Washington — There’s something about Washington that breeds bureaucracy.
Just to create a 1.7-mile racetrack, Penske Corporation needed 1,350 pages of permits. Compare that to 200 or so for a similar-sized course in Detroit.
And there in Detroit, the organizers would work with local and state police with a little bit of help from the FBI. Maybe 200 officers in total.
Washington? More than 500 National Guard will work the event, in addition to 1,300 Metro Police Department personnel, Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms personnel, FBI, Capitol Police, U.S. Parks Police and the Secret Service.
Penske Corporation President Bud Denker, who has spent most of…
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