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9/15/10, 10:00 AM   #11
Re: USAC pavement sprint cars
LEADERS EDGE
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I doubt Hoosier will sign off on that.

All of the customers and racers I speek with say that there are two dominating factors that keep them from either running or running more pavement midgets and sprints: tire costs and testing costs. The cost of cars and motors are never mentioned.

I had one rather large team tell me once that after finishing 7th at a West Coast show it felt like a win because of their tire rules that allowed only one set of tires for the night.(With exception of LR for stagger. As I understand it)It was so much cheaper for them they actually felt good when they left.

USAC and it's teams(Which is the only product they have to sell....sorry USAC; THE TEAMS ARE THE PRODUCT; NOT USAC) are so far apart in terms of wants and needs it is getting to the point that there may not be any saving it.
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