As someone who's been close to diving in and buying a dirt SC car the thing that keeps me from pulling the trigger is engine cost to race dates ratio. I just can't justify spending what it takes for a competitive engine and keeping it fresh for only 4 race dates a year here in the Midwest with one or two probably going to get rained out. Sure, I could use it for asphalt but I don't want to run asphalt. I'm not saying that a few more races would make a huge difference, but there's just not enough opportunities to use it.

I wish engine specs were similar to something else I could run more often. If you could drop a SC engine into a sprint car then you would see huge interest in the series. Heck, just have aluminum blocks so you could run some slick short track non-wing races against 410's to get a few more nights out of the engine. You'd see tons more cars if all you needed was a roller. I don't care what the engine specs are, but you either have to run more races to justify the cost or have something else for me to put it in week in and week out.

Again, I'm all for SC cars having a unique engine to set them apart. But if you are going to do that then you need more races. There are many potential car owners like me sitting on the sidelines wishing they could justify a way to dive in.

I might be in the minority, but as someone who's looked at it really hard a few times, that's what's holding me back.