Here's the problem. Ready for it...

BEAST!

That's the problem with pavement racing. A specialized car that costs a bloody fortune because of everything so damned specific on it, with roll bars, and this and that. Get rid of all that stuff and run a straight up sprint car. I'm cool if you want to have a pavment chassis to keep the chassis lower, but all the other stuff is not needed. That's why none of the HOSS guys would come and run a USAC show other than the Little 500 is because they usually don't have a prayer in the world.

If I'm a "lower buck" guy that can really only afford to run dirt, that's great because I can run my car weekly pretty much anywhere, and then when USAC comes to town, then I can run with them if I choose to do so. But I can't afford to run a pavement car at 7 races. It's not feasable or economical to own one. Then plus, you have to change over the motor to be competitive.

The pavement series is a good idea, but it would take quite a while for it to get off the ground, becasue until the rules on sway bars, roll bars, and all the other BS that's on those damned cars, you're never going to get a car count. I personally liked it back 15 or 20 years ago when the cars were doing nothing but sliding around the track, and it was all about balls and throttle control. But the more you lock these cars down, the less we know about a driver, and the more we know about how good the car is.

Just like the midgets, everyone has let it gone way to far, and something drastic has to happen.