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Originally Posted by ked
Thanks Evil E!!! Exactly what I was thinking when I read the lastest on this post! I grew up around Kerr and Rahmer, both of them drove my dad's midget occasionally back in the late 80s (give it I was little back). Both of them can/could handle either type of sprint or midget and do extremely well. My father went to the race at grandview this week and was disappointed in the lack of passing. He wishes they would have ran wings to increase the competition. He and I realize this isn't possible due to rules, lack of experience, etc. I enjoy both nw and wings but I realize people have their preferences. I think all the guys are talented and deserve a lot of credit to do this every week. It is a lot of time and money. I never realized how much my parents sacraficed until I see what these drivers and owners go through weekly. Racing is definitely an addiction  |
Yes Katie, racing is an addiction; an once you have it in your blood it is very hard to break that addiction. Most racers or race fans I know have been addicted all of their lives and spend a large sum of money each year feeding their addiction either funding a race team or traveling to the races as a fan.
As far as the USAC Eastern Swing goes unless USAC waived their membership or licensing fees which I am not aware of, I see the choice the local racers had to make as more of a dollars and cents issue than a winged vs non wing preference. The cost for them to run these four races probably far out weighed the benefit, which is a shame. I have always felt from a fans perspective you have a much more interesting race when you have your own local stars going up against the invading stars from another racing organization. Maybe this was inbedded in me in the 1960's when the mid-west supermodified stars invaded the BIG O in Oswego, the mid-west supers ran wings the Oswego regulars ran non-wing supers and threatened to boycott if the invaders didn't remove there wings, in the end the invaders removed their wings. Now fourty plus years later they run a hand full of races a year at Oswego where the regulars strap on wings to run with the MSA invaders. New York and PA have traditionally been known for wigned sprint car racing, maybe with USAC's dwindling car counts they will have to think about strapping on a wing to run with the PA regulars or waiving their fees for this swing to attract more PA regular teams to run with them.
Patti