Mark Dyer Quotes (14 Quotes)

By the time this building opens, we'll have 61 or 62 years of racing in our history, so how many people do you induct in your charter class Too many wouldn't be meaningful. How high is the bar for induction

The spirit of the NASCAR fan has never been more evident than with the establishment of the Official NASCAR Members Club local chapters. Bringing NASCAR to a fan's hometown is one of the great benefits that the ONMC offers. Through the unfolding of this grassroots process, fans from all corners of America will now have a better opportunity to follow the sport in a more meaningful way.

You fall in love with these cities, and there wasn't one dud in the process, even though we thought there might be. I think RIR and Richmond have been elevated as NASCAR went through this.

As we move forward in this process, we believe it is necessary to focus our attention on the three cities of Atlanta, Charlotte and Daytona Beach. Based upon the proposals that we have reviewed internally for the past several months, we believe these three cities provide us with the best opportunity to build and develop a world-class NASCAR Hall of Fame for our millions of loyal fans.

NASCAR is extremely appreciative of the time, effort and commitment put forth by the cities of Kansas City and Richmond.

There were times when he started looking a little frailer, but mentally he never became frail. Mentally, he never stopped charging. He was still working until the last minute, and that's the way he wanted it.

West Virginia has long been a hotbed for NASCAR. It is certainly one of the top states in the country in terms of fan support. The ONMC is all about bringing NASCAR to the cities and towns across America. NASCAR fans all across America are gravitating toward the local chapters and the Charleston chapter has been a leader in this area.

The one thing Charlotte has been lacking is a real tourism magnet. This provides it. This is the tipping point for Charlotte being the Hollywood of NASCAR.

It's a very attractive option for us and we'd like to see that we could make that happen. We think it could make quite a statement for us to be able to receive visitors and clients in a building connected to a world-class Hall of Fame. That's not an insignificant part of the deal.

We could have taken a bit more time in getting this done, but it's not like an Olympic process where you don't talk to the city for another 12 years. We have two big races a year at Richmond International Raceway. The last thing we want to do is string them along we couldn't do that in good conscience.

It's a competitive market and we're seeing more of an educated customer that has looked on the Internet and become astute as to what they want. If they're going to spend money, they want quality.

Our brand is really our business and our livelihood. It is our hall of fame, so we certainly wouldn't want some content going in that we felt was detrimental to the sport and what it was all about.

The main thing people are looking for now is energy-efficient homes. All of our homes have refrigerated air. Evaporative units are not as efficient, and building an energy-efficient quality home is the right thing to do.

The induction process has to have the highest integrity among fans, drivers, teams sponsors. Everybody in the sport has to view this as highly credible. I think the bar (for induction) will be pretty high.