The GoldCrown series was started because the SilverCrown series was and is in trouble(They have lost Richmond,Phoenix,Milwaukie,Gateway,Memphis,Colorad o) The GC cars were built so we could go to larger race tracks which would have added more places we could run(Darlington,Homestead,Chicagoland,Kentucky Speedway,Kansas,) And in time could have added the 2 mile tracks. As of today the Pavement cars are running IRP, Iowa and I think Oswego. I truly hope they get other tracks signed for pavement because 3 races on pavement is not worth owning a car.
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Originally Posted by Lucky161:
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.
One thing you need to remember is all those guys had at least 1 mile pavement experience and as of now USAC has 0 1 mile pavement tracks.