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Originally Posted by Hamby812
No offense, but to everyone who keeps bringing up the 60's, 70's, so forth is fine but really has nothing to do with this thread. Ya race cars(every part included) are far more expensive than they were, but so are regular cars, trucks, food, gas, everything. In all honesty some teams back then were probably no diffrent than now in that they had more money invested than others. And well as for the rigs i dont want to get into that because I do see that as a huge expense that really accomplishes nothing more than show. Its nice to have all that room and such but not mandatory.
And for someone who has raced on pavement, theres a big diffrence in missing the setup than having a bad set of tires, a bad set of tires wont cost you tenths it'll cost you seconds a lap, its literally like driving on ice, honestly a bad set of tires, with no option of buying more is just flat out dangerous. But then I guess they could do what BC and jones did that got them plenty of pats on the back and just load up and go home. Theres no good fix to the problem.
1. More races just equal more money spent.
2. One set of tires, and you get a bad set is just dangerous.
3. Combo cars, well honestly all I can do at that is laugh, were not in the 60's anymore.
4. Have a poll on what you prefer, Dirt sprint car shows or Pavement.....then think to yourself if youd rather have a dirt car or pavement.
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You make some good points, but I think the references to the 60s are relevent to this thread. They represent a time when things were simpler and decent car counts were not so rare. Of course you can't completely go back, but there is nothing wrong in my opinion with considering what worked then and seeing if any of it can be applied to the current situation. Something or somethings cause low car counts. Perhaps it's just plain old lack of interest, but I don't think that's the case. A bad tire or set of tires? Yes, I've heard of that. But I think it happens less when the envelope is not being pushed so hard.
You can laugh at the combo cars, but I saw some great racing going on when combo cars were the norm. Not surprisingly at least to me, most of the guys that were good on dirt were also good on pavement and visa versa.
We always have polls and our votes are usually with our dollars whether we are fans or competitors. Personally my vote goes to Dirt sprint winged shows, dirt sprint non winged shows, pavement winged shows and pavement non winged shows in no particular order. I like them all and don't think it's asking too much to be able to see them all either.