[Alan Roehrich]

What you need to realize is that buying naming rights to a venue does not give you a huge amount of control over operations. So Royal Purple cannot tell the track what to do and how to do it, and they certainly can't do either with NHRA, especially since the sportsman racing is sponsored by Lucal Oil (for which we should all thank the Lucas family). For the most part, Royal Purple bought naming rights, which gives them advertising space and time. Had no one bought naming rights, the track might not operate at all. If that is what you want, by all means, blame Royal Purple, and trash them pubilicly. Then maybe no one will buy naming rights, and more facilities could close.