there is 40,000, so that's very good for a drag race.

"But (buying the NHRA) is so far back on the backburner I can't even see it."

Smith later let it slip that zMax would be holding two NHRA national events, something that hasn't been announced as of yet. The NHRA traditionally releases its upcoming schedule at the U.S. Nationals in early September.

The billionaire currently owns drag strips that host NHRA national events in Charlotte, Las Vegas, Bristol, Tenn., and Sonoma, Calif.
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