Originally Posted by Go Fast:
I owned a pavement car way back in 94 and believe me we were the lowest budget team that ran all the races. I bought an $7000 used pavement roller (former USAC points champion car) and the driver supplied the motor. In that year between buying the car, getting to and from the track, fuel and tires I spent 50 grand out of pocket. That does not include prize money put back into the car. We did one open test at the beginning of the year and that was it for testing. My tire bill was a grand or more every night. BTW, I didn't own a pavement car after 94.
If you are not racing for USAC points it is just too expensive to field a pavement car.
As an owner, would you have kept racing on asphalt if you could have run the same car on dirt and pavement?