Football at speedway? Idea intrigues Powell
July 5, 2011 - 7:34 am
There's a scene in "Alice in Wonderland" where these daisies all start talking at once. Alice shuts them up by threatening to pick them.
Obviously, they weren't Electric Daisies.
The overwhelming success of the Electric Daisy Carnival at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, combined with the growing trend of stick-and-ball sports events thriving at nontraditional venues, has speedway president and general manager Chris Powell thinking outside the box. Or, in this case, thinking outside the 1.5-mile banked oval.