A Tale of NASCAR Contrasts
NASCAR then:
“We drove for the sheer fun of driving because there wasn’t that much money to be made.” - Richard Petty
“Sometimes it seemed like the more you drove the less money you had. I remember one time Buck Baker and Lee Petty and I had to put our money together just to split a hot dog and a Coke.” - Lousie Smith
NASCAR now:
Jeff Gordon has paid $9 million dollars for land that contains “a humble old ranch house and a tiny log cabin along with a few barns and sheds.”
Rip off you say? Well maybe, but the place does have a few other “amenities.”
Like 1,930 acres that were formerly the Gould Ranch. And “pastures and rolling hills” that are called “some of the most secluded and scenic property that remains undeveloped in the valley.”
And it ain’t Death Valley folks, it’s Roaring Fork Valley near Aspen Colorado.
Oh, and it was purchased by JG Real Property LLC, Gordon’s real estate investment firm.
Who’d a thunk it, Jeffy a land baron.
This NASCAR public service announcement was brought to you by the Half-Vast Staff™ of Full Throttle and in fond memory of the days of Lousie Smith and Lee Petty.
Can anyone spare a guy 50 bucks for a Speedway Dog!?
It’s called “asset inflation”.
I think it’s great that the upper crust is doing so well, I just wish they were bringing the rest of us along with them.
Yeah, I’d love to be able to afford one of them 50 dollar speedway hot dogs.
But alas, I have to be satisfied with rice-a-roni.
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