Running both a crate motor and open motors, the motor itself is better on the pocket book, but still the class in itself is very expensive like any form of racing. What we have ran into with the crates are the non motor rules. Tires being the biggest issue. There are 4 sanctioning bodies to race with in our area. ILMS, NeSmith, UMP, Fastrak. All 4 of them have their own tire rule and Some have shock rules. In my opinion the crate class would very much increase in followers if the tire rule were either opened up or all the same. Then, going on Friday to a track that you can run the $800 shocks and on Saturday going to another track that you have to run $150 shocks. It gets tough sometimes. I still think the fewer the rules the easier it is on the wallet in the long run.

The ILMS is averaging around 20 cars a night with the "better" tracks pushing 30. That is up significantly from last year when they were getting 10-15, and the year before that 5-10 cars.