If this IS TRUE, You have to think of both sides. I do not think USAC is strong enough to pull this off. When the majority of their races are in IN how many times a year is the same promoter going to pay their fee's? I agree they need way better payouts but locking drivers out of racing and making a buck is sketchy at best. I see a lot of Luke Warmwater and Smoke Johnson type names running local shows. When they start to penalize drivers who race outside the network "sounds like health care Ins." is when the revolt will begin. USAC is not powerful enough or deep enough to suspend drivers or car owners to maintain a healthy series. If USAC does this it will be the death of them. Regardless, if they think this will help them it will hurt them and drivers will only play for a short time. Still waiting for Hann and the Fly'n Shu to come into town and do it right and get support from the local tracks and drivers.... If they do? USAC will be sanctioning big wheel races in Walmart parking lots and Mr. "no marketing" Miller will be drawing slurpee's at a 7-11.

The other side is you will have special shows when USAC comes to town but Indiana is pretty much the sand box they play in anyway. They already have proved when traveling the car counts are very low and half the owners can not travel all the time. Spridge defends they are a national series but I think most know better and USAC's bread and butter is right here. 8 USAC shows at say the Burg or Gas City is now not that special.
Yea USAC needs to grow and gaining exposure is important but this lockout and paying drivers not race won't last long.