Mansfield Motorsports Speedway {MMS] will not be put on the market, owner Michael Dzurilla announced Thursday at the half-mile oval. Dzurilla told the News Journal on May 24 he was going to sell the track and shut down his NHRA Pro Stock drag racing team, Bullet Motorsports. Instead, it will be business as usual. “Basically, the track is not for sale,” Dzurilla said. “I’m a very passionate person, and I have a tendency to give everything I do 100%. Unfortunately, passionate people when they get upset or are suffering from lack of sleep have a tendency to speak before they think. I’m guilty of that. I was tired and very upset about certain situations. I got caught when I probably should have just said nothing,” he said of his change of heart. “I said what I was thinking at the time. I took a week off for the first time in a long time, and I started thinking with my head again instead of my heart.” Dzurilla sold Bullet Motorsports to Torco Racing Fuels and Carrier Boyz Racing this week. The team will remain intact, with driver Dave Connolly competing this weekend in Chicago. It hasn’t been decided where the team will be based. Dzurilla said he wanted to sell Bullet as quickly as possible so Connolly could continue his quest for the national championship. He ranks third in the points. With no more race team, he will focus on MMS full-time. Chris Mize will continue to run the racing shows and hold the titles of president and general manager. Lori Cates will keep running the business office. Dzurilla said he will deal with the legal and accounting ends and other behind-the-scenes issues.(Mansfield News Journal)(6-10-2005)
