Originally Posted by Brolzy:
Excellent post...especially Kevin's answer. It brings questions to my mind...why does wing racing pay so much more? Where is the money coming from? Sponsors? More fans paying higher admission fees?
The only answer I can come up with for this is "exposure". Where I'm located the only sprint car racing to be seen is winged. It's so far from either hotbed of
real sprint car racing that it's difficult to get anyone here interested. So, the sponsors stay with wings. Wings are also a huge billboard for the sponsors. Again, exposure for the sponsor.
When the fans don't get exposed to what they're missing, things stay as they are. There is still a feeling, also, that winged cars are safer. I don't know if the stats for the last 10 years or so will uphold that theory, but it's still felt that it's safer to race with a wing, so it's difficult to persuade folks to the contrary, even when the racing is better.
Tim Simmons