What I am going to say next is the most important part of my comments today. I am proud of my organization's role as a governing body. Certainly we have had our critics, and people are certainly entitled to their opinions. You simply must have solid and fair rules under which you play your game. But rules are not much if they can't be enforced.
Good rules are good for the sport.
Without them any sport is vulnerable and faces a slow, systematic death. The point is those are real and troubling concerns and they heighten our resolve to grow and protect the sport and maintain a standard of fair practices and rules. That role demands that the organization be strong, it demands that we know where we stand and that we stand tough. That strength must come from success as a business as well as a sport. The fact is, we're not racing to be in business, we're in business to race.