Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone says his series and NASCAR wont be competing for the same motorsport fans in Texas when they hold races 190 miles apart in
November.
Preston
Brown Bills Jersey . Ecclestone dismissed on Wednesday any clash between
the series, after the top executive at Texas Motor Speedway called F1 "arrogant"
for scheduling the United States Grand Prix in Austin on the same weekend that
his track hosts NASCAR in Fort Worth. "I absolutely think its foolish," said
Eddie Gossage, the track president and general manager. "Its a shot fired by
Formula One at NASCAR. I cant say I was surprised because Bernie Ecclestone does
a lot of foolish things. The thing he unfortunately doesnt recognize is there is
an 800-pound gorilla when it comes to major American motorsports. The 800-pound
gorilla is NASCAR." Texas Motor Speedway will host NASCARs Texas 500 on Nov. 2,
the same day F1 will hold its only race in the U.S. this year. Fort Worth is
about a 3-hour drive from Austin. While Gossage thought a stronger stance by the
management at Circuit of the Americas would have prevented the scheduling issue,
Ecclestone believed it was a non-issue. "Ive also spoken to the people that run
the race at COTA and their position is that they believe the NASCAR crowd is a
different crowd to Formula One, different people, different customers,"
Ecclestone said. "At the end of the day, they run a domestic series in America
-- we run a world championship." F1 requires considerable logistical planning by
the teams, he said. "Weve a small problem they (NASCAR) dont have -- we have six
jumbo jets to move around all our equipment, and we have to find the most
sensible way to use them to do that," Ecclestone said. "We have to be efficient
and bear in mind we may also encounter problems at an airport. "There are issues
that can occur, but (Gossage) and other people do not realize these things. The
race prior to the one in the U.S. is in Russia, in Sochi. Weve never been
before, and we have to get out of there and into Austin. That is probably a lot
easier than trying to get into Brazil, and then we have to get out of there (Sao
Paulo) to go to Abu Dhabi." Gossage said F1 could have found another weekend to
race in the U.S. "Its just not smart," he said. "Theres 52 weeks in the year.
But that was the only weekend that Formula One could make it work in Austin,
Texas. Give me a break."
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