I have wondered this for along time. Did USAC make a mistake banning the rear engine sprint cars from competition outright?

This is a two part poll. Should they have made them a seperate division?

This comes from a long time debated idea and often contentious at that on a few other sites. The posters there seem to think those of us who are fans of front engine open wheel racing are following a dying form of racing. They also feel that USAC screwed up royally by banning the rear engine cars and I want to know what the people who follow this form of racing more fervently than anyone else feel about it.