Mike Helton
Mike Helton
Michael "Mike" Heltonis the vice chairman of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. He replaced Bill France, Jr. in November 2000 as the company's 3rd president. He was named Chief Operating Officer of NASCAR in February 1999...
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The way NASCAR is structured, with the independentness of the sanctioning body and the car owner, there's not a way for us to do that now, even if we desired,
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NASCAR will use whatever means necessary to stop it.
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NASCAR was acting in the best interest of finishing this event and as correctly as it could,
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NASCAR is absolutely as concerned about keeping its roots intact as it is about growing the sport. We're as proud of our heritage in 1948 as we are in 2006. At the same time, we're working to broaden the opportunities of the sport to anybody that wants to be a part of it and also broaden the exposure of the sport internationally.
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George is a great friend. He's a very smart man, and a lot of the processes and procedures that NASCAR benefits from today, he brought to the table.
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I am not leaving NASCAR and I have not been offered a job by DEI,
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The Car of Tomorrow represents one of the sport's most significant innovations, and we feel everyone involved in NASCAR will experience the benefits. No subject is more important than safety. And, while the Car of Tomorrow was built around safety considerations, the competition and cost improvements will prove vital as well.
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An argument can be made either way, but as time goes on a stronger argument may be that an owner with multiple teams contributes to the roadblocks. That's an issue NASCAR has to take a hard look at.
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We talked about a lot of options ... and the recommended air pressure was the one we came up with to try to get through the evening. Certainly, we talked about a lot of options ? including the possibility of having to shorten the race. But we never got to that extreme.
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I've been called a redneck myself, and that's OK. I'm proud of that. I have no bones about that. However, it's not a very nice term to use any more, I don't think, because it's been stereotyped in such a bad way.
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Earnhardt was unchallenged in expressing himself. He had no qualms about sitting down and taking us to task or asking us questions or voicing his opinion.
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We are going to be closely watching. Take this as your warning: We will act very quickly and very severely if we feel anyone's out there manipulating the race outcome or The Chase outcome.
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Everyone that was a part of the evening certainly would like to figure out how to not have another evening like this one, ... It was extremely undesirable.
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We don't want to react just for the sake of reacting. We want to measure all of the possible ramifications before we make a decision.