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2008 NASCAR Champions week in New York may be the last
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The NASCAR tradition of celebrating the season champion in New York may be in its final year.
The celebration, held in New York since 1981, could be falling prey to the economic downturn that both the Nation and NASCAR are suffering through at the moment.
It’s been no secret that this years festivities are much more scaled back then in years past. Two of the major auto manufacturers, Ford and Chevrolet, cancelled their traditional parties and one, Dodge, opted not to even make an appearance. The customary parade lap around Manhattan, where the top contenders drive racecars through city streets, had already been cancelled although that may have had as much to do with complaints from the citizenry as actual financial concerns.
Even NASCAR has decided to use as few employees as possible this week and keep them in the city as short a time as possible in an attempt to save money.
And NASCAR’s top brass are now hinting that this years New York bash may be the last for the sport.
In published reports, NASCAR vice president for corporate communications Jim Hunter said that NASCAR is making a conscious effort to save money and added that the sanctioning body would meet after this weeks festivities which will culminate in Friday night’s champions Banquet, to see if it’s worth the millions of dollars that it costs to stage the annual celebration.
"It's very expensive in New York," Hunter said. "I'm sure we'll look at it after this banquet."
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