Pet Projects: Sabates Has Been A Proponent Of NASCAR Franchising For A Long Time

Winston-Salem Journal:

Felix Sabates is getting considerable support from fellow NASCAR team owners for one of his pet projects: his long-held belief that NASCAR should start issuing race team franchises, instead of keeping an open-door policy that leaves men such as Robert Yates and Bud Moore with no equity in a sport they’ve devoted their lives to.

‘I was the executor of Alan Kulwicki’s estate, and he won the 1992 championship on $1.8 million,’ Sabates, a Cuban-born multi-millionaire, says. ‘That’s $1.8 million for everything. Everything. Continue reading.