SCELZI SEZ "10% CHANCE"
Scelzi effectively hinted on Saturday’s ESPN2 show
that he could return in 2008. Is the sabbatical off?
“No it isn’t off, but I have had some interesting
offers,” Scelzi said. “I have been offered everything from people offering part
ownership to flying me to the races from California. Then Don Schumacher has
made offers to keep me here another year so we can train someone new.
“I would say the chances of me coming back stand at
10%. I probably shouldn’t have said anything on television but there is a
chance. The logistics play a big role. That part has not been worked out yet.”
So who’s courting Scelzi?
“I can tell you they’re big and it’s not John Force,” Scelzi said. “Everybody keeps thinking I am going to John Force Racing. I am not going anywhere. The ultimate thing for me would be to stay here.”
From the moment Gary Scelzi said it, he wanted to reel it back in. Not so in the world of drag racing news and rumors.
Scelzi effectively hinted on Saturday’s ESPN2 show
that he could return in 2008. Is the sabbatical off?
“No it isn’t off, but I have had some interesting
offers,” Scelzi said. “I have been offered everything from people offering part
ownership to flying me to the races from California. Then Don Schumacher has
made offers to keep me here another year so we can train someone new.
“I would say the chances of me coming back stand at
10%. I probably shouldn’t have said anything on television but there is a
chance. The logistics play a big role. That part has not been worked out yet.”
So who’s courting Scelzi?
“I can tell you they’re big and it’s not John
Force,” Scelzi said. “Everybody keeps thinking I am going to John Force Racing.
I am not going anywhere. The ultimate thing for me would be to stay here.”
Scelzi says that people take for granted that he
has a job to return home to back in Fresno.
“That’s no bull#$%^,” Scelzi said. “I need to get
back involved and I can’t do it with the hectic schedule I am running now. At
least in running 12 races, I can’t get to the races on Friday and home on
Sunday night in order to be at work on Monday morning.”
Why the change of heart for Scelzi?
“It’s not a change of heart,” Scelzi said. “This
has been the plan all along. People read this all different ways and I don’t
know how. I made the statements that our company went from 65 to 265 people. I
need to go back to work.
“People then determined that I was going to leave
to spend more time with my sons. A lot of people don’t know that I own a
company with my brothers. Logistics have always been the problem and the travel
time. When I am home, yes I am going to spend more time with my family. I am
going to enjoy that. I am very dedicated to my family.