Despite his opener of, “It’s the same old crap, just a different day,” Pro Stock Dodge driver Larry Morgan was comfortable in what’s become his new home town track in Norwalk. “I only lived a few minutes from Columbus,” he lamented, “but this place is great, and it’ll have to be my new home track.

“This is an absolutely beautiful facility. I’ve always said it was beautiful. I’ve raced here my whole life, and have always enjoyed the Baders, they’ve been very good to me. I think Summit coming in is great. It’s like it’s in their back yard. If they can make this facility like it needs to be, this will be a great place to race.

“I think this track is goig to be right up on the list of the best place, but I hate the fact that they left Columbus because it was so close to home for me, but this facility is definitely better than the Columbus facility.”

Despite his opener of, “It’s the same old crap, just a different day,” Pro Stock Dodge driver Larry Morgan was comfortable in what’s become his new home town track in Norwalk. “I only lived a few minutes from Columbus,” he lamented, “but this place is great, and it’ll have to be my new home track.

“This is an absolutely beautiful facility. I’ve always said it was beautiful. I’ve raced here my whole life, and have always enjoyed the Baders, they’ve been very good to me. I think Summit coming in is great. It’s like it’s in their back yard. If they can make this facility like it needs to be, this will be a great place to race.

“I think this track is goig to be right up on the list of the best place, but I hate the fact that they left Columbus because it was so close to home for me, but this facility is definitely better than the Columbus facility.”

When asked about the potential sale of NHRA, Morgan replied, “First of all, the way I look at it is, and the way the racers perceive it is, let’s get this straight: If it’s good for everybody, then it’s fine. If it’s good for a handful of officials and a handful of racers, then it’s bullshit. When Tom Compton was in that meeting (in Topeka) trying to explain to all the racers what he felt was going to happen is not the way he should have done it because the way it came across was as if you had a big chute full of money and this big pot at the bottom, and they’re all standing around grabbing the money as it comes down and packing their pockets. What we wanted to hear was what this new deal was going to mean to us because we’re all out here struggling to put on their show, and we don’t make near enough money to do this. The bottom line is I wish they could come and operate my show, and show me how to do it and make it better, and I don’t think they can do that. They’re not helping us out in any way, shape or form, and I think that’s the way the rest of the racers look at it, but most of ‘em don’t have the balls to say anything about it, and I think they should stand up to them like men, because if we’re going to do this we’ve got to make it work for everyone, not just a few individuals.

“Everyone wants to believe that (drag racing) will be better after the sale goes through. I want to believe that. Everyone wants to believe that whatever NHRA does it will be better for the racers, but it never has been, so I don’t know why people think it’s going to change. It costs us a lot more money every day to make their show better, but I don’t think they look at it that way. I told Tom (Compton) after the meeting that if it’s going to be good it has to be good for everybody, and he agreed with me.

“Tom told me he was surprised that nobody asked more questions in that meeting, but I told him that everyone was in shock at hearing the news. I told him that our problem is that no one has enough money to (race) properly, and it’s the truth. I don’t care who you’re talking about; Schumacher, Kalitta, any of those guys, they have to spend their money to make this happen, and at some point they’re going to quit racing. What are we gonna do then?”