Originally Posted by grinch:
Was trying to stay out of this war but had to point something that i noticed.......... Having heard about the usac silvercrown cars for years i had never had the chance to watch them until i got to help on a usac team owned by some friends of mine........I was very impressed with all the usac drivers and watched how hard they raced for every position........wether it was between 1st or 2cd or between 20th and 21st didn`t matter!!....... thay ran just as hard........now along come the goldcrown deal and all the hype that that`s what usac drivers need to get into nascar....more long track hi-speed experience.......Now my point! ........These names stand out to me Jeff Gordon,Tony Stewart,Ryan Newman,Dave Blaney,Yeley,Leffler,Kahne,Edwards,Schrader,Kurt and Kyle Busch.
I`m sure some of you in here can add many more to this list.........These guys got to Nascar from the USAC silvercrown series!!
Why did USAC need another division?? ........In my opinion USAC should have spent more time and effort with the divisions they had instead of starting the gold series. Sometimes the pie in the sky .........isn`t.
Personally I don't see why this needs to be a SC vs GC deal or pavement vs dirt. But you are right. Those guys made it to nascar without running on 1.5 and larger superspeedways. So the GC isn't needed to get drivers into Cup racing. The other problem with the GC is the fantasy that it will get drivers into the IRL. The IRL only has openings for drivers with checkbooks. Talent and experience is not required. For a while it appeared that they only booted talented short trackers aside, but when they ran out of short trackers, they started selling the rides of talented road racers too.