race track

DEL MAR — Walking around a race track with Bob Baffert is like taking a master class in public relations.

I like to think that if I take a gap on the race track, it is in the same way I would on the pitch trying to create a line break.”

Equally, gravel is not ideal for track days, when members of the public take their cars on to a race track and pay to drive around, because their cars get stuck in it, and sessions have to be stopped to drag them out.

He is the director of the Race Track Industry Program at the University of Arizona.

Regardless, if someone says it’s the right use of money, it’s their company, it’s their race track, it’s their call.