There was certainly no lack of opportunity for me at Oracle, ... At the same time, I have a career desire to be chief executive, and in [the] case of Oracle, Larry is CEO well into foreseeable future.

There is tremendous opportunity right across the country. I think it's a great career to get into if I was a young student.

It was a time in my career that I wanted to take advantage of a great opportunity, test the waters so to speak. Orange County attracted me since it was a long-time DIRT track, I knew all the teams and officials, and I grew up watching the races and loved all the Middletown tradition. With running the Orange County show out of my system and some new officials now in place, I'm really encouraged by the positive direction I see the organization headed.

Over the years I've had a wonderful career, but it's time to hang it up,

I had every desire to come back again, and now here's the opportunity. It's time to ensure that every community and every person believes they have a representative.

I gave Dale permission to speak to them because it was an opportunity for him to go full-time, but the offer Grays made was totally unacceptable to us. From our point of view, they were trying to pinch him on extremely cheap terms.