THE BEGINNING OF THE END (featuring S1apSh0es)

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No one quite knew what to expect when Bobby Ginn, a real estate developer from South Carolina, purchased 80% of MB2 Motorsports, rebranding the two-car team as Ginn Racing. Some of NASCAR’s biggest names took notice, as did several up-and-comers, lured by big-money contracts. But hardly had the ink dried when the team’s funding began to disappear. In the space of just a few months, Ginn Racing would collapse, costing more than 100 people their jobs. It was a financial disaster that sent ripples through the sport still felt to this day.

Video narrated by myself and S1apSh0es.

MUSIC
“One Life” – Patrick Patrikios

CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
1:46 - MB2 Motorsports
6:49 - Bobby Ginn
9:09 - Expanding influence
12:12 - The Mark Martin factor
14:20 - Ginn Racing
17:05 - Momentum into 2007
20:52 - An unbalanced season
26:48 - The merger
34:53 - The body count
36:57 - A sport changed
39:14 - Closing

VIDEOS
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11...

PHOTOS
AutoRacing1.com
Bill Blose (photosbybill.com)
BGNRacing.com
Crash.net
eBay
Getty Images
Godfather’s Blog
Google Images
HiltonHeadHoldings.com
ISC Images and Archives
Jayski’s Silly Season Site
Lubert-Adler
Motorsport.com
Pete McCole
Press Pass Trading Cards
RichQuin.com
Rusty Jarrett
Spokeo
Wikipedia
YouTube

ARTICLES
*Anonymous. “Ginn adds DeHart to staff,” Crash.net, January 13, 2007: https://www.crash.net/nascar/news/909...
*Coble, Don. “DEI, Ginn Racing discuss possible merger for 2008,” Savannah Now, July 18, 2007: https://www.savannahnow.com/article/2...
*Elkins, Ken and Erik Spanberg, “Teams joining forces on $8 million race complex,” Charlotte Business Journal, January 31, 2005, https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte...
*Fabrikant, Geraldine. “It’s Tee Time. Where Is Everybody?” The New York Times, May 23, 2009:
*Gluck, Jeff. “How I Got Here with Jay Frye,” JeffGluck.com, September 13, 2018: https://jeffgluck.com/jay-frye-interv...
*Luthy, Dusty. “MU alum runs Ginn Racing,” July 18, 2008: https://www.columbiamissourian.com/sp...
*Mackler, Mike. “Nascar Team Owner Hall of Shame: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (and a few Rebounds),” March 26, 2016: http://spaderacing.blogspot.com/2016/...
*Motorsport.com, “Ginn Racing signs Martin as a mentor,” February 10, 2007: https://us.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/...
*Schultheis, Kurt. “The Ginn Co. announces a Sports Entertainment Divison,” June 21, 2006: https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/s...
*Snyder, Jack. “Bobby Ginn has land and a vision,” The Orlando Sentinel, April 14, 2003: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...
*Tobin, Toby. “Lubert-Adler Sells Hammock Beach Resort and Other Properties to Tampa Company For $18 Million,” FlaglerLive, January 4, 2020: https://flaglerlive.com/148705/hammoc...

WEBSITES
*Bahamas Information Services Update (TheBahamasWeekly.com): http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publi...
*Bumpin’ Crunchin’ and Drafting: http://bumpincrunchinanddrafting-mo.b...
*Ginn Racing, archived at: https://web.archive.org/web/200610221...
*Ginn Clubs & Resorts, archived at: https://web.archive.org/web/200602250...
*Jayski’s Silly Season Site
*Racing-reference.info
*Wikipedia