"Sprint car racing is the most mainstream form of dirt racing"---***???? You must be from Ohio or Pennsylvania (since you seem to have a love of wings).

You really need to do your homework. Dirt late models and modifieds both far out number sprints. Unless you live in OH, PA, IN (and finally some in IL), you have to drive there to see sprints on any given weekend. By the way, have you ever seen a dirt late model race at Tazewell Tennessee? If not, you might want want to reconsider that last statement. I've been going to races for 40 years and everytime I'm at Tazewell my hair stand up on my arms. It's that good. Don't knock it if you haven't been there.

Get a copy of the National Speedway Directory and compare how many dirt tracks run sprints as a feature class versus late models or modifieds. If I remember correctly, there are only about 20-22 tracks east of the Mississippi that run 410 sprints as a regular class. That's out of about 300 dirt tracks.

I wish it were the other way around.

Oh, and concerning attendance at a big paying non wing show, perhaps you remember the Mopar Million at Eldora? The economy was still pretty good then and I don't think they had as many people as Knoxville did tonight. Non wing racing is the best, but it will never outdraw winged racing. And that's okay. More room for me.