grace

If you're interested in auto racing, not just NASCAR, but all forms of auto racing then you should have heard about the disaster in Indianapolis this past Sunday. F1 was in town for the US Grand Prix, a once a year event , and people came from all around to see the race. I use to travel over 400 miles to see this same once a year event when it was held at Watkins Glen, New York.

Well people spend thousands of dollars to see this race. They spend a weeks vacation for the event and look forward to it all year long.

People won't be doing that anymore.

You see there was a little problem this year at the USGP. Michelin supplies tires to 14 of the 20 cars in the series and by Saturday it was decided that these tires weren't safe to use. Well a lot of bargaining and negotiating went on about what to do and in the end nothing got sorted out so those cars didn't start the race! That left 6 cars in the race and 130,000 cheated fans in the stands.

I'm not going to go into all the different things that could have been done, I'm going to talk about one thing. The other tire manufacturer should have shown the grace to say "Let's do whatever we have to to have a race."

They didn't, it wasn't their problem, and that was a mistake.

When there is a crisis step forward and take charge if you can.